VA Turns to Telehealth Tech for Diabetes Monitoring

SweetSpot Diabetes Care, a Portland, Ore.-based company, will remotely monitor blood glucose levels in veterans with diabetes, beginning with a pilot in Dayton, Ohio. An award from the Department of Veteran Affair's industry innovation competition, known as VAi2, will pay for the initiative aimed at improving care and reducing complications.

Telemedicine is a focus of the VAi2 competition. The VA invites innovations that use technology to remotely serve veterans who have barriers to visiting major VA health centers including the 41 percent who live in rural settings.

VAi2 identifies, prioritizes, funds, tests, and deploys the most promising solutions to the VA's most important challenges. To date, 36 projects have been announced from approximately 10,000 entries...