Diabetes Monitoring App Also Enables Patients to Call for Help
From: eWeek - 07/20/2015
By: Todd R. Weiss

The app, called Alert, gets glucose readings through Apple HealthKit and lets
users call for help if they are experiencing a health emergency.

Diabetes patients who are in the midst of a health crisis due to low blood
sugar can quickly notify up to three friends or family members that they need
immediate help using a new diabetes monitoring app that turns a smartphone
into a medical phone relaying system.

The app, called Alert, uses glucose readings taken with a wireless glucose
meter and synchronized through Apple HealthKit to monitor a patient's
readings, and can then contact help using a single touch on an iPhone to seek
help. In addition to sending alerts, the app also allows a user to have a
conference phone call with their three contacts to provide more details about
the emergency they are having and to determine if an ambulance needs to be
called.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/diabetes-monitoring-app-contacts-help-for-users-in-emergencies.html

Links:
Yishai Knobel
http://helparound.co/blog/author/Yishai

HelpAround
http://helparound.co

Diabetes Helpers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helparound.app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/diabetes-helpers-by-helparound/id654991205