The Role of Technology in Preventing and Managing Diabetes
b"Currently, 30 million people in the United States have diabetes and the American Diabetes Association estimates that the total economic cost of disease was $327 billion in 2017. An additional 84 million American adults have prediabetes, and 90% of them don\\u2019t know they have it, according to the CDC.\\n\\nGiven the high cost of treating diabetes and the large population with prediabetes, which puts them at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, prevention has become a point of focus. At the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, held August 17 to 20, prevention and delay of type 2 diabetes was one of the 2018 priority topics.\\n\\nToday, we\\u2019re taking a look back to 2017, when The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae convened a panel of experts to discuss diabetes prevention and the use of technology.\\n\\nRead more about the stories in this podcast:\\nPeer Exchange\\u2014Technology in Diabetes Care: From Prevention to Disease Management:\\xa0https://www.ajmc.com/peer-exchange/technology-in-diabetes-care-from-prevention-to-disease-management\\nAmerican Association of Diabetes Educators 2018 coverage:\\xa0https://www.ajmc.com/conferences/aade2018\\nCDC\\u2014Prediabetes: Your Chance to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prediabetes.html\\nAmerican Diabetes Association\\u2014Statistics About Diabetes:\\xa0http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/\\nHow Technology Can Make CMS' Diabetes Prevention Program Viable: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/evidence-based-diabetes-management/2018/march-2018/how-technology-can-make-cms-diabetes-prevention-program-viable\\nApril 1 Brings Day One of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program, and Challenges for Health Plans: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/april-1st-brings-day-one-of-the-medicare-diabetes-prevention-program-and-challenges-for-health-plans"