Patient Voices at the 2014 DiabetesMine Innovation Summit (Lunch Slides)

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Patients = Christel Aprigliano

“This (patient) community is a force to be reckoned with when we raise our voices as one...”

Patients = Heather Gabel

“A cure might be close, but in the meantime there is a ton of work to do towards the goal of improving quality of life for people with diabetes.”

“It wasn’t until the Summit that I realized just how much the patient voice had been missing from some sectors of the diabetes sphere.”

Patients = Melissa Lee

Patients = Kim Hislop

“It is my firm belief that in order to take the best care of a patient’s health problem, one must start with taking care of their mental health.

They go hand-in-hand.”

Patients = Greg Nickleski

“This disease has broken me at points, but at the same time made me who I am today.”

Patients = Merle Gleeson

“For most of my life diabetes technology didn’t exist…

I’m so excited by the speed at which it is now moving with smarter, friendlier devices, and information-sharing.”

Patients = Jeff Mather

“Device manufacturers are great at collecting data, but our tools for processing it and making decisions based on it are still quite rudimentary.”

Patients = Julie Schulman

“Society already mines complicated datasets in many fields and has the skillset to make life with diabetes less taxing.

Healthcare just needs to catch up!”

Patients = Karen Graffeo

“I feel like we are moving forward, but we need ongoing work and advocacy to make sure this forward momentum continues.”

Patients = Sarah Kaye

“It is my hope that we, as patient advocates, can create moments of insight for manufacturers and providers (to) help them create better products.”

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