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Earlier this month, the blog titled ‘Innovative Thinking > Product Selling’ summarized the idea of selling a concept instead of selling a product. The article informed the reader that in order to sell an innovative technology, they have to not only change what executives think, but also how they think. When it comes to recommending an insulin dose for hospitalized...

Recently, an article written by Prashant Dedhia was shared on LinkedIn titled, Don’t sell a product, sell a whole new way of thinking. The mantra of selling an idea instead of a product is a concept often overlooked in healthcare. In order to sell innovative technology to executives, you have to not only change what those people think, but how...

Anyone who has ever entered a phrase in the search box of Google and seconds later received direct links to millions of highly-specific references to that phrase, has experienced the power of algorithms. Algorithms are also used in almost every service and product which requires data computation – social networks such as Facebook, online retailers such as Amazon, smart phones...

Recently, there have been product announcements from companies in the glucose management space promoting new tools to “predict” hypoglycemia. There is a big difference between products that market hypoglycemia’s predictive ability and the EndoTool technology. EndoTool not only predicts changes in glucose levels, it also takes the next step in terms of treatment by adjusting insulin dosing recommendations for every...

Recent controversies at the National Institute of Health Clinical Center are every hospital administrator’s worst nightmare. According to a June 2, 2016 article in the Wall Street Journal, the Bethesda, Maryland hospital, recognized for its cutting-edge medical research, has an unsafe pharmacy dosing program for patients. In 2015, Federal Drug Administration inspectors found what they termed “serious manufacturing problems” with...

Estimated residual extracellular insulin, or EREI, refers to residual insulin present in a patient’s body. Every patient receiving insulin therapy requires personalized treatment based on their individual makeup. In addition to this, each patient’s need for insulin is not only different, but, ever-changing based on activity level, meals consumed and stress. The amount of residual insulin present in a person’s...