Amanda is a 42-year-old female diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She feels that it was only a matter of time before she was diagnosed because her mother and sisters all have diabetes. Amanda is 40 pounds overweight and knows that she needs to control her wight to help with better control of her “sugar”. A friend of hers suggested using a health app targeted to help those with diabetes. Amanda is skeptical but know that she has to do something and “end up on insulin shots”. Amanda’s friend shows her how to download the free app from the app store on her smartphone. Amanda is excited that the app can track her glucose levels by syncing with her glucometer. She can even manually upload the glucose readings if she wishes. The app will display critical state messages if her glucose goes above a certain reading. The app uses the same criteria as the American Diabetes Association for glucose readings. The app can integrate datga from her fitness tracker; blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c levels and weight. This gives Amanda a clear picture of what is going on with her health and she can share this data with her nurse practitioner during her visits. To her surprise, Amanda also receives coaching messages from her app that encourage her to be more active and count the amount of fluid and vegetable intake for the day. Amanda is excited about the feedback she is receiving from her app and feels that this makes her accountable for actions related to her health. After a month of using the app, Amanda has lost 5 pounds and more active. 3. Would the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) be interested in regulating the mHealth apps Amanda used? Why and why not? Use other references to support your answer. Cite guidelines under the FDA that supports your answer.

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Chapter37: The Endocrine System

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Amanda is a 42-year-old female diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She feels that it was only a matter of time before she was diagnosed because her mother and sisters all have diabetes. Amanda is 40 pounds overweight and knows that she needs to control her wight to help with better control of her “sugar”. A friend of hers suggested using a health app targeted to help those with diabetes. Amanda is skeptical but know that she has to do something and “end up on insulin shots”. Amanda’s friend shows her how to download the free app from the app store on her smartphone. Amanda is excited that the app can track her glucose levels by syncing with her glucometer. She can even manually upload the glucose readings if she wishes. The app will display critical state messages if her glucose goes above a certain reading. The app uses the same criteria as the American Diabetes Association for glucose readings. The app can integrate datga from her fitness tracker; blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c levels and weight. This gives Amanda a clear picture of what is going on with her health and she can share this data with her nurse practitioner during her visits. To her surprise, Amanda also receives coaching messages from her app that encourage her to be more active and count the amount of fluid and vegetable intake for the day. Amanda is excited about the feedback she is receiving from her app and feels that this makes her accountable for actions related to her health. After a month of using the app, Amanda has lost 5 pounds and more active. 3. Would the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) be interested in regulating the mHealth apps Amanda used? Why and why not? Use other references to support your answer. Cite guidelines under the FDA that supports your answer.

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