Piraveena Piremathasan is a Professional Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator and Certified Bariatric Educator practicing in Montreal, Quebec. She is a graduate from the McGill University and a member of the Ordre Professionnel des Diététistes du Québec, since 2014. She has worked as a Community Nutritionist at the Cree Board of Health and Social Services Of James Bay, and as a Diabetes Educator at LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology. Currently, she is employed as a Clinical Dietitian at CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. Piraveena is passionate about improving access to nutrition and health education to Montreal residents that come from many different backgrounds. She volunteers as the Co-Chair for the Mavis Verronneau Diabetes Canada Professional Chapter and as a Dietitian/Diabetes Project Manager for the Montreal Tamil Health Initiative. Her efforts have been recognized by Dietitians of Canada, and she has been awarded the 2020 Member Recognition Award in the Association Catalysts category.
Technology is continuously evolving in medicine! In diabetes, advancements and improvements in self-management care, for blood glucose monitoring, data sharing etc. are all a consequent of powerful technological innovations. As healthcare professionals, we use technology in our daily practice for managing care of our patients. It is important for HCPs to be able to provide tools that can facilitate successful management of diabetes. In this session, we are to explore the smart technology that can improve nutrition and diabetes self-management care. Learning objectives: 1. Review current technologies used in managing diabetes 2. Distinguish the benefits and risks related to the use of technology in diabetes care 3. Determine strategies to improve nutrition and diabetes self-management care with new technology