Be inTouch with Your Diabetes Management

We’d like to tell you about a new diabetes management program from J&J’s SymCare branch that has just received FDA approval this month. The program, called inTouch, is designed to help you and your doctor share information about your diabetes and help you maintain better control. It helps to promote education about diabetes, allows you to upload information from your glucose meter and get online coaching from nurses, and has a reward system that gives you Amazon gift cards when you meet diabetes management or educational goals. SymCare is designing trials using the inTouch program that will study whether it succeeds in improving diabetes management in the real world—we think the technology has promise, and we’re very curious to hear what they discover. In general, we think information technology has the potential to change diabetes care for the better, and inTouch seems like a first step in that direction. The inTouch program is currently being offered through employers, so ask your company about the new program. So far, inTouch only works with OneTouch meters, but the plan is to eventually open it up to other brands as well. If you sign up for the program and aren’t using a compatible meter, the SymCare team will give you a new meter free of charge.