Emerging health care technologies in diabetes: is it the way forward?

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The last almost 3 years have been a turning point of sorts for humankind. The COVID 19 pandemic stopped everything in its tracks and drastically changed almost all aspects of our lives. One such paradigm change has been in healthcare delivery, with technology coming to the rescue of many people whose only access to their healthcare providers was through different tech modalities -bringing telemedicine centre-stage. Doctor consultations changed from physical consultations in doctor clinics to audio-visual consultations in the virtual clinic bridging the physical distance, separating the two and bringing them face to face in a virtual world. Data shows a significant increase in use of telemedicine, not only in the developed world but also in the developing countries like India [1]. …