Onetouch Reveal is the digital ecosystem developed by Lifescan (Johnson & AMP; Johnson) to improve the training of people with diabetes and, therefore, improve the control they have about their illness.This application has been exalted in the VII edition of the awards for your health as "technological innovation."
The tool, which has also been valued by other entities, patients, health professionals and managers, “at the local level, in Spain it was the most discharged mobile app related to diabetes, according to data from the last quarter of 2017, and we have already reachedworldwide one million downloads.
The professional version is used massively in the United States and worldwide and, entities as recognized as Kaiser permanent are conducting studies to integrate the ecosystem for telemedicine solutions applied to diabetes, ”according to Javier García Valero, Strategic Affairs,Market Access and Medical Liaison Lead de Lifescan.
Through it we seek to involve people with diabetes, health professionals, payers and pharmacists since information can be shared in real time.
The versions of the application are interconnected and offer a vision of the results of glucose analysis over time.In this way, it is about evidencing, and in a very graphic way - it continues a very visual and simple interpretation scheme - the information that the patient must take into account when making the decision making carried out bydaily form.
The low levels are shown in blue, when they are on the goal in green and the high stages in red.
Thanks to this, the person can detect patterns with respect to the glycemic variations that occur against the objective to be maintained.In addition, the application helps to find those causes or wrong habits that may be producing through self -directed questions and, later, offers possible solutions to them.
«This ecosystem is a paradigm shift in the management of diabetes by professionals and patients.This is a pathology where patient education, their involvement and motivation are key to their progress.
This tool pursues these objectives and those that use it value the perfect combination between the offer of a complete analysis of the data with exceptionally intuitive management for the user.
And they are not only them, but for the medium term importance for health systems.In chronic diseases, and especially in diabetes, the communication of the medical team with the patient and sharing information in real time can result in better control and savings in the costs related to the disease, ”explains García Valero.
It should be stressed that being synchronized with the version that the healthcare professional has in consultefficient and directed.It also allows an optimization of health resources since it allows the patient to adjust the real needs of the person based on their control and results.
With respect to relatives and caregivers, they may also be aware of the person's daily progression in cases where additional management of the disease is needed such as the case of elderly and children.
