i think that's thinking inside the BOX or being satisfied with status quo. Most costs/pains of diabetes are from mistakes in care (~75%). The patient manages their condition day to day themselves (99%). Studies have shown that we can catch complications and improve lives by analyzing patient's glucometer data.
Digitizing this data, making it accesible vs. having it as a printer paper folder, is the first step. Once we have the data, we need to make decisions based on it. Computers are a lot better analyzing 1000s data points from multiple vitals. Main problem is the device connectivity fragmentation.... at Infometers we are working to solve that problem. Reason I say this, send me a names of the diabetes monitor you use - I might already support it.
hi, website does not list all the devices :). I will update it over the holidays downtime. Can you please send me an email with your meter name ( i think said you use the contour USB?)
Alex, great article. Check out my startup Infometers.com. We are working to solve this problem and open access to the data siloed on glucose monitoring devices everywhere. Feel free to reach out :) Would love to chat more
Thats interesting. Thanks for the link. Yet that is different, because it's teaching them a brand new skill. There needs to be something to help them transfer the skills.
