Diabetes Communications for the Disabled

The project sucessfully proved the feasibility of the Life Improvement Portal (LIP) Glucose Monitoring Sysem (GMS) for persons with vision and hearing disabilities. During Phase II, the project refines and readies the pre-production prototype for commercialization by incorporating additional consumers' input into its design, further developing the GMS capabilities to include voice input, and testing the effectiveness and consumer satisfaction levels via clinical trials. GMS works in conjunction with LIP to collect, store, analyze, and track glucose readings for persons with diabetes. The GMS connects via a standard phoneline, to the LIP to ensure that the person with diabetes is immediately notified of low, normal, and high glucose thresholds that have been established by their physicians. The LIP uploads glucometer information at the push of a button or at pre-determined intervals throughout the day into the secure central server. Once transmitted, data is analyzed for emergency indicators, and priority information is reported back to the diabetic user via feedback from the LIP. Physicians are able to access the information immediately via the central server, helping to avoid complications from fluctuating glucose levels. All aggregated data can then be viewed by the person with disabilities, an approved caregiver, or a physician in graphical formats via a secure website that is accessible to W3C standards.