Architecture of a wireless Personal Assistant for telemedical diabetes care.

Purpose: Advanced information technologies joined to the increasing use of continuous medical devices for monitoring and treatment, have made possible the definition of a new telemedical diabetes care scenario based on a hand-held Personal Assistant (PA). This paper describes the architecture, functionality and implementation of the PA, which communicates different medical devices in a personal wireless network.

Description Of The System: The PA is a mobile system for patients with diabetes connected to a telemedical center.

A telemedicine system that includes a personal assistant improves glycemic control in pump-treated patients with type 1 diabetes.

Background: The DIABTel system, a Web-based telemedicine application, integrates a whole communication system (glucometer, insulin pump, wireless hand-held assistant) for medical remote advice. We sought to evaluate, in terms of glycemic control, the DIABTel system in a randomized crossover clinical study.

Methods: Ten patients with type 1 diabetes [5 women, age 40.