COVID-19 Pandemic Triggers Telemedicine Regulation and Intensifies Diabetes Management Technology Adoption in Brazil

摘要

We have learned that a pandemic can change overnight our routines, behaviors, society, and world economies with unexpected and unpredictable effects. We still have a lot to learn about this infection and its effects on healthcare systems. However, we already know that people with diabetes mellitus are at a particularly higher risk to be infected and certainly are more prone to present a further severe form of the COVID-19, especially if their glycemia levels are not controlled. Since there is no specific treatment or vaccine for this disease, social distancing is currently the single most effective available measure. Therefore, during these critical days, medical management of patients with diabetes has been struggling with regular in-person appointments, which creates opportunities for the use of technology tools that effectively enables patient-physician relationship.