Reutilization and adaptation of a mobile architecture for Diabetes self-management

Abstract

In this paper we present a mobile cloud-based and smart application architecture to help patients with type 2 diabetes to monitor their disease. Our architecture is adapted to developing countries such as Burkina Faso and helps in one hand to improve self-management of the disease and care by the patients themselves and in the other hand, to reduce the risk of complications associated with diabetes. The doctor’s decision-making process is facilitated by the analysis of the data he has received from the smart bracelet worn by the patient. The purpose of the application’s architecture model is to address the lack of fluent internet connection in such countries by allowing the use of SMS through the application as a communication channel, in case the user doesn’t have access to internet. This smart application can also be a source of motivation for patients to improve their lifestyles and will definitely help doctors to better monitor their patients key health indicators and outcomes. The architecture and the main features of the application are presented in this paper.