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WSJ Personal Technology Columnist Walt Mossberg weighs in on Telcare, a home health-care device that reads glucose levels.
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I've been told about the -- that -- must -- gonna bring us today this is important for a lot of people health care is a new diabetics.
-- it could dramatically change the way people have diabetes tractor glucose levels so from DC this week's all things digital we welcome and Walt Mossberg the personal technology.
That the Wall Street Journal his column about this is in today's.
Journal good to see -- as always -- tell us tell us about this.
Well.
-- Kyle the sick.
And it it you're -- right it's it's basically he.
A step toward taking these.
Home health care devices and in this case particularly the -- for diabetes.
And beginning gradually to move them.
-- to -- -- -- we know about from these things you know we're -- -- miles great technology except when you take carrier health.
Then the technology is fifteen years old and it's really crude so what they've done is not -- -- all the way to the to the sophistication of of an android phone or an iPhone or some like that but.
This is the first.
Glucose meter.
-- your sugar -- summing all diabetics have to do.
And it's the first -- with built in wireless connectivity.
So it.
Means that it instantly upload your readings to a secure web portal you go on to any web browsing -- you or.
And this is very important your doctor your parent you're your child if you're an elderly person -- caregiver.
Can have access to that they can spot problems -- you're testing they can see -- showing.
And then you had a very sophisticated.
Yet easy to understand and would be better able to take care of your health in with the disease that is you know has become epidemic.
It sure has and and that's why said should be until two a lot of people is there any major -- this and you mentioned your point I mean this is so Wendy's razors and the meters themselves have been relatively inexpensive but he.
And these little test and to actually analyze the blood each and a lot test three times a day sometimes a dozen times a day so can add up.
This one the test strips are about the same prices are -- -- else's and fifty bucks for a starter kit.
A hundred -- one year.
Planned for the buying trip mark that's more expensive although I should point out ethernet connectivity there's -- track required you don't that but it it isn't cheap.
It's also as you can see.
A little bit big anybody watch the diabetic and uses a -- knows that mostly smaller than -- so it's couple bugs that they said there were gonna produce it.
But -- the right direction because it's.
Pattern supplied -- helping us.
I think the the more wins.
Had not only be healthier what we all be but the lower health care costs will be and of course they're -- sort this is an opportune.
