Category: Health Tech

Choosing the Best Glucometer: Key Factors to Consider for Accurate Blood Glucose Monitoring

Having your own glucometer at home can be a game-changer in diabetes management. It saves you time and money, as you do not have to visit the chemist or clinic for frequent checkups. However, it is crucial to understand the ranges of high and low glucose levels, which can be explained by your pharmacist or doctor. With these factors in mind, you can choose a reliable and effective glucometer that meets your needs.

Glucometers in Kenya

Regular blood glucose checkup is an essential part of diabetes management. It helps you to monitor your glucose levels and ensures that your medication is working effectively. However, choosing the right glucometer can be a challenge, with so many options available in the market. To help you make an informed decision, here are some factors to consider before buying a glucometer:

Availability and cost of strips: Look for a glucometer whose strips are readily available in most chemists and surgical retailers. This will save you time and effort. Also, ensure that the cost of the strips is affordable to you as you will need to buy them regularly.

Battery life: A glucometer with a long battery life is more efficient and gives accurate results. This is crucial in ensuring that your physician can make proper decisions when it comes to altering your medication dosages.

Accuracy: Inaccurate readings can be frustrating and misleading. Therefore, go for a glucometer that gives readings in less than 5 seconds. This shows that the glucometer is fast and accurate.

Ease of use: Choose a glucometer that is easy to use, especially if you are elderly or have a complicated medication regimen. Code-free glucometers are a great option, as they do not require changing the codes each time you buy new strips.

Quality: While ease of use is essential, it should not be the only factor to consider. Ensure that the glucometer you choose is of high quality and can provide accurate readings consistently.

Having your own glucometer at home can be a game-changer in diabetes management. It saves you time and money, as you do not have to visit the chemist or clinic for frequent checkups. However, it is crucial to understand the ranges of high and low glucose levels, which can be explained by your pharmacist or doctor. With these factors in mind, you can choose a reliable and effective glucometer that meets your needs.

EasyMax Blood Glucose Meter (How it Works)

EASYMAX is a glucose monitoring kit that comes in two forms; an EasyMax MU for multiple users at clinics, hospitals, and so on, and an EasyMax mini for one user at home. EasyMax MU has more features, apart from being small and simple, it has a strip ejector and a to facilitate data collection.

EasyMax mini is a glucose monitor for home use. It is intended for adults (over age 18) diabetic and pre-diabetic patients.

EasyMax blood glucose meter

What is EasyMax?

EASYMAX is a glucose monitoring kit that comes in two forms; an EasyMax MU for multiple users at clinics, hospitals, and so on, and an EasyMax mini for one user at home. EasyMax MU has more features, apart from being small and simple, it has a strip ejector and a to facilitate data collection.

EasyMax mini is a glucose monitor for home use. It is intended for adults (over age 18) diabetic and pre-diabetic patients.

EasyMax glucometer proposes more remarkable advantages, leading to fulfill an unmet need of self-monitoring of blood glucose. It is an easy to use device that enables and encourages users to check their glucose readings more frequently, with less pain or incremental cost.

How do you check your blood glucose readings with EasyMax glucometer?

With its relatively low cost, keeping check of blood-glucose is simple. Once the blood sample is provided, the device transmits the results within 5 seconds. The user can take the sample from the fingertip of the forearm or besides the fingertip the user has an option of testing other places of the body, he or she can alternatively test the forearm or palm. Only a small amount of blood sample is needed for the device to an analysis 0.6ug to be specific and can measure sugar levels between 1.1-35.0mmol/L.

Testing your blood glucose regularly can make a big difference on how you manage your diabetes every day. EasyMax mini self-monitoring blood glucose system is designed to be reliable, user friendly and efficient to help you monitor your blood glucose on a regular basis.

The meter is small easy to carry especially when you are travelling. EasyMax glucometer works on a unique principle of electrochemical biosensor technology with unique added features hardly found in most glucometers i.e. before meals, after meals and time symbols to help know what time a certain test was taken.

Where to buy EASYMAX in Kenya.

EasyMax glucometer is available in major distributors and wholesalers within Nairobi. If you would like to purchase EasyMax monitoring products such as meters and strips, request your local pharmacy or chemist to order for you. In case need help on how to use the meter; your healthcare provider can take you through the steps on how to use the same.

What type of individual should purchase EasyMax?

EasyMax glucometer is essential for diabetes patients to monitor their daily blood glucose readings.

EasyMax glucometer is also intended for pre-diabetic patients as an informative tool that can assist in the prevention or delay of diabetes and its related costs.

Is Livia App Going to be the Solution For E-Prescribing?

Livia app launch

In summary

  • Livia app is a platform that links patients/clients to chemists or pharmacies targeting 100,000 users.
  • The app is being launched in Nairobi after successful in Mombasa.
  • Livia is location based where chemists within proximity of two kilometers can be reached.

Have you ever wanted to buy medication online but after surfing the web for hours you couldn’t find any site you that are significant. Well Livia app may possibly be the solution for you, this app in actual fact acts as a nexus between you the client to the most affordable and closest chemist to you. The platform is one innovative step in the history of Kenyan healthcare that is cost effective and allows a client fill a prescription at the comfort of their bed, office or wherever it is.

The app comes in two versions, Livia for chemists and Livia dawa app meant for the person purchasing the medicines. Dr. Samuel Murawoj, CEO Livia app during the app launch with healthcare providers said the app is not just a basic app but is meant to generally put several users on the same platform i.e. patients, new visitors to the country (tourists), chemists, doctors and even insurance providers.

Livia app is extremely easy to use by anyone with a smart phone, it is location based almost in the same way as uber, air bnb and Pokemon Go where the user taps to find the nearest chemist within a two kilometer radius. All the user needs to do is submit his order and chemist close by can give their quotations. The chemist with all the medicines and the cheapest will be selected, medication is then supplied once the person as paid. Payment may be done via mpesa or cash at the chemist selected once the client has been notified the order is ready.

In healthcare events, the most important individual is usually the patient and thus livia app is all about quality and efficiency to serve the basic needs of a client that’s why it’s creating partnership with big, reputable, affordable and well stocked chemists in Nairobi like Transchem, Salama, Malibu, Pentapharm, Hartlane, Haltons, New Lemuma, and Twinkle etc. The selected chemists are required to fully fill a prescription order and make sure it has been delivered to the customer on time, poor service may lead to lower ratings or eventually the chemist may be blacklisted and if the same trend is repeated severally the chemist is completely removed from the platform. The customer can rate a chemist one stars or up to five stars after receiving their order based on the quality of service experienced.

Livia also handles insurance clients; this made Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) chair, Dr. Mwaniki challenge Dr. Murawoj whether he is prepared to handle slow payments usually two to three months. The company CEO assured the members at the conference during the training of the app launch stating clearly that Livia will handle the insurance part and follow app with the payments as chemists deliver medicines and provide service. He added that on their side they’ll try to negotiate with the said insurers to reduce the period to one month to avoid delayed payments. And of course payments to chemist remain as agreed with the chemists.

NB; Chemists mentioned on the article are just a few that attended the Livia app training on Saturday 27th May 2017, Livia app will be coming to your chemists very soon.

There will be positive advancement for the app in future for patients and healthcare centers like hospitals to ensure excellent relationship where doctors will be able to do ePrescribing a feature that is expected to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

The Livia app is available on Google Play and App Store for download both for android and apple. You’ll find it in two versions, Livia Dawa App & Livia for Chemists by Neotech Kenya Ltd.