
The aim of our study was demonstrate how the implementation of a shared management process using innovative tools, such as telemonitoring with a mobile app, has a benefits in term of facilitating the management of women with GD and reducing access to hospitals. Due to COVID-19 emergency in 2020, the integration between the Diabetologist EMR (SDC) and mySugr app for people with diabetes was activated for 4 months; the patient can enter blood sugar and other clinical data in the app for recording and tracking data directly in the EMR. The telemonitoring service was proposed to pregnant patients to avoid further direct access for the visits. The analysis of glycemic control and maternal-fetal outcome was performed on a total of 46 pregnant women (38 Italian and 8 foreign, age 35.4 ± 4.9 years, graduates 73%, pre-pregnancy BMI 24.9 ± 5.4 Kg / m2) enrolled on average at 30 ± 5 weeks. The total blood glucose levels recorded were 8818 (176 ± 98 blood sugar levels per patient), the mean pre- and post-meal blood glucose levels were respectively 96 ± 9.8 mg / dl and 127.8 ± 34.6 mg / dl. Delivery took place at 39 ± 2 weeks, in 65.2% spontaneously (34.8% Caesarean section) in the absence of preterm births or birth trauma. All the women examined showed a high degree of satisfaction. Despite numerical limitation, this experience shows how the use of my- Sugr app integrated with SDC can offer to Diabetologists a secure data flow in electronic format, permitting an immediate consultation and a subsequent benefits on the metabolic control in women with GD. The solutions used are appreciated by all pregnant women and allowed the reduction of access to diabetes Centers. The implementation of this experience of telemedicine management is also desirable outside the period of COVID-19 emergency. KEY WORDS diabetes; telemedicine; pregnancy.
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