


“I’m not sure how that would be sustained in the future. For decades, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has advocated for pilots with diabetes. “The kids were very excited at the possibility of winning an iPad, and I think that did contribute to sort of a competition, and as we know, competitions work well, at least in the short term,” Cogen said, while admitting that the data were too limited to indicate whether coaching or the incentive was more effective in driving HbA1c goal attainment. In addition to the coaching, an incentive to meet HbA1c goals was included in which the participants were given the chance to win an iPad. The average HbA1c level in the cohort was 9.4% at baseline. To use the insulin calculation features, these parameters must be configured for your personal needs, and the feature must be turned on. These calculations are based solely on parameters that you enter. We are trying to get out of the office-centric model to where we’re in the community and at home.”Ĭogen and colleagues at the Children’s National Health System recruited 25 children with type 1 diabetes (mean age, 11.6 years) and their families for a pilot study examining the effects of a 10-week coaching program on HbA1c levels. Diabetes Pilot can calculate an estimated insulin dose when you are entering a glucose reading or a meal. “This is very labor intensive, so you need a lot of time from different coaches. The physician didnt put him on any anti-diabetic medications. Sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors improve long-term cardiovascular and renal outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Cogen, MD, director of the childhood and adolescent diabetes program at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., told Endocrine Today. The problem is that the pilot has an HbA1C level of 8, which is poorly controlled diabetes. “The ideal way to do this is to have coaching for all patients, especially those at higher risk,” Fran R.
