HealthTab to Integrate CONTOURNEXT Family of Blood Glucose Meters to Offer Deeper Diabetes Patient Insights

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avricore Health Inc. (TSXV: AVCR, OTC: AVCRF) (“Avricore Health” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its agreement with Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global diabetes care company, to integrate their blood glucose monitoring (BGM) systems, marketed as CONTOURNEXT GEN and CONTOURNEXT ONE, with Avricore’s pharmacy-based point-of-care testing (POCT) platform, HealthTab. Ascensia Diabetes Care is a subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation (TSE 6523).

The partnership’s objective is to support patients and pharmacists in Canada in better managing diabetes by linking the daily blood glucose testing results and pattern history data collected via the CONTOURNEXT GEN or CONTOURNEXT ONE meter the patient uses to the patient’s HealthTab account. The partnership also seeks to support utilization of each technology by opening discussions related to collaborative communications to ensure patients and pharmacists are able to take advantage of what these data insights offer.

“Health data silos are leading to terrible outcomes for patients, but with this collaboration we can ensure patients and their pharmacists have the right information for better care decisions,” said Hector Bremner, CEO of Avricore Health. “This is also the first time we are integrating a device that is with the patient and not located in the pharmacy, opening doors for exciting possibilities for HealthTab.”

Combining these new daily data insights from the patient’s BGM with the results, such as the patient’s HbA1c and lipids profile collected during the patient’s regular consultations with their pharmacist utilizing HealthTab and its associated instruments, this collaboration will deliver a more robust personal health data tool for the fight against diabetes, which affects 1 in 10 adults around the world (Source).   

“At Ascensia we strive to make diabetes management as simple as possible. We enable people with diabetes, and their caregivers, to use data to make informed decisions with their health care provider. It is important to provide systems that make monitoring easier and well-suited to modern-day living,” said Annika Pawaroo, Head of Region Americas, Ascensia Diabetes Care. “This partnership is a vital step in elevating patient care delivery to the next level.”