[Show HN] D Sharp: Mobile Diabetes Management (JQuery Mobile, MongoDB, NodeJS)

by dsharpdiabetes • 15 years ago

11 5 15 years ago

Would love some feedback! Thanks everyone.

From a tech perspective, D Sharp is built using Express, Node-Canvas for rendering Flot graphs, MongoDB via Mongoose and JQuery Mobile.

chrelad• 15 years ago

Lookin' good! Came here from IRC.

tunerds_com• 15 years ago

Pretty sweet. I'll give it a try!

Ade_Lack• 15 years ago

Forgive my ignorance to the types of diabetes, is this service for people who self medicate to control their diabetes?

dsharpdiabetes2• 15 years ago

Our goal was to make it work for anyone with diabetes. Most apps target Type 2 diabetics who use diet primarily and really don't work well for insulin users (and even worse for insulin pump users).

You can configure D Sharp to handle oral medications, insulin via pump or pen needle/syringe, etc plus the general logbook functions for blood glucose, blood pressure, weight, diet, etc.

I think the most unique feature is that if you are taking insulin, D Sharp can calculate the insulin dose required to cover the carbs in a meal. It will even track your active insulin and adjust to avoid "stacking" multiple administrations, etc. In this way it provides a lot of the features of an insulin pump and makes them available to someone who is just using a pen needle.

[Show HN] D Sharp: Mobile Diabetes Management (JQuery Mobile, MongoDB, NodeJS)

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