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Counterpoint: If a medical device is not easy to use, you risk the patient not using it as a part of their therapy, or maybe even using it wrong to disastrous
by lenerdenator 3y ago
Counterpoint:
If a medical device is not easy to use, you risk the patient not using it as a part of their therapy, or maybe even using it wrong to disastrous effects.
The alternative to a smartphone connecting with one of these devices is likely a proprietary interface that's worse in every measurable way, and could be just as compromised, if not more.
- nonrandomstring 3y agoGood point. So, given two equally horrific options which can lead to the tragic death of the patient, surely the correct course would be; Don't do either. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. We are not compelled by any natural law to add gratuitous digital technology to problems which are only made worse by it.
- lenerdenator 3y agoIf patients didn't think this added something to their lives and ability to manage insulin-dependent diabetes, they wouldn't be paying far out the ass to get them either in direct costs or through insurance premiums. That's not what people do. I'm sure plenty of patients would much rather do anything else with the money. I know I would with the money I spend on chronic health problems. Again, completely possible to do this right, but you have to be willing to put the resources into it.