Sauvanet Jean-Pierre
Polyclinique de médecine interne, hôpital Saint-Louis, groupe hospitalier, Lariboisière Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris.
Soins. 2012 Apr(764 Suppl):S24-8.
Tools for monitoring diabetes such as glucose testing devices, continuous glucose monitoring and telemedicine in particular, those for treating the disease such as insulin pens and pumps, or the "artificial pancreas", are constantly improving thanks to technological advances, which also concern preventative treatments. However, these new techniques are particularly costly. They also require considerable investment from the multidisciplinary nursing team in terms of therapeutic patient education.