The Tandem Diabetes Care t:slim X2 Insulin Pump, which is compatible with glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom's G7 and G6 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, has been cleared for sale by Health Canada, the department within the government of Canada responsible for national health policy.
t:slim, which holds up to 300 units of insulin, boasts a color touchscreen, a rechargeable battery...
Valendo Health, a diabetes-focused, value-based endocrinology company, announced its launch with $4 million in seed funding and two providers.
The company, built out of Redesign Health, aims to increase revenue for endocrinologists while assisting with the transition to a value-based care model.
It offers telehealth and remote patient monitoring services with diabetes care clinicians, an...
MSIG Hong Kong provides free limited-time access to mental health app Intellect
Mental health startup Intellect has partnered with MSIG Hong Kong, a member of MS&AD Insurance Group, to provide corporate wellbeing support to insurance clients.
From 4 July to 31 December, MSIG Hong Kong's SME Group Medical Insurance policyholders and applicants will have free complimentary access to Intellect's...
PILATUS OFFERS MEDEVAC WITH EPISHUTTLE
Together with its development partner, Aerolite AG, Swiss aerospace manufacturer, Pilatus now offers integration of the EpiShuttle in medevac PC-24s.
Created out of the growing demand for air transport solutions for infectious patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, the solution prevents in-flight transmission of viruses to cockpit and cabin crew.
Patient...
This year marks the centenary of one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in history - the discovery of insulin.
It began a century of innovation in which the lives of millions of people with type 1 diabetes have been saved.
With recent figures showing nearly half a billion people worldwide have diabetes, innovators are designing new ways of providing care.
One radical paradigm shift is the...
Digital health analysis and consultancy company Research2Guidance (R2G) have just released The Global Digital Diabetes Care Market 2020, the fourth edition of their biannual research report providing comprehensive analysis of the global digital diabetes market.
Diabetes care is one of the most developed and best funded sectors of digital health, with a total revenue of $320 million (€275M) in...
Four months after landing FDA clearance POPS! one, a diabetes management system, is now commercially launching.
The system uses an algorithm to give users real-time personalized diabetes coaching. It also includes small glucose meter that attaches to the back of a user’s smartphone. Users can check their glucose levels on the meter and the results will automatically transfer to the app. The...
What happened
In a triple-blinded, multisite, independent study, researchers have found that only one third of commercially available FDA-cleared blood glucose meters in the United States could consistently perform to an accuracy standard close to, but actually more lenient than, the FDA’s. Of the 18 BCGs tested, only six were consistently accurate in each of three test sites. Five were compliant...
A small study published in Diabetes Care, the journal of the American Diabetes Association, shows that personalized text messages with positive and negative feedback are more effective than texts that are simply reminders.
The study was conducted by researchers at the Israeli Institute of Technology and one researcher was affiliated with Microsoft Research. They split 27 patients into a seven-...
Like any rapidly evolving industry, mobile health is suffering some growing pains.
A study published in the September issue of the journal Diabetes Care found that type 2 diabetes patients who were given behavioral coaching with the mobile phone-based WellDoc DiabetesManager system lowered their hemoglobin A1c readings significantly more than those who only received care during occasional doctor...
