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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association today unveiled a new web-based diabetes tool that makes it easier for people with diabetes -- and their care providers -- to share and organize important health information to improve their diabetes care. The tool, My Diabetes Connector, is a diabetes management software application developed by a software and services company, MyCareTeam, Inc. My Diabetes Connector is available by subscription at http://www.diabetes.org/mydiabetesconnector.

My Diabetes Connector enables people with diabetes to securely send blood glucose (sugar) readings from their glucose meter to the My Diabetes Connector Application. My Diabetes Connector's goal is to be compatible with other major, publicly available, web-enabled applications being introduced to the marketplace, such as the new application announced today by Microsoft.

"We are very excited to offer My Diabetes Connector, which was developed by MyCareTeam, Inc. We believe that this tool may further engage people in the learning process about managing their diabetes," said Richard Kahn, PhD, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association. "Such a web-based platform may improve the dialogue between the patient and their health care team."

My Diabetes Connector is unique in that it allows input from multiple blood glucose meters. Data stored to My Diabetes Connector is accessible through the Internet, allowing care providers and family members -- with the patient's permission -- to monitor the information, regardless of location. For instance, a parent can monitor a child's glucose data while the child is away at college, and data for an elderly parent living in Florida can be easily monitored by a grown
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