DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Health 2.0 http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= What’s Next for Diabetes Social Media Summits? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/whats-next-for-diabetes-social-media-summits.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/whats-next-for-diabetes-social-media-summits.html#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:00:47 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=73237 Everyone wants to know what the patient community is thinking these days. The explosion of social media and patient advocacy has fueled the desire for Pharma, device companies, health organizations and insurers to seek out our perspective and input —…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/whats-next-for-diabetes-social-media-summits.html/feed 9 Call for an Open Model of Diabetes Care! (i.e. Standards) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/call-for-an-open-model-of-diabetes-care-i-e-standardization.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/call-for-an-open-model-of-diabetes-care-i-e-standardization.html#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:46 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=71050 As a follow up to the 2012 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit event held last November at Stanford University, we wanted to share the gist of the keynote talk about why the development of standards for diabetes devices and data is so…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/call-for-an-open-model-of-diabetes-care-i-e-standardization.html/feed 10 New Ginger.io App Connects Behavior to Health http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:23 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=70147 Your smartphone is watching you — to learn how your behavior might be affecting your health. OK, maybe it’s not at this very moment… but it could, thanks to a new app created by a Boston-based health IT startup company…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html/feed 9 Patients for a Moment (PFAM): Call for Submissions! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/patients-for-a-moment-pfam-call-for-submissions.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/patients-for-a-moment-pfam-call-for-submissions.html#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:58 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=66003 PATIENTS FOR A MOMENT (PFAM) is a new-ish a bi-weekly patient-centered blog carnival, founded in part by Leslie of Getting Closer to Myself.  We are delighted to be hosting this month on Jan. 15 — in the hopes of getting…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/patients-for-a-moment-pfam-call-for-submissions.html/feed 2 dLifeTV Leaves the Television Set http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/dlife-tv-leaves-the-television-set.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/dlife-tv-leaves-the-television-set.html#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:00:42 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=66131 In a somewhat surprising announcement last week, we heard that dLifeTV, the nation’s only TV program devoted to diabetes, was going off the air. Instead of running on CNBC each Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, it will henceforth…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/dlife-tv-leaves-the-television-set.html/feed 3 MedX Conference Ignites Passion to Change the (Healthcare) World http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/medx-conference-ignites-passion-to-change-the-healthcare-world.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/medx-conference-ignites-passion-to-change-the-healthcare-world.html#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:00:09 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=60284 One particular moment doesn’t stand out about the MedicineX conference at Stanford University this past week. Instead, it was all of the moments! What I keep coming back to in my mind is the recurring theme of this event: that…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/medx-conference-ignites-passion-to-change-the-healthcare-world.html/feed 5 DiabetesMine Joins the Chronic Illness “Walking Gallery” http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/09/diabetesmine-joins-the-chronic-illness-walking-gallery.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/09/diabetesmine-joins-the-chronic-illness-walking-gallery.html#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:00:12 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=57840 We don’t talk about it all that much in the heart of the diabetes online community (DOC), but there’s actually an incredibly vibrant and growing larger community of online patient advocates out there who are banding together to do great…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/09/diabetesmine-joins-the-chronic-illness-walking-gallery.html/feed 3 All About the Fitbit (with Diabetes) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/05/all-about-the-fitbit-with-diabetes.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/05/all-about-the-fitbit-with-diabetes.html#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:14 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=48544 May is a busy-busy month. Among many other observances, it is national “Exercise is Medicine Month,” celebrating the role of fitness in keeping us healthy. Not surprisingly, there are many new apps and techy tools to help us with this,…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/05/all-about-the-fitbit-with-diabetes.html/feed 5 ANNOUNCING: The 2012 DiabetesMine™ Patient Voices (Innovation) Contest! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/05/announcing-the-2012-diabetesmine-patient-voices-innovation-contest.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/05/announcing-the-2012-diabetesmine-patient-voices-innovation-contest.html#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 12:45:27 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=47615 We’ve had four great years running our wildly successful crowdsourcing competition, the DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Today, we at DiabetesMine are proud to announce a new program in our continued efforts to “push the envelope” on diabetes innovation:   The DiabetesMine™…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/05/announcing-the-2012-diabetesmine-patient-voices-innovation-contest.html/feed 9 NewsFlash: DexCom Launches iPhone App (For Training and Stuff) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/09/newsflash-dexcom-launches-iphone-app-for-training-and-stuff.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/09/newsflash-dexcom-launches-iphone-app-for-training-and-stuff.html#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:37:29 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=33186 Today, leading makers of continuous glucose monitoring system DexCom Seven unveiled a new app for the iPhone and iPad, which is a cool move on their part, because everybody wants a piece of the Apple pie, right? But a warning…

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