Continuous Glucose Monitoring: What It Means for the Definition of Diabetes
I recently published a Commentary on CNBC about the future of glucose tracking using continuous glucose monitors. Here is the link –...
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Nov 5, 2014
“But who is going to pay for it?!” — New Medicare Billing Codes for 2015 Include R
“But who is going to pay for it?!” This has been the common refrain for years. The world of diabetes care experienced this dilemma...
Apr 5, 2013
Asthmapolis: Why Can’t Inhaler Sensor Be Adapted For Diabetes and Insulin Pens?
Asthmapolis, which launched in 2010, has been in the news the last few days after announcing a $5 million series A venture capital round...
Oct 26, 2012
New diabetes social app, Diabesties
Story at DiabetesMine about Diabesties. #diabetes #Diabetesmellitus #mhealth
Oct 11, 2012
New Dexcom CGM is FDA Approved
The next generation “G4” Dexcom CGM is now FDA approved and available in the US. Press release is here. #diabetes #dexcom...
Jun 19, 2012
A fantastic rant about diabetes technology from Scott Hanselman
This fantastic rant about the frustrating state of diabetes technology from Scott Hanselman, a type 1 diabetic, has been making its way...
Jun 19, 2012
Diabetes technology is hitting the regular consumer media
Gizmodo, a well-known consumer electronics and technology blog, posted a story about progress towards the artificial pancreas. Is...
May 23, 2012
Telemonitoring intervention for diabetes has durable effect: Extension of DiaTel study
Published in an Online First this week by JAMIA was the extension of the original DiaTel study published in Diabetes Care in 2010. The...
May 20, 2012
Data Design Diabetes Demo Day (whew!)
On Wednesday, I was in New York along with other members of GreenDot to make our presentation to the judges and audience as...
May 2, 2012
iBGStar meter now on sale at Walgreens and Apple
I expect that this meter will be very popular, as it will allow people with diabetes to automatically record their glucose values on...
May 1, 2012
DiabetesMine Patient Voices contest
DiabetesMine is sponsoring a contest asking for people with diabetes to tell everyone about their biggest needs in a 2-3 minute video....
Mar 30, 2012
Exciting news: Semi-Finalist in Sanofi Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge
See the press release here from Fast Company and also announcement on Sanofi’s competition’s blog. Our team is comprised of Saleh Adi,...
Mar 27, 2012
Two clinical trials ongoing with diabetes mhealth
There are two ongoing clinical trials to be aware of. One is at the Univ of Maryland and is using the forementioned Telcare meter. This...
Mar 22, 2012
OneTouch Verio IQ meter
I won’t review this meter, since I haven’t tested one, and there is a very thorough review already here at DiabetesMine. I do want to...
Mar 16, 2012
Two quick links: Telemedicine at the Joslin and iPhone app reviews
1) The Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard is creating a telemedicine platform so that they can start doing long-distance diabetes...
Mar 13, 2012
Sanofi 2012 Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge
The deadline for submissions to the 2012 Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge is March 23rd. This is an opportunity for innovative...
Mar 12, 2012
iBGStar turns your iPhone into a glucose meter… on sale in UK now
Still not available in US (though finally FDA approved), but now available in the UK, is the iBGStar from Sanofi. This device is similar...
Mar 8, 2012
Major Health IT Themes for 2012, belatedly
This is a good two months overdue, but still worth putting out there. This article from iHealthBeat asked 9 health IT experts about the...
Mar 4, 2012
Cellnovo: “Mobile-connected diabetes management system”
On February 9th, Cellnovo, a company based in the UK, announced they were launching a new system comprised of an integrated insulin pump...
Mar 1, 2012
Medtronic makes a first step towards “closed loop” with “low glucose suspend”
Medtronic just published results from their ASPIRE study showing decreased time in hypoglycemia for patients using their new “low glucose...
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