Bio-infrastructure company Hurdle has launched a diabetes testing kit that is designed to make it easier than ever for adults to go about self-administering a safe and simple blood test at hope in order to be able to monitor themselves for diabetes.
Provided under Hurdle's consumer-facing 'Chronomics' brand, this diabetes testing kit can be purchased online and delivered to customers' homes. Customers are granted access to a digitized dashboard where they can register their test as well as communicate with healthcare professionals. Once the test is self-administered, users get their results within three days along with a summary of results that they can share with their doctors.
Available for only $69, this diabetes testing kit aims to play a role in battling the scourge of a disease that is estimated to afflict over 8.5 million American adults without their knowledge.
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What's Driving This Trend
- Streamlined Diabetes Testing
- Bio-infrastructure company Hurdle launched a diabetes testing kit that offers accurate results and includes a digital dashboard, making it easier for individuals to self-administer a safe and simple blood test in the comfort of their own homes.
- Consumer-facing Health Kit
- Hurdle's 'Chronomics' brand offers a diabetes testing kit that can be purchased online and delivered to customers' homes, offering a new trend in consumer-facing health kits that allow individuals to take a proactive role in their health.
- Digitized Healthcare Communication
- The diabetes testing kit includes a digitized dashboard that allows users to register their test and communicate with healthcare professionals, representing a trend towards digitized healthcare communication that can enhance patient-doctor communication and engagement.
Who This Affects Most
- Healthcare Products and Services
- The launch of Hurdle's diabetes testing kit represents a new innovation opportunity for healthcare companies to create consumer-facing products that empower individuals to take control of their health and monitor for conditions like diabetes.
- E-commerce
- Hurdle's online purchase and delivery model for their diabetes testing kit highlights an opportunity for e-commerce companies to expand into the healthcare industry, offering convenient and accessible health products to consumers.
- Health Technology
- The digitized dashboard included with Hurdle's diabetes testing kit represents a new wave of health technology innovation that can incorporate data and communication technology to improve patient outcomes and engagement.
