More grip on diabetes with the help of eHealth

In Vitaal Twente, a regional partnership that wants to make Twente the most vital region in the Netherlands, ZGT is working as the driving force together with chain partners to achieve this goal. So more person-oriented care and support are available for people with type 2 diabetes. The patients themselves play an essential role in this. People with diabetes who want to use their experiential expertise can contribute ideas and participate in the development of this offer supported by eHealth. They can do this in collaboration with researchers from TOPFIT Citizenlab.

A healthy lifestyle plays a significant role in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. This is also the case with type 2 diabetes. Various lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress play a role. Using eHealth can ease life with the disease, as well as its treatment. For people with type 2 diabetes, this offers more control over their (life with) diabetes. There is still no off-the-shelf answer to the question of which applications they can use best and in which way. Because providing person-centred care with the use of eHealth requires a fresh way of collaboration for healthcare professionals and patients. Parties in Vitaal Twente are working together to clarify the new offer and its way of working.

Every person with diabetes is different, and so is the treatment and support. One person, for example, mainly benefits from insight into nutrition and its effects on his blood sugar values. Another person wants to receive coaching focused on physical activity. Yet another wants to understand and examine the effect of nutrition and exercise on his blood sugar levels. And some people just want to see a professional three times a year. This means that the researchers of TOPFIT Citizenlab can enrich the existing offer with the use of eHealth, which enables more person-oriented treatment and support. A first step to develop this offer is to try out applications. So that patients and professionals can gain experience with it.

To develop the new offer for and by people with type 2 diabetes, there is a collaboration with TOPFIT Citizenlab. This is a three-year research and innovation program in Twente in which various parties work together to develop and deploy technological innovations for health and the healthcare sector. Not only researchers, healthcare professionals and companies are involved in this, but also citizens can contribute.
 
Researchers and people with type 2 diabetes are looking together for ways to increase control on diabetes using eHealth. Read more about this collaboration with TOPFIT Citizenlab.
 
Do you want to know more about this project? Please contact info@vitaaltwente.nl or read more about the development of this offer for people with type 2 diabetes