Social Network for Diabetics Launches Blood Sugar Tracking App

Diabetes patients have to check their blood glucose levels like some people check their Facebook pages: several times a day. With the rise of mobile apps that let users log everything from running to restaurant attendance, it seemed natural to Alliance Health Networks, makers of the Diabetic Connect social network, to create an app for people with diabetes to track their personal health records and get support from their friends.

Diabetes patients have to check their blood glucose levels like some people check their Facebook pages: several times a day.

With the rise of mobile apps that let users log everything from running to restaurant attendance, it seemed natural to Alliance Health Networks, makers of the Diabetic Connect social network, to create an app for people with diabetes to track their personal health records and get support from their friends.

The company today launched a virtual log book for patients to record their blood glucose levels and their HbA1C numbers, which monitor the patients’ average blood glucose levels over a period of 8-12 weeks, throughout the day.

A test group of 100 users have already logged their activities more than 2,000 times: an indication, according to Alliance Health Networks VP of corporate development David Goldsmith, that the patients are using the tool consistently.

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