Flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Implications for Use of Continuous Data in Daily Diabetes Management

Full realization of the benefits of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) depends on addressing barriers such as cost, accuracy, burdens of daily use, and uncertainty about applying the data. Lack of systematic education has also hampered widespread adoption among patients and health care professionals. This article describes the practical application of an affordable and intuitive category of CGM called “flash” that requires users to scan the sensor with a handheld reader for on-demand access to continuous data. The data may be used for in-the-moment therapy adjustment, retrospective review of glucose patterns, and observation of glucose trending in response to behavior. Higher rates of flash CGM scanning have been associated with increased time in the glycemic target range and reduced time in hyper- and hypoglycemia. Growing interest in this technology suggests new opportunities for helping more patients incorporate CGM into their daily self-care.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Diabetes Spectrum

• Publication date

  2019-05-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.2337/ds18-0059PMID 31798294PMCID PMC6858083
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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