Onederland Review: One Drop iPhone App Continued....

You know what's better than a good app coming out for Diabetes? A CEO who will personally respond to our T1 needs and is a T1 himself! Below is the response from the One Drop CEO to my post and email--and it's a good one! I do think a quick fix of simply giving us the ability to program in basal rates and add carb counts would negate needing medical company buy in or integration (which can be impossible.) But the response below is heart warming!

Thanks Alex,

We appreciate you taking a look. Thanks!

I too am type 1, so I understand all of your concerns.

We are able, willing, and ready to integrate pump users insulin data, but as you know - the device manufacturers are slow to allow access to any monoline source data. That is changing and you will soon see companies like Insulet integrated into One Drop.
Same thing for data sources like myfitness pal. Very quickly you will see options on One Drop for adding more detailed meal variables and have them auto import from your favorite logging tools.

There is no lack of understanding of type 1’s needs, just a desire to help create a positive, empowering, and motivational experience for anyone with diabetes to begin to make better choices and learn from each other. Do we fail to meet the needs of a type 1? Absolutely not. The majority of Type 1’s are not on pumps or CGM’s, so please reconsider your comments. I use the platform every day.

So, with 345 M people with diabetes and 30 M type 1’s and maybe < 3M people in total with pumps or CGM, we needed to think about the right mix of features and functionality for the 1st release of One Drop...

Did we get it 100% right? No. Did we make it with love? Yes.

I’m hoping you’ll keep the constructive suggestions coming so that we can continue to improve the experience, and I hope you’ll give us a chance to show that we have a new way of looking at the lonely, disempowering, and depressing state of diabetes care in a new way, and encourage people to begin to feel like diabetes badasses.

Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff Dachis
CEO and Founder
One Drop
Informed Data Systems, Inc.
Jeff@onedrop.today

So kids, look out for this amazing app. It will improve, especially if we keep sending in feedback. What can you do? Email Jeff and let him know what us T1 pumpers need! Give him ideas about how to work around getting integrations from other companies! Let him know how great he is doing too, and show them a little love for providing a place for us all to connect!