Nokia has announced release of a glucometer app for over 50 models in its SmartPhone line. The app enables users to transmit blood glucose testing results from a MyGlucoHealth Wireless meter through the user’s mobile phone to a personal health record.
During the Apple World Wide Developers conference, last year, Johnson & Johnson's Lifescan demonstrated a prototype iPhone app that allowed diabetics' glocometers to log test records into the smartphone for later use and analysis .
That was only a prototype, however, J&J has made no further announcements about the product.
Entra Health Systems -Nokia's partner in the project - told MobiHealthNews that the app has already had some 40,000 downloads after only just a few weeks of availability during the soft launch. MyGlucoHealth has both FDA clearance and a CE Mark. A similar offering has been available in Australia through wireless operator Telstra since the end of 2009.
While the MyGlucoHealth app is free, users need to purchase a MyGlucoHealth Wireless meter, which is a medical device, through Entra’s channel partners like McKesson at Sterling Medical or other resellers like Advanced Diabetes Supply. MobiHealthNews found it on sale online for a little more than $200.
