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Technology, telemedicine and social media are tools to improve health outcomes, education and patient engagement in a paediatric diabetes service
Author(s) -
Ng Sze May
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
practical diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2047-2900
pISSN - 2047-2897
DOI - 10.1002/pdi.2171
Subject(s) - champion , medicine , telemedicine , social media , diabetes mellitus , service (business) , digital health , medical education , health services , quality (philosophy) , health care , nursing , public relations , family medicine , marketing , population , philosophy , business , environmental health , epistemology , endocrinology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Few centres in the UK within adult and paediatric diabetes units adopt digital technology, telemedicine or social media within their services. Perhaps this is due to both lack of investments and to some extent clinical leadership to champion and drive change. The 2018 Mary MacKinnon Diabetes UK lecture is aimed at showing how health outcomes, education and patient engagement can be significantly improved using novel digital and technology strategies as effective means of driving change and delivering good quality of care within a paediatric diabetes service. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons.