Technology in Diabetes Care
The world of diabetes management is constantly changing. Technology continues to improve by leaps and bounds. While the world waits for the true artificial pancreas, learn more about how to use current technology for diabetes self-management.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)
Recently two CGM systems—Dexcom’s G5 Mobile and Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre—are covered as durable medical equipment under Medicare Part B for beneficiaries with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who take multiple daily insulin doses and who make frequent adjustments to those doses.
Links to articles on insulin pump therapy and CGM:
Long-Term Insulin Pump Therapy Decreases Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes
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