Continuous glucose monitoring metrics: interpretation and integrations

Medical engineers continue to develop and enhance continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices and other devices to improve care for persons with diabetes. In a remarkably short period of time, these devices have become refined. Regardless, they can create concerns among healthcare providers and patients who experience "technostress," cannot keep up with technological changes, find the technology confusing, or experience inconvenience or a burden associated with the devices. Professional organizations have taken steps to standardize the reports generated by CGM devices, and familiarity with key terms and visuals that appear on these reports can improve their utility. Clinicians' knowledge and understanding of how to interpret the Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP) report can improve patient outcomes. In addition, organizations that recognize areas of workflow that may be impacted can implement processes that improve use of the standard AGP report.