Diabetes Technology Society

Diabetes Technology Society (DTS) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of new technology to assist patients living with diabetes.

Founded

It was established in 2001 by David C. Klonoff (Mills Peninsula Health Services).

Activities

DTS is responsible for organizing three scientific conferences each year. They are:

  • Diabetes Technology Meeting
  • Clinical Diabetes Technology Meeting
  • European Clinical Diabetes Technology Meeting[1]

Some of the educational objectives discussed during these conferences include:

  • The understanding of cybersecurity and its relation to the medical device industry, specifically diabetes devices
  • Discuss Continuous glucose monitor and their benefits in comparison to self-monitoring of blood glucose
  • Go over the new technology being implemented to help in the release of the Artificial pancreas into the market
  • Identify new insulin products (like Inhaled insulin, biosimilar insulin, glucose responsive insulin). Also, discuss how global warming has an effect on insulin stability
  • Successfully understand how mobile apps could benefit managing diabetes
  • Go over insulin pump therapy
  • Discuss social media and its effects on benefiting managing diabetes
  • Identify the new treatments available in the market for "Diabetic foot" and go over future treatments for diabetic limb salvage and prevention[2]

Achievements

In 2013, DTS gained support from the Food and Drug Administration for a proposed post-market surveillance system to test the accuracy and quality of self-monitoring of blood glucose systems.[3] In 2014, they launched the surveillance program.[4][5]

Publishing

The bi-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal, Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Diabetes Technology Society.

References
  1. http://diabetestechnology.org/
  2. "Diabetes Technology Society".
  3. "Experts Agree: Inaccurate Blood Glucose Monitors on the Market May be Putting Patients at Risk". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  4. "Diabetes Technology Society Launches Surveillance Program for Blood Glucose Monitors". July 2014.
  5. "Diabetes Technology Society".


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