DiabetesWise Pro founder highlights the 3 most beneficial website features to help clinicians compare all the available CGMs, delivery systems, AIDs, and smart pens.
DiabetesWise Pro is an unbranded, one-stop online diabetes device comparison tool recently launched by a group at Stanford University, led by professor Korey Hood, PhD. Features of the site include:
Patient Care spoke recently with Hood and asked him if he had to pick the 3 DiabetesWise Pro features he feels would be most beneficial for primary care providers who prescribe, are thinking of prescribing, or just want more information on diabetes technology, which would they be?
He answers and explains his thoughts, below.
For more of Patient Care's conversation wtih Dr Hood, see:
A Guide to Prescribing the Right Diabetes Device for your Patients, with DiabetesWise Pro Developer Korey Hood, PhD
Diabetes Device Comparison Made Easy: The Story Behind DiabetesWise Pro
Korey Hood, PhD, is a professor of pediatric endocrinology and of psychiatry and behavrioal sciences at Stanford Univesity, Stanford, CA. Hood also directs NIH- and foundation-funded clinical research focused on health and quality of life outcomes for persons living with diabetes. He has lived with type 1 diabetes since he was a young adult.
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