The hospital also plans to launch ‘Diabetes Care Helpline’ and a mobile application app
Columbia Asia Hospitals has launched ‘Columbia Diabetes Care Program – Checkmate for Diabetes’, which will aid patients with prevention and treatment options for diabetes. Also, other diabetes-related issues like diabetic retinopathy, renal failure, etc. will be assessed and treated or retarded through this programme.
On the occasion, the hospital announced the plan to launch a mobile application that will be available free of cost. A ‘smart’ glucometer can be used for blood sugar level screening, by the patient and all the records would automatically get uploaded, which can be accessed through the app. This will not only keep a record of blood sugar monitoring over a period of time, but also intimate the endocrinologist/ diabetic educator, in case of any abnormal report.
As part of the programme, the hospital also launched a ‘Diabetes Care Helpline’, which will be supported through a full-fledged call centre and will help patients and caregivers manage diabetes better. One can dial in 1800-208-2222 to raise any queries pertaining to diabetes and get a solution or advice from a diabetes educator. Moreover, if the patient is already using the ‘smart’ glucometer, his blood sugar details automatically gets updated in the app, and in case of any abnormal reports, he will receive a call from this call centre to guide on the way forward. The hospital also plans to launch initiatives where diabetes tests will be conducted at clinics using mobile units.
The hospital will provide dedicated caregivers to help patients with gestational diabetes. These diabetes educators will guide, and train them as advised by the endocrinologists whenever required, to manage diabetes during pregnancy. Again ‘smart’ glucometers will be given to mothers to enable diabetes educator from the call centre, to touch base, as and when required.
For Type I diabetes, which principally affects children and young adults, the hospital is organising educational sessions for parents and counselling sessions for affected children with specialists to allay their fears and help them lead a normal life.
The comprehensive diabetes management programme will cater to Type I and Type II diabetics as well as for those with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). The programme will enable participants to lead a healthy and active life at home and at work. It is based on a multidisciplinary approach that addresses the challenges of managing diabetes holistically with involvement of specialists, family physicians, support staff and patient/ care giver; all enabled through internationally benchmarked protocols and mobile technology based interventions.
EH News Bureau
- Advertisement -
Comments are closed.