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How technology removes the pain point from diabetes management

David Ahn, MD
Conditions
November 17, 2018

There is a wealth of information about your health circulating in your blood. For people with diabetes, accessing that information can be a matter of life or death.

For nearly 30 years, the prevailing technology for checking the blood sugars of someone with diabetes has been the fingerstick. People with diabetes are often asked to stick their fingers and check their blood multiple times a day to assess whether their blood …

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How technology removes the pain point from diabetes management

Insurance companies cannot dictate which medical devices we prescribe

David Ahn, MD
Tech
May 27, 2016

The diabetes community has been set ablaze after UnitedHealthcare announced an agreement for Medtronic devices to be the “preferred” in-network, durable medical equipment (DME) provider of insulin pumps. Starting July 1, 2016, UnitedHealthcare patients will be funneled toward using a Medtronic insulin pump instead of offerings from manufacturers like Tandem and Animas.

Many diabetes advocates have eloquently voiced their outrage …

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Insurance companies cannot dictate which medical devices we prescribe

Nike abandons the FuelBand: What does this mean for wearables?

David Ahn, MD
Tech
June 6, 2014

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CNET and others have published a story that Nike has fired as many as 55 people from its digital sports team’s hardware division, which is in charge of the FuelBand.

Later that evening, Nike tried to run damage control by putting out an official statement to Re/code that they will continue to support and sell the Nike FuelBand SE, despite the downsizing.

Rumors …

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Nike abandons the FuelBand: What does this mean for wearables?

Is the iPad too big for medicine?

David Ahn, MD
Tech
August 2, 2011

The iPad has been a mind-blowing success, and we’ve been regularly covering the excitement about the potential it offers to doctors and hospitals.

However, it’s important to continue innovating, and I propose that a 7 or 8 inch iPad Mini (Or Nano, if you prefer) would be the next logical step for Apple, as it offers an ideal blend of screen real estate and portability that both the iPhone and …

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Is the iPad too big for medicine?

Evolution of tablet devices for the hospital

David Ahn, MD
Tech
February 23, 2011

When working in the hospital, I intentionally minimize the time I spend on my iPhone because I don’t want people to assume that I’m just checking Facebook or playing Angry Birds.

Even though medical apps and the vast depths of the internet are at my fingertips, it’s just too easy to appear distracted. This represents a subtle, yet meaningful, glimpse of just one reason why I eagerly await the continued evolution …

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Evolution of tablet devices for the hospital

How health care could benefit if a company followed Apple

David Ahn, MD
Tech
October 30, 2010

Health care workers throughout the country daily face the growing pains of the transition from paper charts to electronic medical systems. Not only are there frustrations within each system, every hospital seems to have selected a different EMR.  When I was a medical student at UCSD, I was exposed to 4 separate EMR’s (Epic, PCIS, CPRS, Centricity, etc) during my rotations at various San Diego hospitals.

In this Wild West era …

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How health care could benefit if a company followed Apple

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