Diabetes Office Visit

Diabetes Office visit App.helps break the link of treatment inertia that often exist between the time of diagnosis,initial diabetes education classes and the risk associated with the progressive nature of diabetes and its associated risk factors.    Comprehensive diabetes care and risk factor reduction is more than just glucose control. Studies reveal that fewer than half of adults with diabetes get critically important yearly exams( A1c,eye and foot exams). Another study published in The Journal of The American Medical Association 2004 pointed out that only 7.3%of people with diabetes were meeting the standards of care recommended by the American diabetes Association for A1c. BP and LDL cholesterol. I recall that a followup of the study in 2010 showed an improvement to 11%. I believe these numbers can be dramatically improved by simply allowing people with diabetes to move into the drivers seat of their own care. Diabetes Office visit App is a step in that direction. These studies suggest that most of the people with diabetes , from all walks of life,live in an under served community.  Diabetes Office Visit App  provides an always at your fingertips simple comprehensive approach to diabetes care.     The basic ideas is to allow patients to be more responsible for their own care by  teaching them to set 11 treatment  goals , with their physicians help.       Teach them how to discuss their results with their physician to  reach those goals--and reduce or even prevent diabetes complications.        Any test or exam that is not at their target goal is a reason for discussion with their physician.       For example , Doctor, my LDL cholesterol is 110 mg/dl . we agreeded that my target is 70 mg/dl. Can you help me fix it?     I adapted one of Wayne Gretsky"s statement " you miss 100 % of the shots you don't take" to "you fail to achieve 100% of the goals you don't set "    There are over 115 million people using iphones and ipads, most are over the age of 30 and 11.3 % have diabetes. (Thats about 13 million people with diabetes and many more if you include prediabetes)This is a very large community of motivated people with diabetes and prediabetes who could benefit from having all of their diabetes related laboratory test , ( A1c, BP,Lipids, daily glucose test results,foot and eye exams ,  their treatment goals, risk factor management data system and Diabetes Office visit ebook for reference and motivation) always at their finger tips.  Diabetes Office Visit App is available from itunes. There is also a paper back and ebook version available from Amazon .com I have plans  with a developer to add the android and general computer applications  as funds become available. Developing an effective marketing program and the interactive general computer application are my  highest priorities for making this available to a broader population Please review my attached video for more explanation and discussion of the various featured  of Diabetes Office visit APP.   I can provide down load codes that can be used to obtain a copy of the App at no cost if you would like to try it. The free itunes download codes are only good for 1 month is why they are not included now. Thank you for your consideration,   David Calder,MD reference --           #1 National Diabetes Information Clearing House, National Diabetes statistics 2011         #2 Agency for healthcare research and quality(AHRQ) Rockville, Maryland                         Fewer than half of adults with diabetes get critically important  yearly exams           #3  Journal of the American Medical Assoiation (JAMA) (2004;291:335-342