Four young diabetics will climb Everest equipped with a Telefónica telemedicine service

Telefónica Digital's eHealth unit has developed a remote management service for diabetic patients that has allowed the operator to organize the first diabetic expedition to Everest, 'Diabetics without Borders', captained by mountaineer Josu Feijoo. Each of the expedition members will carry a tablet PC with the Telefónica chronic patient management service application and a glucometer. A satellite terminal will provide them with Internet access.

Telefónica, the Young Sports Foundation of the Higher Sports Council (CSD) and the mountaineer and astronaut Josu Feijoo have presented the first expedition to Everest Base Camp (5.350m) formed by four young diabetics equipped with a remote disease monitoring and control service designed by Telefónica Digital, project patron.

The agreement signed by Telefónica and the Fundación Deporte Joven has allowed Josu Feijoo - the first diabetic in the world to reach the North Pole without help, to the South Pole, to the summit of Everest and the seven highest peaks in the world, The Seven Summits- be able to carry out your project “Diabetics without Borders”, which consists of carrying, with his partner Jon Goikoetxea, Every year four young diabetics go on a trekking expedition to Everest Base Camp, demonstrating that these patients have no limitations and demonstrate that they can lead a normal life. In this first edition of the project, Feijoo will be accompanied by Elena Eggers, Beatriz Gke Berche, Pablo Pérez Martínez and Roberto Martínez, all of them type I diabetics and sports lovers.

The challenge begins on 31 August and will conclude 18 September. All this time they will use Telefónica Digital's chronic patient management service, This being the first time that a group of insulin-dependent diabetics undertake this adventure with the peace of mind that it provides them., both them and their families, knowing that your vital parameters will be controlled by your usual doctors and nutritionists. Besides, Every day the climbers will collect all the details of the adventure on the blog www.diabeticoseneleverest.com. The service, which is already marketed, incorporates cloud technology, It is multi-device and uses a multi-channel platform (voice, IVR, messaging, web) so that the doctors and nutritionists of each athlete can monitor their illness from their health centers in Spain.

Telemedicine kit

Each expedition member will carry a kit from the Telefónica Digital diabetes program, consisting of a tablet with the disease management application and a glucometer, connected to each other wirelessly. A satellite terminal will act as a router, creating a Wi-Fi network that will allow you to connect to the Internet. The application installed on the tablet will automatically receive the glucometer data that will be uploaded securely via the Internet to the Telefónica Digital clinical management platform, which doctors will access to monitor the athletes.. Doctors will review graphically recorded values ​​using this tool and visualize trends, They will manage the patient's agenda (food hours, hours of blood glucose monitoring), They will program personalized alerts when thresholds are exceeded and send messages with insulin dosage recommendations.

This is an interactive service, since the mountaineers will be able to interact with the doctor or nutritionist, through a simple communication channel and a tool that facilitates self-care and allows the doctor to make decisions more easily. Previously, both the expedition members and the health personnel involved in the project will be instructed by Telefónica in the technical management of the Kit and the application..

For your part, Feijoo, who has always trusted new technologies as a tool to help achieve all their feats, will live a parallel adventure with Jon Goikoetxea: They will separate from the group 12 September to climb the Kalapattar peaks (5.700 m) y Island Peak (6.225 m) and the 21 In September they will undertake another five-day challenge in which they will travel the Himalayan pilgrim route by mountain bike.. At all times Josu will go with the Telefónica chronic patient management service kit.