It’s always nicer when someone else is talking about the virtues of your product.  Being compared to the simplicity of Google’s gmail and online applications was especially sweet.  Thanks David!

“The Simple GlucoMON”

“It works in a similar way to Google’s Gmail and Google Docs that I completely rely on nowadays. GlucoMON® even does Google one better. To use it you don’t need an Internet connection. Or even a computer. Or a phone line. And soon you won’t even need electricity for it.”

“… especially attractive to parents who have children with diabetes in school.”

“I have seen and used lots of different log sheets and in fact link some of them on my website. But none of them hold a candle to the GlucoMON’s report, which is not only automatic but also logs blood glucose results in hourly time-slots, highlights highs and lows, and makes trend analysis simple.”

— David Mendosa, a writer on the web

Read David’s complete review of the GlucoMON-RT commercial offer at Healthcentral.com

…and yet another entrant in the race to continuous non-invasive sensing

http://www.echotx.com/SonoPrep+Continuous+Glucose+Monitoring

Wow…this could be a full-time job keeping up with the world of diabetes technology concept companies. On the one hand this is good. On the other hand, how many are dedicated to improving lives vs. delivering a quick exit for their investors? Let’s hope that Echo is committed and at least one of their platforms will make it into the hands of people while improving lives.

The GlucoMON®-PWA training video (if we ever bother to make one) would be about 3 seconds long including the patient (kid w/ type 1) connecting his meter and another 5 seconds to show parents how to read a text message on their cell phone. By the way, kids don’t need to be shown the second part so maybe we should do two separate training videos totaling 8 seconds which coincidentally makes for a qualified rodeo ride.

I just watched a 2 minute and 13 second training video of yet another phone based diabetes data management service over at DiabetesMine. I know I’ve been preaching simplicity for many years now and yet the message is hard for most technologists and especially the online community to understand.

Health2.0 shouldn’t be about how fancy you can make things given the advanced state of the web and the power inherent in even the cheapest cell phones today. The challenge is to make technology work FOR us to simplify those tasks that need to get done… not to add extra work to something that is already a tremendous burden requiring several hours each day just to stay out of trouble.

In the world of diabetes self-care, guidelines published by the experts tell us that people with diabetes should be keeping a logbook and reviewing their blood glucose for patterns every 4 to 7 days. The only approach that I’m aware of that makes this practical is with people who use our GlucoMON and the automated pattern management logbook from ADMS.

While we haven’t yet sent out the obligatory press release, the commercial version of the GlucoMON-RT service is now commercially available to everyone in the USA for $29.95/mo or for a limited time through a $299.95 special offer ($60 savings) for a full year of keeping it simple. We also have a shared device model designed for schools that will allow multiple kids with type 1 diabetes to use a centrally located GlucoMON (ie - school nurses office or class room) at a discounted monthly subscription rate of $19.95/mo. Adults who attend support groups might also be interested in this shared device model. Please contact us first to inquire regarding the shared device subscription option.

Our new patient community website is up (and in its infancy) at http://mygluco.com The site so far has only taken over the job of taking orders and payments via the web. Very soon however it will expand to add self-service features and other clear value-adds.

If you live outside of the USA, the good news is that our GlucoMON-PWA already operates worldwide. We just need some time to establish business contacts in each country where we plan to serve people with diabetes. Please contact me if you would like to accelerate having the GlucoMON and our programs in your country.