Glooko Solicitation: What ' s in it for me?

This morning, I received a peculiar email. The email was from my endocrinologist ' s office (well, sort of, it was actually sent fromGlooko). The subject line said " New York Presbyterian Medical Group created a Glooko account for your diabetes data " . I was actually a little creeped-out by it, but because I had a very vague idea of what Glooko actually was, I did not instantly delete it. Still, I have no connection to Glooko (in fact, I have never once given the company my email address, nor have I ever asked them for more information, which means they attained it from my endocrinologist ' s office).Some of the issue is because until 2019, Glooko actually CHARGED patients a subscription fee for individuals not sponsored through their provider, health plan, or employer (see the press release athttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190305005039/en/Glooko-Mobile-App-Now-Free-For-All-People-with-Diabetes%21 announcing that Glooko was dropping its patient subscription fee). With all due respect, sorry, but I was definitely not interested in PAYING a health tech startup for its advice which may not even be useful. I saw that as a tool which might help people who are not on the cusp of getting their Joslin 50 year medal (catch my post about approaching that athttps://blog.sstrumello.com/2023/04/approaching-half-century-of-life-with.html), hence it appeared to me to offer more benefit to people who are new to diabetes. I saw no real need for or benefit to using Glooko,...
Source: Scott's Web Log - Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Glooko solicitation Source Type: blogs