Clinical Trial – St. Mary’s Hospital

The “St. Mary’s Hospital” clinical trial was a year-long study involving three regional hospitals that measured the outcomes of diabetes education centre clients who utilized the MedManager system for all of their post-education services. MedManager portal users experienced an improvement in biometric performance, as well as quality of life measures. The positive results of this trial were published in the Canadian Journal of Diabetes in December 2006. See the links below for additional information:

  January 11, 2007
Canadian Journal of Diabetes Publishes Positive Results from Randomized, Controlled Trial Involving MicoHealth.

  December 2006
Canadian Journal of Diabetes - Physiological Outcomes of an Internet Disease Management Program vs. In-person Counselling: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

  December 9, 2004
MicoHealth’s Online Diabetes Management Program Excels in Hospital-based Trial.

Research Study – St. Joseph's Hospital Study

The research trial, conducted by Dr. Merrill Edmonds, Consultant in Endocrinology and Metabolism and Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, was designed to test if MedManager’s online program would facilitate interaction between women with gestational diabetes and a nurse practitioner. Results showed that:

• 90% of participants agreed that the online tools helped them communicate with the healthcare provider;
• 100% found the online interface easy to understand and follow; and,
• 100% found the program assisted with their gestational diabetes management.


  October 27, 2004
MicoHealth improves patient-provider communication and empowers patient self-care during a gestational diabetes research trial.

Luther Village on the Park – Waterloo, Ontario

Luther Village on the Park is a retirement community in Waterloo that implemented MedManager’s online chronic disease management program in May 2007. Residents and healthcare staff use Internet-connected computers in Luther Village’s Wellness Centre and their private residences to access the online tools for education, health and lifestyle data collection, performance monitoring, event reminders and secure communication.

A secondary purpose of the Luther Village program is to conduct field testing of a Bluetooth-enabled blood glucose meter data transfer system developed by MedManager and the University of Waterloo’s Computer Systems Group. The research and testing was funded through a grant from the Health Technology Exchange.

Participating residents, whose average age is around 85, report that the program has improved their knowledge and control of diabetes, enhanced their access to healthcare services and was easy to use for computer novices.

Given the success of the trial, the online program is being continued and expanded to cover cardiac disease as well as diabetes.

  April 10, 2007
Medmanager and Lutherwood Launch Innovative Diabetes Management Program in Retirement Community

ISO 13485

In January 2007, MedManager attained registration of its quality management system to the ISO 13485:2003 standard and certification to the requirements of the Canadian Medical Devices Conformity Assessment System, or CMDCAS. MedManager’s certified quality management system covers the design, production, and delivery of the company’s online diabetes and cardiac disease management software program.

Class II Medical Device Licence

MedManager was issued a Class II Medical Device Licence, in accordance with Section 36 of the federal Medical Devices Regulations in March 2007. The licence demonstrates that MedManager’s diabetes and cardiac disease management portal meets Health Canada’s standards for safety, effectiveness, and quality.