TuDiabetes Live Interview – PART II with Dr. Anuj Bhargava, MD, Founder and CEO of My Diabetes Home

Dr. Anuj Bhargava is a practicing endocrinologist at the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center in Des Moines, IA. He is also the founder of My Diabetes Home®, LLC (MDH) and MedSimple™ medication management platform. Since 1994, Dr. Bhargava has strived to improve diabetes care and treatment. He received his Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at University of Wisconsin, obtained a physician executive MBA from the University of Tennessee, and became a Certified Diabetes Educator. He is an adjunct associate professor at Drake University, University of Iowa, and Des Moines University. He is also the founder and President of the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (IDERC), the largest diabetes research center in central Iowa. Dr. Bhargava believes that technology can simplify diabetes and is hopeful that the My Diabetes Home platform will make that happen for the millions of people who are affected by diabetes and other chronic diseases.

My Diabetes Home is an all-in-one diabetes management platform that motivates members with diabetes to achieve better health. The suite of tools includes a personalized dashboard for each user with different places to enter and keep track of medications, blood sugar numbers, and other important health information. One of the key tools, myVisits, prepares you for upcoming doctor visits by pulling in information from your profile into an all-in-one printable report. My Diabetes Home is dedicated to engaging and educating its members by providing extremely personalized, credible, and relevant information for each person with diabetes presented by passionate healthcare professionals.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Ronen Keinan, Co-Founder & COO of Medivizor

Medivizor seeks to improve the quality of lives of those facing serious or chronic medical conditions. We know life happens so we use the latest software and the social web in a more personal way so you and your loved one can be more informed and up to date.
Ronen worked hard all his life and then he one day realized that he has been working hard all his life and it is time for a change, so he decided to work even harder… his wife says that his mid-life search for meaning led him to embark on a new journey. His personal life experience combined with a wish to simply make a difference paved the way to the foundation of Medivizor.
From the professional aspects, Ronen is a leader with 20 years of software business experience in developing leading-edge enterprise software products in large corporations and co-founding startup initiatives. He held leadership roles in research and development, product management, marketing, and operations.
Before joining Medivizor, Ronen established and held the position of VP Portfolio Management at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). Prior to that, Ronen held leadership roles within Amdocs (NYSE: DOX).
Ronen is known for his passionate inspiration and execution style, innovative spirit, and endless energy.

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TuDiabetes Live interview with Dr. Anuj Bhargava, MD, Founder and CEO of My Diabetes Home

Dr. Anuj Bhargava is a practicing endocrinologist at the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center in Des Moines, IA. He is also the founder of My Diabetes Home®, LLC (MDH) and MedSimple™ medication management platform. Since 1994, Dr. Bhargava has strived to improve diabetes care and treatment. He received his Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at University of Wisconsin, obtained a physician executive MBA from the University of Tennessee, and became a Certified Diabetes Educator. He is an adjunct associate professor at Drake University, University of Iowa, and Des Moines University. He is also the founder and President of the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (IDERC), the largest diabetes research center in central Iowa. Dr. Bhargava believes that technology can simplify diabetes and is hopeful that the My Diabetes Home platform will make that happen for the millions of people who are affected by diabetes and other chronic diseases.

My Diabetes Home is an all-in-one diabetes management platform that motivates members with diabetes to achieve better health. The suite of tools includes a personalized dashboard for each user with different places to enter and keep track of medications, blood sugar numbers, and other important health information. One of the key tools, myVisits, prepares you for upcoming doctor visits by pulling in information from your profile into an all-in-one printable report. My Diabetes Home is dedicated to engaging and educating its members by providing extremely personalized, credible, and relevant information for each person with diabetes presented by passionate healthcare professionals.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Deborah Greenwood

This Live Interview has been sponsored by OmniPod – The world’s first tubing-free insulin pump.

Deborah is a Nursing Science and Healthcare Leadership PhD Candidate at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, Sacramento, California. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in nursing and from Boston College with a master’s degree in curriculum development and instruction. Deborah started her diabetes career at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts working as a Certified Diabetes Educator. She is currently employed as the ADA/AADE Program Coordinator of Sutter Health Integrated Diabetes Education Network (SHIDEN), and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Sutter Medical Foundation in Sacramento, CA. Deborah has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and was recently elected President-elect of AADE and will begin her 3 year term in 2014 assuming the role of President in 2015.

Deborah’s research interests involve the use of Health Information Technology to increase access to and improve the quality of diabetes education. Her dissertation research evaluates the feasibility and impact of a telehealth remote monitoring intervention on A1C in persons with type 2 diabetes, utilizing paired SMBG testing. She is also very interested in the emerging concept of the e-Patient and how diabetes educators can collaborate with the Diabetes Online Community (DOC).

