Diabetes

More and more, meter manufacturers today are differentiating their offerings not by the traditional micrometers of blood necessary for a viable glucose reading or the value inherent in the cost of test strips, but in the accompanying adherence app or other technologies that will help diabetes patients better navigate their disease states.

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Diabetics are most adherent around meal times, especially during breakfast and toward the beginning of the week, according to a review of Medisafe’s more than 160,000 diabetes patients who utilize its adherence tool in an effort to better manage the condition.

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Today’s diabetes patients represent a coveted consumer base for retail pharmacy no matter how you characterize that diabetes spend. For example, consumers with diabetes spend 35% more on OTC products than the average consumer, noted Jeff Gregori, group VP consumer and shopper analytics for Nielsen, during a presentation at the 2016 National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo.

What do you get when you pair the world’s largest database on diabetes metrics with a big data super computer that will mine, analyze and optimize that data?

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Cardiff University in October found that smartphone apps could offer patients with Type 2 diabetes a highly effective method of self-managing their condition.

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Even though the number of new diagnoses each year is trending down, diabetes is still a prevalent chronic disease in the United States.

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CVS Health in September partnered with the YMCA to help expand its Diabetes Prevention Program.

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The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is a group-based lifestyle intervention for adults at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Through a 12-month, evidence-based plan, the program has been successful in reducing the number of new cases of diabetes by 58% overall and by 71% in adults older than 60 years.

NASHVILLE — Earlier this year, Omnis Health created a dedicated diabetes-management solution for some 375,000 women diagnosed with gestational diabetes who are extremely passionate, both about managing their condition and the health of their newborns. It’s certainly a niche category, but the retailer who provides a direct solution to gestational diabetes may capture that family’s entire health spend moving forward.