TactioHealth RPM Mobile Health System Introduces Diabetes Add-on for Education, Management and Control of Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational Diabetes

Tactio’s flagship mHealth iPhone/iPad app TactioHealth now integrates a Diabetes Management add-on option that helps with glucose tracking, prescription compliance and day-to-day education. That option is also now available for professionals using TactioHealth RPM system.

(Graphic: Business Wire)

CHICAGO--()--ADA 2013 (AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION)– Tactio Health Group announces that TactioDiabetes is now available for download from the AppStore as an in-app purchase within TactioHealth App for $2.99 from the Glucose Page. TactioDiabetes is a diabetes-management tool that helps patients easily track several aspects of their diabetes lifestyle, including:

  • Glucose / A1C Tracking
  • Meal / Carb Tracking
  • Medication Tracking
  • Insulin Adjustments
  • Carb to Insulin Ratio
  • Diabetes Specific Health Coaching
  • Hypo and Hyperglycemia Management
  • Weight, Blood Pressure and Lipid Tracking
  • Physical Activity and Daily Steps Tracking
  • Health Professional Appointments
  • Multi-Vendor eHealth Scales, BP, Pedometers and Glucometers support
  • Comprehensive Health Report (PDF)

“Using TactioDiabetes, Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational Diabetes patients will improve the control of this alarming and growing chronic disease. Moreover, physicians can now extend the reach of their care while expanding the scope to a broader number of diabetes patients with enhanced disease tracking delivering just-in-time patient education coaching for a fraction of the current patient monitoring cost, by exploiting the power of the mHealth business model,” says Dr. Andre Piccolomini, Medical Advisor at Tactio Health Group.

"With the integration of GlucoDock, an iOS connected blood glucose monitor and part of the VitaDock mobile health suite, TactioHealth now offers a complete Diabetes Management Solution including actual blood glucose measurement. This integration, currently exclusively available for the European market, will provide VitaDock online and TactioHealth users with additional valuable features managing diabetes in their daily lives," says Ralf Lindner, CEO of Medisana AG.

TactioDiabetes is available on the AppStore today from TactioHealth App. TactioDiabetes is also available on TactioHealth RPM, Tactio’s mobile health platform for Remote Patient Monitoring, allowing professional users the integration of their Diabetes Care plans into TactioHealth RPM’s Health Coaching interface as well as integrate the patient tracking data from TactioHealth RPM eHealth medical devices into their medical records via TactioHealth RPM EHR/EMR interface.

About TactioHealth

Every day, over 3,250,000 health-conscious people from around the globe use TactioHealth Home Health System to track weight loss, hypertension, physical activity and diabetes. A fast-growing number also use TactioReady eHealth Medical Devices (WiFi / Bluetooth scales, wired / wireless blood pressure cuffs, activity trackers and glucometers from manufacturers such as A&D Medical, BodyMedia, Fitbit, iHealth, Medisana, Wahoo Fitness, and Withings) and Fitness Apps such as RunKeeper to benefit from self tracking & quantifying yet eliminating the burden of data entry. TactioHealth provides health risks assessment such as cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. TactioHealth has been rated the #1 Medical App in more than 10 countries, is ranked on the AppStore in over 120 countries and can be downloaded today on iPhones, iPods or iPads from the iTunes AppStore.

About Tactio Health Group

Tactio Health Group is a world leader in mobile health systems with millions using its flagship TactioHealth Home Health System enjoying the personal and family benefits of being led to live a more active, healthier lifestyle. Tactio designs and builds TactioHealth RPM mobile health solutions for healthcare professionals expanding the reach of their practice from clinical visits to everyday lifestyle health coaching and just-in-time patient education with a full integration of their current EHR based practice and an mHealth scalable care plan distribution and pricing model. For more information about Tactio and about using Tactio’s RPM mHealth solutions in your practice, visit www.tactiosoft.com.

Web: www.tactiosoft.com - Twitter: @TactioHealth - Facebook: TactioHealth

Contacts

Tactio Contacts @ ADA 2013
Tactio is located at Booth #577
Michel Nadeau, P.Eng.
CEO
mnadeau@tactiosoft.com
or
Andre Piccolomini, R.D., Ph.D.
Medical Advisor
andre@tactiosoft.com
514-657-7628 x701

Release Summary

TACTIO INTRODUCES mHEALTH DIABETES APP & PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF TYPE 1, TYPE 2, AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES

Contacts

Tactio Contacts @ ADA 2013
Tactio is located at Booth #577
Michel Nadeau, P.Eng.
CEO
mnadeau@tactiosoft.com
or
Andre Piccolomini, R.D., Ph.D.
Medical Advisor
andre@tactiosoft.com
514-657-7628 x701