Tech increases equity in diabetes care for kids, shows pilot study

According to a recent study, German kids with type 1 diabetes (T1D) across the socioeconomic spectrum are now using technology to control their glucose levels better than they did a decade ago. Meanwhile, young, impoverished Americans with T1D are doing worse. That’s because children receiving T1D care in the United States face a technology divide between the haves and the have-nots, says Ananta Addala, assistant professor of pediatrics at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. “We’re not improving outcomes for our poorest youth.”