S1 Ep8: Closing the Loop

Diabetes is a disease that requires management 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People living with diabetes must calculate complex mental math when deciding how much insulin to dose, while also taking into consideration the effects of their exercise, food intake, and even stress levels. Digital technology is changing healthcare, which brings with it the hope of new solutions such as wearables, apps, and mobile devices. On this episode, Joe talks to patient advocate and founder of #openAPS, Dana Lewis. Hear what factors motivated her to seek out digital tools to manager her T1 diabetes and ultimately create an automated DIY closed loop system. Joe also talks to Marie Schiller who is leading the R&D efforts in global product development for Lilly’s Connected Care and Insulins about the key to finding new and better solutions for diabetes care.