In the world calendar, November 14th is named as World Diabetes Day, which shows the importance of awareness of this disease around the world
According to the IDEA, In Iran, the last week of November is named as National Diabetes Week. The global slogan for this day is: “Access to caregivers for people with diabetes” and the slogan of the national diabetes week in the country is “Diabetes: knowing the risks, taking effective action”.
But besides the need to know this disease and its important importance; Perhaps another important part of the story is the importance of continuous and effective communication that a patient with this disease must have with a doctor. This topic has been discussed between the doctor and the patient in the traditional ways for years.
But in recent years, with the penetration of technology into the deeper layers of people’s daily lives and the birth of digital health platforms, health has taken on a different trend.
Recording the information of diabetic patients and its relevance in determining drug dosage
Mehrnaz Imani, an endocrinology specialist, emphasizes that this group of patients should not be afraid of taking medicine and injecting insulin prescribed by the doctor, saying: “Patients should take medication based on the doctor’s prescriptions with regular visits.” consume and keep in constant contact with your doctor with blood sugar control.
Daily and weekly recording of blood sugar levels and its archive in online platforms have provided a very suitable basis for better and more effective communication between the patient and the doctor. Our effort as doctors is this, in addition to face-to-face visits; We should provide as much time as possible for patients online and determine the dosage of drugs based on the recorded information.
Patient file archive, its relationship with the speed and facilitation of communication between doctor and patient
Ladan giahi; Nutritionist and diet therapy specialist, emphasizing the need for continuous communication between doctors and diabetic patients, believes:
“It is necessary for patients with diabetes to record their blood sugar regularly, daily and weekly. So that based on this information and the fluctuations in it, nutritionists, endocrinologists, and internal medicine doctors can prescribe medicine and diet. The weekly, monthly and even annual records of these patients help us doctors a lot in adjusting the dosage of drugs. Health platforms help us a lot in this regard and make it easy to access the patient’s information, and while increasing the speed, they have also facilitated the communication between us and the patient.”
A big hole by the name of not following up the patient in the treatment process
Mehrshad Teimouri, co-founder and CEO of the online health platform Boghrat; One of the active platforms in the field of digital health believes that one of the holes in the health system of our country is the lack of follow-up of patients during the treatment process.
In further explanation of this issue, he says: “When a patient intends to see a doctor in a particular specialty; It goes to the appointment and visit stage, but then nothing happens. The importance of follow-up after the initial visit in patients who are suffering from a certain disease is probably double.
For example, patients with diabetes need to be consulted by several doctors, and a series of issues must be continuously checked by the doctor, and if necessary, the dosage of the medicine can be changed or there are changes in the discussion of nutrition. On the other hand, for patients who are pregnant and have diabetes, this issue may be more critical because it is possible that diabetes threatens the health of the fetus. Considering all these issues, after the initial visit; A very important issue is the discussion of “patient follow-up”.”
Referring to the process they follow in the Boghrat online health platform, Teimouri continues: “The process we have inside Boghrat, we tried to pay attention to the patient’s next follow-up issue as much as possible and in our power. This issue is in the chat system and the text communication that exists between the doctor and the patient, so that they can always exchange some information with each other and, if necessary, prescribe a prescription for the patient.
or the patient sends the results of his tests to the doctor. Even regarding the issue of recording information, a series of dedicated electronic forms have been placed in Hippocrates so that by completing these electronic forms, they can access all patient and doctor information in an archived form.
In addition, the doctor can set a series of reminders in the system to automatically send a specific link to the patient at a specified time and receive specific information from the patient, and further the discussion of text online consultation and online consultation. Our effort at Hippocrates has been to play a small role in controlling certain diseases as best as possible by adding items and value additions like this.”
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