Content about self-management

March 27, 2012
Diabetes Roundtable 2011

In November 2011, The Drug Store News Group hosted in New York an exclusive roundtable discussion of leading pharmacy retailers and a handful of key vendors. Moderated by special guest Dave Wendland of Hamacher Resource Group, the panel tackled a wide range of issues surrounding diabetes management and much more.

In November 2011, The Drug Store News Group hosted in New York an exclusive roundtable discussion of leading pharmacy retailers and a handful of key vendors.

March 5, 2012
NCPA brings back diabetes management, long-term care workshops

The National Community Pharmacists Association has renewed two of its pharmacy niche programs.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has renewed two of its pharmacy niche programs.

September 12, 2011
HHS, AT&T partner on mobile diabetes self-management program

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, the American Association of Diabetes Educators and AT&T on Monday announced an initiative to evaluate the use of mobile devices to deliver diabetes self-management training within an underserved minority community in Dallas.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, the American Association of Diabetes Educators and AT&T on Monday announced an initiative to evaluate the use of mobile devices to deliver diabetes self-management training within an underserved minority community in Dallas.

October 10, 2010
WellDoc aids medication adherence through remote management system

Remote management of diabetes increasingly is becoming a reality to day with WellDoc’s Diabetes-Manager system,...

BALTIMORE —Remote management of diabetes increasingly is becoming a reality to day with WellDoc’s Diabetes-Manager system, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.

September 27, 2010
KeyVive seeks to improve medication adherence with SMS system

A healthcare technology company that uses social media and self-management tools to help people...

PARK CITY, Utah A healthcare technology company that uses social media and self-management tools to help people with chronic illnesses is launching a mobile health technology designed to improve adherence.

KeyVive said that its Simplatype mHealth technology, a new SMS system, utilizes proprietary technology with existing cell phone carriers to provide an effective way for practitioners and patients to communicate, store conversations and integrate with electronic records, the company said.

August 5, 2010
AADE: Diabetes training programs can trim healthcare costs

A group that promotes education and awareness around diabetes is calling on the government and...

CHICAGO A group that promotes education and awareness around diabetes is calling on the government and private insurers to use diabetes education as a cost-saving strategy.

 

The American Association of Diabetes Educators hopes to provide diabetes self-management training to patients with prediabetes and recommended that private insurers and Medicare include it as a covered benefit.

 

 

September 17, 2009
New NCPA-AADE program gives community pharmacies expanded role in diabetes self-management training

Here’s the diabetic rub — there is no more efficient way to reach the growing...

NEW YORK Here’s the diabetic rub — there is no more efficient way to reach the growing multitudes of diabetics around improving disease-state management and testing/pharmaceutical compliance than through the one touch point with which they interact most often — that being the neighborhood pharmacist.