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AmyT on
April 12, 2012
As many of you may know, my husband/consulting partner and I were approached by Roche Diabetes’ Accu-Chek team a few years back with a challenging project request: how could we help them best “embrace” the burgeoning online diabetes patient community (what is now known lovingly as the DOC)? Our suggestion was hosting an in-person summit, to offer us cyber-advocates a rare chance to meet each other, as well as an unprecedented “peek behind the curtain”…
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AmyT on
January 25, 2012
Roughly ten days ago, I was at the annual sprawling nexus of new consumer technology that takes place in Las Vegas every year, otherwise known as CES. For the second year in a row, a breakout event called the Digital Health Summit was a packed house, close to standing room only, as people swarmed in to find out what’s happening in the world of new health and medical devices, apps, and all manner of mobile…
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AmyT on
January 4, 2012
This morning, Medtronic Diabetes announced FDA approval and U.S. market launch of its long-awaited mySentry Remote Glucose Monitor, which allows a parent or caregiver to monitor from another room a patient’s MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time Revel System. mySentry was considered “mythical” of late by many observers, since rumors of it have circulated for at least four years.
mySentry is a desktop, or nightstand, monitor, that displays real-time data from a CGM sensor that a PWD is…
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It’s been very exciting to see all kinds of talented young musicians with diabetes pop up in the entertainment industry — from megastars like Nick Jonas to American Idol protégés like Crystal Bowersox and new indie artists like Nikki Lang — and now, there’s Amanda Lamb.
Admittedly, we first heard about Amanda when were contacted by her PR rep. Then we checked out her music video on YouTube and the many concerts she’s done already, and we…
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AmyT on
August 29, 2011
When the insulin pump hacking story first broke two weeks ago, we viewed it mostly as a publicity stunt. But it’s had some interesting repercussions. Notably, two congressman have stepped up and requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the Federal Communications Commission’s approach to medical devices with wireless capabilities to ensure that the devices are “safe, reliable, and secure.” Well, that seems like good news…
The hullabaloo was enough for instigator Jay Radcliffe,…
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