MyGlucoHealth aims to make it easier for people with diabetes to deal with the disease on a day-to-day basis. Diabetes currently affects an estimated 1.5 million Australians, with around 275 new cases being reported each day.

It is a chronic disease that often lasts a lifetime and has no known cure. While it’s possible to live a normal lifestyle with diabetes, it needs to be carefully managed every day – taking time, practice, confidence and patience.

MyGlucoHealth means that the monitoring of blood glucose levels every day doesn’t have to be tedious and uncomfortable. It is now quick and convenient to manage so that diabetics get on with everyday life.

It’s the world’s first wireless Bluetooth glucometer, and works by transmitting blood glucose level updates over the Telstra Next G™ network through a mobile phone to a secure patient record. A nominated carer and doctor will also have access to the patient record to monitor results, intervene if necessary and remind the patients to test themselves regularly. The database automatically sends text updates and alerts to diabetics when their glucose counts aren’t at benchmarked levels.