Advanced Technological Approaches in Diabetes

Dear Colleagues,

The rapidly increasing number of patients with DM and the escalating costs of treatment and care create an urgent need to improve chronic disease management. The ultimate goal is to focus on the application of technology to enable the creation of new and cost-effective tools to help people with DM. Several open questions and technical challenges offered by modern health information technologies, including technological tools, electronic health records, telemedicine, and clinical decision support systems, play a crucial role in the development of strategies to improve diabetes health outcomes. The use of information and communication technology (ICT) can help to transform the current healthcare system by shifting the focus from disease to wellness; however, several unresolved issues and technical challenges have been identified as key factors for the full adoption of these systems in clinical practice. Novel solutions for monitoring physiological parameters together with technological tools in drug delivery systems in the context of diabetes management constitute the main focus of this Special Issue. We are pleased to invite you to provide clinicians and researchers with evidence-based recommendations on the multidisciplinary nature of technological tools of treatment and ICT-based activities, telemedicine, clinical decision support systems, and patient registries for the management of DM (including different types of DM). This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews. Areas of research may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of information and communication technology (ICT) for DM management.
• Validation studies of existing technological tools for DM.
• Comparative studies of different electronic health records.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Veronica Resi
Guest Editor

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• diabetes
• technology
• tools
• telemedicine
• ICT
• e-health
• support system
• multidisciplinarity