Traditionally, when we wanted to seek information regarding health conditions, the options were to schedule an appointment with your health care provider, which would provide us with handouts and pamphlets, or you would have to do the research on our own in the library. For all these reasons, the field of health informatics has grown steadily over the past decade. Much of this produced can be attributed to the U.S. government. Due to technological advancements and the evolution of health informatics, we can view our electronic health records in real-time. 

Health informatics has now made it possible for people to take control of their health by becoming more educated and involved in their healthcare decisions by connecting them to their healthcare team anywhere and anytime.

 

This website was created for Filipinos who speak English and Tagalog and have the most common type 2 diabetes. This website aims to provide online educational resources and spread awareness to hopefully serve as a place for medical information to be more readily accessible through the help of health informatics to Filipinos in the United States and the Philippines.

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This website will explore the five key areas of Type 2 diabetes management: 

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• The different kinds of diabetes

• Symptoms

• ​Warning signs

• Healthy eating and exercise

• Monitoring your blood sugar levels and available resources