{"id":1331,"date":"2021-12-02T18:10:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:28:13","slug":"digital-therapeutics-helps-doctors-improve-patient-compliance-and-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/digital-therapeutics-helps-doctors-improve-patient-compliance-and-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Therapeutics Helps Doctors Improve Patient Compliance and Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last few years, data suggest that patients with diabetes are poorly compliant to their prescribed treatments. Recent studies show that :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japi.org\/q2b48484\/self-reported-adherence-to-medication-among-patients-with-type-ii-diabetes-mellitus-attending-a-tertiary-care-hospital-of-delhi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">67% of patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> did not adhere to diabetic medications prescribed by their doctors, and 80% <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0had poor plasma glucose control.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/care.diabetesjournals.org\/content\/25\/10\/1722\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38%\u00a0 of patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> did not complete their recommended exercises.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/care.diabetesjournals.org\/content\/25\/10\/1722\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">66% of patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> did not\u00a0 follow suggested dietary controls\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6550406\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 10 % of patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received education about self-management, while 20-30%\u00a0 were unaware of developments in the treatment of Diabetes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2016, Fitterfly is on a mission to improve these numbers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have created a perfect blend of technology and personalized treatments using our Digital Therapeutics (Dtx) platform\u00a0 to<\/span><b> reverse , manage and prevent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> health conditions like type 2 diabetes and obesity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We designed our solutions to <\/span><b>complement the treatment <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you extend to your patients as physicians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that with the<\/span><b> right guidance,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your patients can be empowered to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make informed lifestyle choices\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve their health from the comfort of their own homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>Lifestyle changes are great \u2026 if your patients stick to your advice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we follow the patient&#8217;s journey, we realize that once they leave the clinic and go back to their daily routines, they have a perfect prescription written on paper, but no plan or motivation to carry it out!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As health providers, we need to address this missing link. WHY are patients finding it difficult to follow instructions or control their impulses when it negatively affects their health?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>The Missing Links in Patient Compliance<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing Diabetes is like a marathon, not a sprint. And just like a long-distance runner, patients need a good <\/span><b>support system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make it to the finish line. Moreover, our experiences in clinical practice<\/span><b><i> show that lifestyle modification is NOT just about diet and exercise!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><b>Here are the hard truths.\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.They are <\/span><b>overloaded<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with too much information\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are not clear about <\/span><b>WHY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they need to stay compliant, so they are <\/span><b>NOT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> motivated to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Life gets in the way<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! They may have other priorities that come up, and stressful situations that add to their burden\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An intensive lifestyle change program won&#8217;t work if it&#8217;s just &#8220;ordered&#8221; by doctors or if patients are expected to engage with it based on fear or shame. For a program to be effective, we need to provide sustainable solutions that <\/span><b>extend support beyond clinic walls.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0094749\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that emotional health and social support play a huge role in a patient&#8217;s health outcomes, while they attempt lifestyle changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>And that&#8217;s where Diabefly comes in!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the right combination of medical insight and technology, the Diabefly program <\/span><b>fills the gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between clinic visits and consultations by<\/span><b> partnering with patients <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to make long-lasting and <\/span><b>personalised<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lifestyle changes. We help to keep patients on the right track, as they work towards their ideal glucose levels or weight goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The program offers the best of digital therapeutics \u2026 but with a human touch!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the right combination of medical insight and technology, the Diabefly program fills the gap between clinic visits and consultations by partnering with patients to make long-lasting and personalised lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[404],"tags":[],"acf":{"reviewed_by":false,"references":null,"author":"","table_content":null,"medically_reviewed":null,"show_updated_date_in_post":"No","faq_list":null,"custom_schema":"","media_url":"","reviewer":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}