MedApps D-PAL remote patient monitoring approved by FDA
This by way of MedGadget.The MedApps system is designed to transmit glucose readings to a central server by way of your cellphone. It's now been approved for over-the-counter use.
The illustration from MedApps all show a OneTouch Ultra meter, but their information claims 'the BluePAL technology wirelessly transmits data from 20 of the most popular glucose devices from 4 of the leading manufacturers'.
They provide a device (Polymap Polytel) that connects to the meter and sends the data via Bluetooth to your cell phone. The cell phone transmits the data to a MedApps central server. The system can be setup to send alerts to healthcare providers based on per-patient thresholds.
It all sounds interesting, but there's a lot of steps from meter to software. Now if all the meter makers agreed on a single data standard, this would all be a little easier.
Labels: Bluetooth, datastandards, diabetes, FDA, MedApps
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