Diabetic Smartphone Application: Diabetic Smartphone Application Group 10 Last year, 15,000 children were diagnosed with type I diabetes. These children will experience a life-long battle with the condition.
PowerPoint Presentation: Our diabetes smart phone application has been designed to utilize emerging technology to aid in controlling the symptoms of the disease.
PowerPoint Presentation: By doing so, our team hopes to improve the transition for newly diagnosed children.
PowerPoint Presentation: For many children, the knowledge and self-regulation needed to control blood sugar is new and overwhelming.
PowerPoint Presentation: X The ap puts knowledge right at a child’s finger tips in a form that can be adapted to the learning level of the child.
PowerPoint Presentation: The requirements of diabetes control do not change based on where the child goes.
PowerPoint Presentation: That is why the mobile nature of our technology is so important. This way, diabetes education can go wherever it needs to.
PowerPoint Presentation: The diabetes smart phone app will help children control diabetes even when they are away from parents and healthcare professionals.
PowerPoint Presentation: And it will serve as a constant connection to these support systems.
PowerPoint Presentation: Included are innovative features of assessment and evaluation.
PowerPoint Presentation: Like being able to link to blood sugar monitoring allowing useful information to be sent in real-time to dietitians .
PowerPoint Presentation: The diabetes smart phone application takes the fear out of learning, and therefore increases the effectiveness of diabetes education.
PowerPoint Presentation: And this is all done with the goal that diabetes education should be driven by the child’s involvement.
PowerPoint Presentation: By educating diabetic children as individuals, we can increase their control over a seemingly uncontrollable situation.