Value proposition for mhealth monitoring solution of diabetes

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that refers to the condition created by the body´s inability to regulate glucose levels. It has been labelled the “silent epidemic” for its insidious and chronic nature. The medical profession has postulated that patients could benefit from a system providing continuous glucose readings. All over the worldparticularly in developing countries where the health sector experiences serious shortagesmobile phones are becoming a new platform to offer health services. We define the model for evaluation of mobile health solution to monitor diabetes and explore the influence of two factors on the model, the cost of a telecom service and the discount rate. We further evaluate the model using three countries with considerable burden of the disease: the USA, Brazil and India. The predicted explosion of diabetes in the developing parts of the world could be averted using mobile health solutions. In remote areas where healthcare workers are scarce and patients have high travel cost it might be the most efficient way.