glucose monitoring – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2022 Tech Insights: A look at how new technology can help employees with type 1 diabetes https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/disability-management/2022-tech-insights-a-look-at-how-new-technology-can-help-employees-with-type-1-diabetes/ Tue, 10 May 2022 12:58:51 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120715 Living with Type 1 diabetes is like having a full-time job on top of managing a day job and life commitments — one that involves making constant risk assessments and difficult decisions throughout the day. “‘How many carbs did I eat? How much insulin do I need for that? Am I going to exercise later […]

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]]> Webinar coverage: Pharmacy-based diabetes management improves access, outcomes https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/webinar-pharmacy-based-diabetes-management-improves-access-outcomes/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:00:08 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104042 Innovative technology to monitor glucose levels for patients with diabetes offers improved health outcomes, reduced absenteeism and improved productivity, said Rick Siemens, certified diabetes educator pharmacist, during a webinar in June hosted by Benefits Canada and sponsored by Dexcom. The roles of pharmacists in Canada are evolving. Siemens said he spends most of his time […]

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]]> Risk-factor management, glucose monitoring both key to controlling diabetes https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/risk-factor-management-glucose-monitoring-necessary-in-controlling-diabetes/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/risk-factor-management-glucose-monitoring-necessary-in-controlling-diabetes/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2021 05:01:11 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/risk-factor-management-glucose-monitoring-necessary-in-controlling-diabetes/ From a plan-manager perspective, eight per cent of plan members are living with diabetes, said Dr. Bruce Perkins, professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Toronto, during Benefits Canada’s Face to Face Drug Plan Management Forum on Dec. 9, 2020. He said risk-factor management is necessary when it comes to […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/risk-factor-management-glucose-monitoring-necessary-in-controlling-diabetes/feed/ 0 How one Niagara Casinos employee advocated for continuous glucose monitoring coverage https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/how-one-niagara-casinos-worker-advocated-for-continuous-glucose-monitoring-coverage/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/how-one-niagara-casinos-worker-advocated-for-continuous-glucose-monitoring-coverage/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:00:19 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-one-niagara-casinos-worker-advocated-for-continuous-glucose-monitoring-coverage/ When it came to asking his employer to add continuous glucose monitoring to its benefits package, John Whitehead, a level-two food server at Niagara Casinos, went all in. He’s had type 1 diabetes for years, and lived through many technological developments to help manage his condition. While he says blood glucose monitoring represented a major improvement, it […]

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