GoCARB has been presented to the “New Technologies for Diabetes Management” seminar organized by the Committee on Continuing Education of the Greek Paediatric Society and the1st Department of Pediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. More than 200 people involved in diabetes management attended the seminar.
During the "Deutschschweizer Diabetikertag" (Bern, Switzerland), diabetes care specialists will inform individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes regarding new therapies, as well as about diabetes and lifestyle (diet, driving, exercise). Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Stettler, in his speech on trends in diabetes self-management support, will present the GoCARB project and its contribution towards this direction.
A report supplement from The Journal of mHealth published on World Diabetes Day (Nov 14th) 2014. The supplement entitled Diabetes: Going Digital included an article about the GoCarb.
The GoCARB evaluation results using 21 real meals in controlled laboratory setup will be presented during the Diabetes Technology Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The corresponding abstract is included in the "Publications" section of the GoCARB website.
The trends and challenges of mHealth applications on diabetes self-management were presented during the European Congress on eCardiology & eHealth in Bern, Switzerland. Emphasis was given on the use of GoCARB in nutrition management and treatment optimization of individuals with type 1 diabetes.
The GoCARB partners met in October for their Annual Meeting. The results from the Preclinical Study which took place in July – August 2014 and allowed adult volunteers with type 1 diabetes to gauge their carbohydrate counting skills against the GoCARB system were extensively discussed, along with the steps needed for the setup of the full clinical trial. Emphasis was also given to the activities towards a smooth, on-time and on-budget project's end.
The latest GoCARB achievements are presented in issue 2 of the project's newsletter (See Newsletter #2).
The GoCARB project has been presented by Dr. S. Mougiakakou to diabetologists, endocrinologists and diabetes care professionals of the Bern University Hospital and the Canton of Bern. The presentation took place with the framework of the Training Cycle 2014/2015: Endocrinology – diabetology.
The importance of carbohydrate counting in individuals with type 1 diabetes using continuous subcutaneous glucose monitors and the possible role of GoCARB in postprandial glucose control have been presented by PD Dr. med. Markus Laimer at the European Diabetes Technology Course. The certified diabetes technology clinician program is organized by the Diabetes Technology Society in cooperation with the Steno Diabetes Center. The course is attended by registered nurses, physicians, physician’s assistants, registered dietitians, pharmacists, or osteopaths.
The GoCARB prototype runs, at the moment, on Android smartphones. Interested parties could visit us at our booth at the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV2014) conference in Zurich and test our application on a set of real meals.