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Prepared for Kristin M. | Delivered October 4, 2019
Physician Pain Points - Diabetes
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Goals
To understand the pain points/frustrations that PCPs, endocrinologists, cardiologists, and nurse practitioners have when treating type 2 diabetes, and how they can be lessened
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Early Findings
SmartMeter surveyed
170 physicians
who attended the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) event on the top pain points clinicians face when treating diabetes.
BETWEEN APPOINTMENT COMMUNICATION
Ninety-three percent
of the clinicians surveyed stated that patient communication between visits is a challenge when treating diabetes.
Thirty-one percent
of the doctors stated it is their top pain point.
Having a
diabetes web portal
may help with communication.
Clinicians and patients should have a discussion about
electronic communications
. Being upfront about how they feel about texts, email, video chat, and other forms of communication can pave the way to improve communication between appointments.
SHARING BLOOD GLUCOSE RESULTS
There are several factors that impact doctors getting blood glucose results:
92% of doctors
stated that having data available at the time of the patient appointment is a problem. One of the contributing factors to this is the complexity of devices.
Allowing for
remote-monitoring
and having data be uploaded automatically are potential ways of mitigating the problem.
TEACHING TECHNOLOGY
Ninety-three percent
of clinicians surveyed stated that teaching technology to patients takes too much time.
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