August 28, 2014

Unexpected Ways the DOC Improves Diabetes

I am a fan of community. The diabetes community in particular and the value it bring by connecting peers and empowering self care. Those connections do even more. 



Our friends at Glu just posted an article about an infusion set study. These days in and evidence based health environment studies matter. What's that got to do with community? Well by reaching out to the community Glue filled over 80% of the study, in just two days. Glu helped the community help itself    with faster studies. Heres is what the studies Alysa Sampson Perrin said:
“We were very fortunate to be able to conduct this study using Glu, it allowed for rapid recruitment with over 200 of the 243 total participants enrolling within 2 days of announcing the study."


One month ago advocates let by Anna McCollister-Slipp had a conversation with FDA on Medical Device Data Systems. In that FDA asked for patents views on the risk and benefits of data, specifically real time data from CGM moving to a device data system to other displays. YDMV wrote the it here.  In one month, with enthusiastic support from the CGM in the Cloud Facebook group the community put over 500 comments into FDA's open docket. I think that is a record response from the diabetes community to a FDA request for comments.

Our community is strong, we support each other, we empower research, we work with regulators and we can do more. My friend Michael outlines that vision:


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2 comments :

  1. Great points about community support and using our collective voices for good. Thanks for spreading word and being a part of these excellent initiatives, Bennet!

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  2. I was one of the participants for the infusion set study. Interesting that FBG increased with each day of wear but not TDD (TDI).

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