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Health care providers improve access and use of diabetes tech

Evidence shows clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral benefits from using tech such as continuous glucose monitors, automated insulin pumps, connected insulin pens, and apps. Though increasingly available, these diabetes technologies aren’t reaching everyone who might benefit. Dr. Tamara K. Oser, a primary care doctor and diabetes researcher, discusses how health care professionals can help patients access and use new diabetes technology in NIDDK’s Diabetes Discoveries & Practice Blog.