Lutz Heinemann, Germany
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Introduction
New Insulins, Biosimilars and Insulin Therapy
TIME TREND OF DIABETOLOGISTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIGITALIZATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGISTS AND THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
Abstract
Background and Aims
Despite many new innovations, little is known to date about diabetologists' attitudes and expectations regarding digitization and new technologies in diabetology and how they are changing over time.
For the "Digitization and Technology Report Diabetes 2021", diabetologists nationwide in Germany were asked from August to October 2020 about their attitudes toward diabetes technologies and digitization in diabetology, among other things, and compared with a similar survey in 2018/2019.
Methods
337 diabetologists (2018: 422; 2019: 324) participated in the survey (43% female, average age 53.2 years). On average, 324 people with diabetes using Flash-Glucose-Monitoring, 100 using real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and 94 using insulin pump therapy (CSII) were treated per diabetes institution in 2020.
Results
In 2020, 81.9% (2019: 75.8%; 2018: 63.7%) of the physicians surveyed had a positive or very positive attitude toward digitization, with only 3.6% having a negative attitude toward it (2019: 4.3%, 2018: 8.0%). The benefits of digitization for diabetology rated as greatest were "better metabolic control of patients" (75.9%), "better quality of own work" (74.1%) "more personalized treatment of patients in terms of personalized diabetes therapy" (71.9%), and "specialization of own institution" (65.9%). The "unclear and insufficient reimbursement of digital services" (89.6%) is stated as the greatest disadvantage.
Conclusions
The potential of digitization is considered to be very high by diabetologists. The comparison of the previous 3 surveys (2019,2020, 2021) indicates that the positive attitude towards digitization has increased even more in recent years and that a very positive basic mood now prevails among most respondents.