How far can it go?
Like everyone else we’ve been spending a fair amount of time looking into artificial intelligence and how it can be applied to healthcare in particular diabetes management. Already we have advanced hybrid closed loop insulin delivery systems such as the Omnipod 5 and Control IQ which use AI. AI is also being applied to CGM technology and actually predicting future readings. Yet these current applications of AI merely scratch the...
It likely will get worse.
Before we get into the gist of today’s post a few words about the Abbott recall. Now as we all know recalls in the medical device market aren’t usual. As much as everyone wants these toys to work perfectly 100% of the time this just isn’t possible. What makes this recall somewhat interesting is one day Abbott is publicly telling everyone they know about the issue but it’s nothing to...
So, Who Will It Be?
As we all know the lifeblood that keeps this wacky world of ours moving forward is money. As Momma Kliff used to say while you can’t buy happiness it sure as hell doesn’t hurt to have a few bucks to make the path to happiness more fun. But there does come a time when all the money in the world cannot get the job done and you have to call...
Politics+Insulin+Money
The quote politics makes strange bedfellows is not directly attributed to any one person, but it seems to apply with what’s going on behind the scenes here in the great state of California. Back on March 21 California Governor Gavin Newsom cut a deal with Civica Rx investing $50 million of the taxpayer’s money so that Civica will manufacture insulin for California. While Civica already is building a facility in...
This is a hard one to swallow.
We’ve been covering this space for nearly 30 years now so whenever we see something truly different, we sit up and take notice. Now that doesn’t mean what we’ve seen will work or be commercially successful. Rather it means someone is thinking way out of the box and not trying to build another me too wannabe product. Folks just in case you have forgotten this is called being creative and...
Are we our own worst enemy?
Today is Diabetes Alert Day which is supposed “alert” people about diabetes. Keep me in mind we also have World Diabetes Day November 14th which is appropriate as November is American Diabetes Month. Now I have no idea who comes up with these days but my personal favorite being from Chicago is July 19th National Hot Dog Day. I am not aware of a world hot dog day or month. No...
How’s that working out?
Before we begin a shout out to the San Diego State Aztecs, Miami Hurricanes, Connecticut Huskies, and the Florida Atlantic Owls you have busted millions of brackets and provided one of the most entertaining tournaments in years. Congrats and good luck in the Final Four. Now onto business and today’s business is insulin pumps or more specifically patch pumps. Check out this headline- ViCentra now offers Kaleido insulin pump in the...