Texas A&M University at Qatar has partnered with two local Qatari hospitals, Hamad Hospital and Sidra Hospital, to design an insulin pump that will transfer patients’ data to an online server in real time. HbA1c is one of the most common forms of measurement for diagnosing diabetes. The fact that there are variations of the formula to be found was considered unusual. This poster is intended to evaluate different methods of calculating A1c and propose improvements. Using a mixed method including literature review and stakeholder interviews we document the challenges involved in utilizing the new assessment in an innovative testbed.
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