Glooko, Inc provides a Software-as-a-Service (

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) application and accompanying mobile app for

diabetes Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...

patients and their healthcare providers in the United States and internationally. An

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, Telemedicine and Population Management offering, Glooko is a HIPAA-compliant unified diabetes management platform that is used by both patients and their

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(HCP).

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s and Integrated Health Systems seeking to remotely monitor patient health to improve patient outcomes and reduce the costs of delivery, hospitalizations and emergency room visits have started to use telemedicine applications for patient remote monitoring to enable early warning and proactive action for issues related to chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Glooko consists of a patient mobile app, a provider population management app accessed online and a meter sync hardware device which delivers insights and population management features and enables patients to upload data from their blood

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s. Glooko currently supports syncing data from more than 30 blood glucose meters using a proprietary meter sync cable called the MeterSync Blue. Patients can check their blood glucose meter for compatibility on the website.

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Glooko offers a unified

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platform which brings together diabetes data (blood glucose levels, diet, fitness, biometrics, insulin and medication data) for patients and their healthcare providers. Patients access charts and graphs of their blood glucose levels and can maintain a digital

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of diet, fitness, biometric, insulin and medication data via the Glooko mobile app that can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and from the Google Play App Store for iOS and Android respectively . Healthcare providers access the Glooko Population Management web application to track patient and population level data. Providers can track issues over-time and are alerted to patients with issues. During the

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pandemic, Glooko offered a free tool to people with diabetes and healthcare providers to enable safe and connected patient care.

History

Glooko was founded in 2011 by Internet Pioneer

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, Sundeep Madra, and

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. Each founder had been impacted by diabetes in a personal way and wanted to develop an offering that could leverage the power of the Internet, mobile connectivity and big data analytics to deliver applications to improve diabetes management.

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