Box 1. Definitions for Telemedicine and Telemonitoring in Context of Diabetes Care

Telemedicine

Managing diabetes care using telecommunications technology, including telephone and video conferencing, to deliver care at a distance. In this way, a healthcare professional (HCP) in one location can provide a medical consultation, including treatment adjustment, to a patient at a distant site. Telemedicine can also involve multiple HCPs in a synchronous patient consultation or care review.

Telemonitoring

The use of diabetes-specific medical devices that can monitor, transmit and share indicators of diabetes health between a person with diabetes and their diabetes care team. Telemonitoring allows care of patients at home or at other locations remote from their HCPs, using mobile phones, tablet computers, and desktop computers. Telemonitoring allows information, such as interstitial glucose readings from CGM systems, to be stored and reviewed by separate members of the diabetes care team, including the patient.