Glooko And T1D Exchange Enter Partnership To Leverage Device Data From Type 1 Diabetics

T1D Exchange, a nonprofit research group, will use Glooko’s diabetes data management platform to leverage diabetes device data from thousands of type 1 diabetics and link it with patients’ health records data at participating medical centers. Thanks to the agreement, researchers will gain access to data that can be used to improve patient care and outcomes.

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Mountain View, CA-based Glooko, a leader in diabetes management data, and Boston, MA-based T1D Exchange, a nonprofit research group dedicated to improving care for type 1 diabetics, have formed a collaborative agreement to use Glooko's platform to link anonymized diabetes device data from tens of thousands of type 1 diabetes patients with patients' electronic health-care records.

The resulting data sets are intended to give researchers key insights to help improve diabetes patient care and provide better...

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