Diabetes Technology Society

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Diabetes Technology Society (DTS) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of new technology to assist patients living with diabetes.

Founded

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It was established in 2001 by David C. Klonoff (Mills Peninsula Health Services).

Activities

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DTS is responsible for organizing three scientific conferences each year. They are:

  • Diabetes Technology Meeting
  • Clinical Diabetes Technology Meeting
  • European Clinical Diabetes Technology Meeting[1]

Some of the educational objectives discussed during these conferences include:

  • The understanding of cybersecurity and its relation to the medical device industry, specifically diabetes devices
  • Go over the new technology being implemented to help in the release of the Artificial pancreas into the market
  • Discuss Continuous glucose monitor and their benefits in comparison to self-monitoring of blood glucose
  • Identify new insulin products (like Inhaled insulin, biosimilar insulin, glucose responsive insulin). Also, discuss how global warming has an effect on insulin stability
  • Go over insulin pump therapy
  • Discuss social media and its effects on benefiting managing diabetes
  • Successfully understand how mobile apps could benefit managing diabetes
  • Identify the new treatments available in the market for "Diabetic foot" and go over future treatments for diabetic limb salvage and prevention[2][3]

Achievements

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In 2013, DTS gained support from the Food and Drug Administration for a proposed post-market surveillance system to test the accuracy and quality of self-monitoring of blood glucose systems.[4] In 2014, they launched the surveillance program.[5][6]

Publishing

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The bi-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal, Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Diabetes Technology Society.

References

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  1. ^ "Diabetes Technology Society". Diabetes Technology Society. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ^ "The Importance of Proper Diabetes Management". 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. ^ "Diabetes Technology Society". Archived from the original on 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. ^ "Experts Agree: Inaccurate Blood Glucose Monitors on the Market May be Putting Patients at Risk". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  5. ^ "Diabetes Technology Society Launches Surveillance Program for Blood Glucose Monitors". July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  6. ^ "Diabetes Technology Society". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-12-18.



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