Deborah currently serves on the editorial board of Diabetes Spectrum magazine and has been a past guest editor of Diabetes Health Professional. She has served on the California Diabetes Educators Tobacco and Diabetes Taskforce, the Diabetes Coalition of California, the World Diabetes Day committee through the Sacramento American Diabetes Association. She is also a member of the American Telemedicine Association, the Health Information and Management Systems Society and the American Medical Informatics Association. She is a Jonas Scholar, Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence and recently received the Leadership, Education and Policy (LEAP) Fellowship from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis.

Deborah is a certified diabetes educator and a clinical nurse specialist, Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management. She is also a Fellow of AADE.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with the creators of the Bionic Pancreas

Drs. Damiano and Russell are part of a collaborative group from Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital working together to make automated blood glucose control a reality. Engineers from Boston University have developed a closed-loop artificial pancreas blood glucose control system that uses frequent measurements of blood glucose concentration along with subcutaneous delivery of both rapid-acting insulin and glucagon (to raise blood glucose, if necessary) as directed by a computer algorithm. The artificial endocrine pancreas automatically makes a new decision about insulin and glucagon dosing every five minutes. The system is being tested in people with type 1 diabetes at Massachusetts General Hospital, with results recently published in Science Translational Medicine.

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with Terry Gregg, President and CEO of Dexcom, Inc.

Terrance H. Gregg has been CEO of Dexcom, Inc. since 2011. He first joined the Dexcom Board of Directors in 2005. Click on “Show More” to see a timestamped list with all the questions.

In 2002 he retired as President of Medtronic MiniMed, a world leader in diabetes management systems. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of MiniMed, Inc. in 1996 and was instrumental in Medtronic’s $3.4 billion acquisition of MiniMed in 2001. He also served in executive positions with Smith and Nephew and Allergan, Inc.
Mr. Gregg served as the 2003-2004 Chair of the Research Foundation Board of the American Diabetes Association. In 2010, Mr. Gregg and his wife were recognized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) with one of it’s highest honors, the 2010 Angel Award. Most recently, Mr. Gregg was honored as one of the San Diego regional finalists for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011 and named by MassDevice.com, one of 28 chief executives whom exemplify cutting-edge leadership and innovative thinking in the medical device industry, as its inaugural CEO Class of 2011.
Mr. Gregg currently serves on several advisory boards, including Scripps Translational Science Institute and the University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute (DRI). Additionally Mr. Gregg sits on the board of directors of Taking Control of Your Diabetes, a non-profit educational program.

In case there are specific topics you would like to hear in this talk, but don’t want to watch the whole viedo to find them, here’s a list of what’s covered with the time at which each topic came up:

What’s next for Dexcom? What companies are they working with? 5:17
How will Gen 5 differ from Gen 4? 6:44
What’s “Share”? 7:38 and 37:08
What will be new about Gen 6? 8:39
Why does Terry do what he does? 10:08
Do you have a personal connection to diabetes? 11:10
Will the Gen 5 transmitter be larger than the Gen 4? 13:04
What’s the status of Dexcom CGM integration with insulin pumps from different companies you are collaborating with? 15:57
What’s about a protective case for the Gen 4 receiver? 21:25
What critical feedback are you getting about the Gen 4 so far? 23:03
When will the Dexcom CGM be available in Canada? 24:01
Are the calibration requirements different for the Gen 4 than the 7+ CGM? 27:29
How will people who have the Gen 4 upgrade to subsequent generations? 27:52
What is Dexcom Inc. doing to make its technology available to people without Health Insurance, on Medicare, and with few financial resources? 28:47
Is there anything useful that people who upgrade from the 7+ to the Gen 4 can do with unused 7+ sensors? 31:40
Will glucosensor technology be available to the general public eventually? 33:50
How were the colors for the high and low limits decided upon? 34:50
How can patients get involved in trials to test Dexcom products? 35:45
Do you anticipate difficulty getting FDA to approve Gen 5 because it connects to a cell phone? 39:59
Is the iPhone intended to be the primary mode of monitoring in Gen 5? 43:10
Once Gen 5 comes out, will there be an optional receiver available to people who do not own smart phones? 45:13
Will later generations of the Dexcom CGM allow greater customization of the alarms, or enable it to link to an external device with louder volume options? 46:39
Will cellphone battery life and multiple platform compatibility be problems in using the phone as receiver? 48:04
Will it be possible to use an external receiver (cellphone) with the Vibe? 49:41
Are there plans to make the receiver smaller? 50:10
Is Dexcom working on software for Mac? 51:29
We want an orange receiver! Can you make one? 53:09
Will the Gen 6 sensor be better able to tollerate acetaminophen? 53:42

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TuDiabetes Live Interview with John Sjölund, creator of Timesulin

John has completed the worlds longest cross-country ski race, the largest organised bicycle race in the world, New York half-marathon and multiple triathlons. He uses Humalog and Lantus disposable insulin pens to treat his diabetes with four daily injections of insulin and has great control over his blood sugar levels.

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