For Your Patients

Medtronic. iOS/Android Free  For your youngest patients, Lenny the Lion can help with some difficult concepts. Carbohydrate counting is an essential skill for managing diabetes that can allow children with diabetes to eat a variety of foods just like their non-diabetic friends. Carb counting can increase their sense of control …

Patient Handout: Prediabetes Turnaround  What do you have to give to your newly diagnosed prediabetic patients? From dLife comes this pdf handout that provides 12 simple steps to help prevent diabetes. Keep these on your desk and have all your overweight and prediabetic patients read and take a copy home …

Glooko, Inc. Free iOS/Android   Glooko can change the way your patients manage their diabetes. With the Glooko mobile app and the Glooko MeterSync Cable they can seamlessly download blood glucose readings. Data can now be easily annotated with lifestyle context, shared with you and other healthcare team members, and …

WellDoc, Inc. Free iOS/Android The BlueStar Diabetes App will be available to patients later this year but only in conjunction with a prescription from a healthcare provider. The app is designed to support patients who are struggling to manage their diabetes, providing not only exercise, diet, and medications tips, but …

Voxiva, Inc. Free iOS/Android From the Care4Life team which developed a support website for diabetes patients comes this new app to help you help your patients. Care4life is a personal diabetes program that helps your patients take better control of their type 2 diabetes, make healthy choices and avoid complications. …

    By Sheri Colberg, PhD   For your patients who need to improve their balance: Test Your Balance: If you think you already have great balance, first test it out before you assume too much: stand on one leg and shut your eyes. (Don’t try doing this without holding …

Over the past 50 years we have seen many diets low in carbohydrates help thousands of patients lose weight and then they gain it right back. The problem is exacerbated by forcing people who have been eating large quantities of food to try to cut their food intake, sometimes by …

Patient Handout: One-page Guide to the Health Insurance Marketplace  Print out this easy one-page guide to the new government health insurance programs to hand out to all your patients. It’s a quick rundown on the most important things to know about the Health Insurance Marketplace. When they fill out the Marketplace …

NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene Free For your diabetic patients who love to cook and are willing to experiment, you can now recommend this app courtesy of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. CalCutter allows them to enter their own recipes and intended number …

Urbanandroid Team Free for 2 week trial/Android For your diabetes patients with sleep problems, the Sleep as Android app is more than a sophisticated alarm clock with a sleep cycle tracker.