PDA based Point-of-care Personal Diabetes Management System.

Diabetes is an incurable chronic disease with the prevalence high in developed countries. The number of patients in Korea is also on a steady increase. Patients have to self-manage their blood glucose level by daily test and insulin injection. Therefore, it is very important to assist them in self-management procedure. In this study, PDA(personal digital assistant) based PDMS (personal diabetes management system) was developed in the integrated environment of Visual Studio .NET 2003, which consisted of four main menus to manage personal information, diet, exercise, and blood glucose. It gives quantitative health indices, such as BMI (body mass index) and diabetes index, based on personal physical information, pedigree, and living habits. In addition, it is capable of predicting change of the body weight, which may remind patients of the importance of the disease management. The present system can be used as a mobile device within the tele-healthcare system integrated with medical center through Internet.