tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post6576158191294218119..comments2009-05-16T09:56:32.524-04:00Bennethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17411395744352827620noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-19435076434607311782009-05-16T09:56:00.000-04:002009-05-16T09:56:00.000-04:00Thanks KoHo<br /><br />Looks like Norin is a member and Continua Health Alliance is the standards group. Quick looks shows Bayer and Accu chek aka Roche are members. So far as I can tell only the Norin oxygen tool is a certified product. <br /><br />Great heads up I'll muck around and see what I can learn. Thanks again,Bennethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17411395744352827620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-3197377055435756992009-05-15T07:12:00.000-04:002009-05-15T07:12:00.000-04:00There is an industry group out called continua connected health that does exactly what you all want. They are developing an open protocol so that medical devices and back end systems and pc's can talk to each other. All the big companies like IBM, Intel and Philips are member of the alliance. In order to sell a device with the continua logo they have to proof that they adhere to the rules and actually implemented all features so that this device can communicate with other continua devices. This is a step in the right direction and I agree that open standards are needed and I think companies that offer only closed systems will disappear over time. But these standards are being developed and there is already a compliant device on the market, unfortunately not a blood glucose meter. Look for Nonin on the web.KoHohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653277910465999110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-19972457372091281732009-03-22T11:25:00.000-04:002009-03-22T11:25:00.000-04:00Hi !<BR/><BR/>My name is Andy... I am lead developer of GGC project (http://ggc.sourceforge.net), which is open-source solution for managing diabetes data. It's written in Java which means it can run on all OSes...<BR/>So I invite all of you to join me, make support for as many devices as we can. <BR/>We have sub projects that handle different types of devices: Meters (we have support for all Roche(AccuChek), Ascensia/Bayer, some of One Touch), Pumps (this one is still in works), CGMS (this one hasn't started yet)... So you see we need all help we can get...<BR/><BR/>Take a look..<BR/>AndyAndyhttp://andyrozman.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-6845552155366242852009-03-19T09:31:00.000-04:002009-03-19T09:31:00.000-04:00OMG have you been reading my mind? What we need to do is to establish enough (a critical mass) of diabetic nerds &amp; hackers to start creating open source products. The products themselves may never be as good as, or as pretty as, what is offered by the commercial sources... but the mere availability of them will have the effect of pushing Minimed, Lifescan, etc. in the direction we want them to go.Xahttp://juvenation.org/members/davisxa/default.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-51979460249604651512009-03-18T19:27:00.000-04:002009-03-18T19:27:00.000-04:00I have to agree that an open standard would be wonderful and more broadly useful, but as a Type I diabetic this information from Apple and LifeScan is AMAZING. Never before has there been a diabetes management device that is so lifestyle-centric and data management friendly. As someone who's life is strongly defined by being diabetic (b/c my life is so impacted by its management), this focus on lifestyle is profound.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, these proprietary formats are what drive innovation in the current market, and as someone who has to manage his diabetes everyday, I welcome this huge advancement. Now if it would interface with my pump, that would be truly amazing...TJKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-8430837250788216232009-03-18T14:10:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:10:00.000-04:00I agree that device manufacturers need to collaborate on open standard for data exchange between devices. I don't what another proprietary connector and data format tied to a specific brand of device. Using standards spurs innovation.Khürthttp://islandinthenet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-90516895722535914462009-03-18T11:52:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:52:00.000-04:00Hear, hear!<BR/><BR/>Medical and software vendors have a long history of trying to use proprietary data formats to lock users in to their products. (Microsoft Office, anyone?)<BR/><BR/>They fail to see that creating and adhering to open, industry-wide standards is better for everyone, including themselves. Can you imagine what it would be like if every electronics vendor used a differently-shaped plug on their power cords?Dave Sherohmanhttp://nomadnetinc.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com