Integrating Continuous Glucose Monitoring Into Clinical Practices and Patients' Lives
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Irl B. Hirsch; Eden Miller
- Source
- Diabetes technologytherapeutics. 23(S3)
- Subject
- Blood Glucose
medicine.medical_specialty
Type 1 diabetes
endocrine system diseases
Continuous glucose monitoring
business.industry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Primary care
Type 2 diabetes
medicine.disease
Medical Laboratory Technology
Endocrinology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Humans
Intensive care medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-8593
Numerous studies have demonstrated the clinical benefits of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in individuals with diabetes. Within ongoing innovations in CGM technology, individuals now have an expanding array of options that allow them to select the device that meets their individual needs and preferences. Although demand for CGM in primary care continues to grow, many clinicians are reluctant to prescribe this technology due to their unfamiliarity with the various devices, uncertainty about which devices are best suited to each patient and the feasibility of using CGM. This article reviews the features and functionality of the most recent commercially available CGM devices and provides guidance for integrating CGM use into clinical practices.