Remove tag medtronic-diabetes-app
article thumbnail

Sampling technology for managing diabetes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Diabetes is a critical health problem. More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. It is estimated that 30% of the overweight adults have diabetes – and most diabetics are overweight. So what technologies are viewed as useful for the millions with diabetes?

mHealth 96
article thumbnail

The Foursquare Framework for investing in HealthTech based on Medicine Needs and Social Needs

Lloyd Price

In his view, venture capital often lean towards the therapeutics companies that fit into the low social complexity/high medical complexity quadrant, such as costly novel drugs for cancer or diabetes. In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. Who's left out?