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Syncing blood glucose data over Bluetooth to HealthKit #Health #Bluetooth
Newer blood glucose monitors (BGM) have Bluetooth capability (BLE), but they are often designed only to sync data to their own clouds. Many applications call for mixing glucose measurements with data like weight, activity, carb consumption from other apps to enable consumers themselves, coaching, or care teams to use the information directly.
The GlucometerBluetoothToHealthKit software pulls glucose measurements from a BLE-enabled BGM and stores in:
HealthKit. Many apps and EHRs have HealthKit integration and can use HK as a channel to import glucose data.
Open format. Developer can integrate into other database systems.
The code was developed using a Contour Next One BGM since it was found in a study published by the Diabetes Technology Society to be the most accurate of the set of 18 BGMs tested and one of the few to meet the FDA accuracy standard for glucometers.
Read more in the article here and the code is on GitHub.
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