During the 53rd edition of the Annual Congress of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the launch of the Elevantia Diabetes Challenge, the First World Innovation Contest for Digital Diabetes Management Solutions and Improvement of the Quality of Life was announcedof patients with type 2 diabetes.
Its objective was born by the need to find new ways to help people handle this disease in an easy and personalized way, discovering innovative solutions applied to diabetes that adapt perfect to their lifestyle, since there are no universal patterns and, who do not give proper control to their illness, may suffer even more serious complications.The finalists, the runner -up and the winner will receive awards that will contribute to the development of their ideas, with a total fund of 200 thousand euros.
"In elevity we are excited to launch this challenge, because we wantHe added: “This contest will not end with diabetes, but it is a fundamental step in the development of new solutions for its treatment.Elevise will support and nurture ideas of Start-ups to find non-discovered novel ideas and take them as possible as possible of patients. ”
The contest will seek representations as of November 6, 2017 for America, Asia and El Pacífico.Records can be sent through the page: Ascensiabeteschallenge.com
According to Dr. William Polonsky, president and co -founder of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute of San Diego, United States: “Behavior intervention is key to improving self -management in type 2 diabetes and digital solutions are needed as a means to involvelong -term patients and allow a change in sustainable behavior.Unfortunately, current digital solutions have not yet been able to meet the needs of patients or support self -management and long -term change in behavior.Elevise Diabetes Challenge will try to find the next innovations to improve the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes ”.