2017 Digital Diabetes Days

On September 29 and 30, the Auditorium of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona will host the first edition of Digital Diabetes, a conference organized by four excellent professionals from the world of diabetes whose objective is to squeeze to the maximum the new digital technologies in theDiabetes management, management and attention.Digital Diabetes has the endorsement of the Association of Catalan Diabetes, Biocat and Ticsalut.

The Digital Diabetes Organizing Committee is made up of Cintia González Blanco, Deputy Endocrinology Service of the Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona.Marina Llobet Garcés, Dietitian-Nutritionist Edocrinology Service of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona.Xavier Olba García, consultant in digital strategy and innovation in the health sector and Daria Roca Espino, nurse and educator in diabetes at Hospital Clínic, Barcelona.

The four have been able to gather a squad of great professionals to form a program of activities that you can consult here Link

Digital Diabetes is aimed at health professionals involved in the care and management of the education of people and family members with diabetes to whom the use of different tools and digital channels can help them in their daily practice both in clinical care and managementof the different areas related to diabetes.

When 65% of patients seek information or tips before or after consulting their doctor or pharmacist.Or for example, 18% of Google searches are health -related issues (Source: Study published in Google Trends), without a doubt for health professionals, an interesting challenge that Digital Diabetes expects to resolve is activated.

The capacity to participate in digital diabetes is limited, and inscriptions can be made in this link Link

Big Data, social networks, mobile applications, digital and audiovisual communication are some of the axes of these days that will also have a section for patient formation.

The digital diabetes objectives are:

Stimulate health professionals in diabetes in the use of digital channels and tools because they can apply them in their care.

Train professionals in the use of technology and digital channels applied to health.

Know the best practices in the use of digital tools and channels applied to the scope of diabetes.

Improving patient management: that patients reach the most informed consultation is changing relationships between health professionals and patients.

Improve coordination, collaboration and synergies among all those who are part of patient management: health professionals, pharmaceutical companies and start-ups with the aim of improving health results in diabetes management.

Generate sources of information and reliable digital tools: adapt the sources of information available to patients, not only for their reliability but for the language it uses.In this sense, the health professional has to be the key actor in generating value content for patients with diabetes.

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