Data-science methods for better healthcare are being developed by Dr J. Minor, Dr Rich Bergenstal (IDC), and Dr L. Rickey (YALE).
Consequently,  major improvements in tracking chronic and acute glycemia were presented at the ADA Tech Conferences , June, 2013, 2015.
Public reports are listed at
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in%2FMinor-James-M%0D%0A&d=PG01

Also, Two variables, Blood Glucose and conjugate Blood Glucose, characterize the disease status of each patient.
This becomes a powerful new metric for better healthcare and quality of life.

New data science models for analysis of SMBG and CGM data and interrelations to benefit clinical practice and research.