Development of a New Integrated Strategy for Long-Distance and Full-Course Management of Diabetes Using Both Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine: A Combined Online and Offline Approach
The management of diabetes is of great value in reducing the risk of complications and alleviating the socioeconomic burden. Currently, the diabetes management models in China have not effectively integrated the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. They also fail to achieve intelligent and automated management, resulting in high management costs and low efficiency. Therefore, it is extremely urgent to explore a new, efficient, convenient, low - cost, and personalized long - distance, full - course, intelligent management model for diabetes that integrates TCM and Western medicine both online and offline. Based on this, our research group plans to rely on the pre - designed and developed Idata database. We will deeply integrate the diagnostic and treatment advantages of TCM constitution differentiation and Western medical examinations and laboratory tests, construct an automated follow - up path, and build an integrated online diabetes management platform for Internet hospitals, which consists of intelligent hardware + APP + cloud services + a back - end think - tank of TCM and Western medicine experts + a back - end professional management and care team. This initiative aims to blaze a new trail in the field of long - distance, full - course, and personalized management of diabetes through the synergy of TCM and Western medicine for Chinese diabetes patients. We expect to significantly reduce the incidence of diabetes complications, remarkably improve the overall health status and quality of life of patients, and bring unprecedented positive impacts on the well - being of diabetes patients.
• Presence of typical diabetes symptoms (polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and unexplained weight loss) AND meeting any one of the following laboratory criteria: Fasting venous plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L, or Random plasma glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L, or Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5%.
• OR, meeting the following oral glucose tolerance test criteria:Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L AND 2-hour plasma glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L after a 75g glucose load.