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This is a fairly short post (for me, anyway).

If you didn’t see my post on Facebook about this earlier, I invite you to check it out now. It’s from the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

CDRH is the group that looks at things like insulin pumps, CGMs, and artificial pancreas systems. I think the focus of this initiative is to help foster collaboration when it comes to design and improvement of devices that help us manage our diabetes (and other conditions, but since this is a diabetes blog, that’s where my focus is).

I don’t think that CDRH and FDA are saying that they’re building a community… I thiink they’re saying they’re interested in helping communities build themselves, and listening to those communities when it comes to device development, submission, and approval. How great is that?

The best part is, you can be involved. I wish I had a dollar for every time someone said to me, “I’d like to be in on something like that, but I never get the chance”.

Well, here’s your chance.

Here’s the first paragraph of the notice from CDRH, which says a lot:

One of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s (CDRH’s) strategic priorities for 2018-2020 is the creation of collaborative communities to bring together medical device stakeholders to achieve common outcomes, solve shared challenges, and leverage collective opportunities. CDRH believes collaborative communities can contribute to improvements in areas affecting U.S. patients and healthcare. We encourage interested stakeholders to learn more about collaborative communities and review the toolkit, which provides a collection of helpful ideas to foster strong collaborative communities that are well-prepared to take on healthcare challenges.

CLICK HERE – GET INVOLVED

If you read here often, you understand how much I believe in community-based approaches to challenges everywhere. And how much I believe in all of us being involved in said communities.

So let me ask you… why not you?

Enjoy the rest of your week.