Diabetes is big business. Below are entries about diabetes market size, the people and companies working in it and my thoughts on the companies, their products and patient experience.
Sugar Free
Sugar Free. That was my nephew Alec’s nickname on his high school baseball team. One of the coaches called him “Sugar Free” because he played with type 1 diabetes. It was fun … and a reminder that he played with type 1. We loved it When it comes to food, sugar free...
Dexcom Ads
This week I attended a JDRF in-person meet-up in Kansas City. It was my first since Covid, and it was good to see over 30 type 1s in a room talking about diabetes. The meeting was about the new Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor and was presented by two local Dexcom...
The Marketing of Diabetes
This past weekend I went to the grocery store for several items. As I walked toward the aisle for lettuce, I noticed a display of cans with an ‘A1C’ prominently labeled on the front. Does this drink help someone with diabetes with their A1C? I doubt it. Does this...
Scripts
Living well with diabetes requires insulin and technology to deliver it. And the rapid innovation in medications and devices provides additional ways to improve living with diabetes. Most of the time, they require prescriptions. The process can be time-consuming,...
Driving Diabetes
I’ve been traveling away from our home in Kansas City for the past month. Kendra and I viewed parts of the U.S. in a way only seen when driving. From Kansas City to St. Louis for a 60th Birthday party, then to Oklahoma City’s Bricktown and the 50th anniversary of...
Lessons on Patient Experience From a World Class Retailer – Part II
Last week I posted about a fabulous experience buying jeans at Nordstrom. Here is the second part of the topic that delves into the customer and patient experience. That post ended with this question: What if our experience with endocrinologists, educators, medical...
Lessons on Patient Experience From A World Class Retailer – Part I
Kendra and I visited our son, family, and friends in Phoenix recently, and one of our stops was at the Nordstrom store in Scottsdale. I was shopping for a pair of jeans when a salesperson approached and asked if I needed help. He asked a few questions, and then we...
2022 Diabetes Wellness Review – Medications and Medical Devices
This is the second post reviewing two of the spokes (or clusters) of help in my Diabetes Wellness Wheel. This post focuses on Medications and Medical Devices. Below is the Diabetes Wellness Wheel and my criteria, assessment of 2022, and adjustments in 2023 for these...
Tidepool … aka Loop
On January 24 the FDA approved Tidepool’s Loop algorithm that automates insulin dosing (*). The FDA approval process took two years and represents a first … a regulated and commercially available solution for patient choice in the algorithms and hardware they...
World Diabetes Day – 2022
Hello World Diabetes Day 2022! November is diabetes awareness month ... our day was started in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization and then reinforced by the United Nations in 2006. This is all about raising awareness of...