Diabetes smartphone test could diagnose condition in under 10 minutes
Experts, the world’s first smartphone test for Type 2 diabetes, the diagnosis of weeks or months to 10 minutes can see the cut, he said.
NHS trusts in the north -east of Bingin Cumhria and England are the first to access Diabetes Health Check application with a country -wide presentation planned later this year.
In Diagnostics Company Pocdoc, the creators of the application added that the test can save NHS billions.
Approximately 5.2 million people in the UK are thought to be type 2 diabetes and 1.3 million are not diagnosed.
Combining the “gold standard” finger-tax test with a smartphone application, the new test is preparing to revolutionize NHS’s preventive treatment of the disease, which costs £ 8.8 billion per year.
“Through a smartphone application, it is something that has never been done before.
“This approach not only improves patient access, but also helps to facilitate the pressure on the facade services and supports a more sustainable, digitally effective NHS.”
The new service uses the HBA1C biobelirt, which measures average blood sugar levels for the last two to three months.
For the test, patients provide a finger tax sample placed on POCDOC’s patented test device, known as micro -shaking test. The patient then scans the test using the PocDoc application and now receives the results immediately.
Mr. Roest said that the application provides earlier detection and prevention and carried the test and diagnosis to community and home environments, which is compatible with the purposes of the 10 -year plan for NHS for the health secretary Wes Streeting.
Roest added that a pilot of diabetes health control continues and will be launched in the UK this year.
Professor Julia Newton said in the Northeast and Northern Cumbria Health Innovation: “Type 2 Diabetes affects thousands of people throughout England. However, this is a disease that can be easily prevented and reversed through early detection, diet and lifestyle changes.
“Digital test services such as PCCDOC will facilitate the identification of thousands of people by touching a button.
