[cf_geo_banner id="5800"]
Okay, thanks
  • Solutions
    • Hospitals and HIEs
    • Physician Practices
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Research, Pharma, and Biotech
    • Employee and Workplace Wellness
    • Health Insurance Companies
  • Products
    • Product Overview
    • CHBase
    • InstantPHR
  • Case Studies
  • News
    • News Releases
    • Blog
    • Publications and Media
    • Events
    • Resources
  • About Us
    • About Get Real Health
    • Executive Team
    • Awards
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
  • REQUEST A DEMO
  • Solutions
    • Hospitals and HIEs
    • Physician Practices
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Research, Pharma, and Biotech
    • Employee and Workplace Wellness
    • Health Insurance Companies
  • Products
    • Product Overview
    • CHBase
    • InstantPHR
  • Case Studies
  • News
    • News Releases
    • Blog
    • Publications and Media
    • Events
    • Resources
  • About Us
    • About Get Real Health
    • Executive Team
    • Awards
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
  • REQUEST A DEMO
REQUEST A DEMO
  • USA
  • Global

Jason Harmon Featured on JDRF Website for Advocating for U.S. Pilots with Diabetes

July 24, 2013Christina Nash

 

Jason Harmon enroute from Boulder, CO to DFFUSA starting point in Daytona Beach, FL

Jason Harmon, CTO and founding partner of Get Real Health, was recently featured in an article on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) website. Harmon has been instrumental in advocating for changes in policy affecting U.S. pilots diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).

In the article, Jason explains how his childhood dream of being commissioned in the U.S. Air Force was cut short by his Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis, despite already earning a private pilot’s license to charter small, non-commercial aircrafts. He went on to have a successful career in healthcare information technology, but the early letdown sparked a lifelong passion to change policy affecting those with diabetes.

Since 1996 the United States has allowed people with insulin-treated diabetes to pilot private aircraft with a medical certificate but they cannot fly commercial aircraft.  Canada and the United Kingdom have surpassed the U.S. policy and allow pilots with Type 1 Diabetes to fly commercially under certain circumstances.  Harmon is hoping continued advocacy can broaden U.S. policy so those with manageable T1D can fly commercially in the states.

On July 29, he will take flight with Pilots With Diabetes (PWD) for Diabetes Formation Flight USA 2013.  The purpose of the flight is to raise awareness of what pilots with well-managed Type 1 Diabetes can do.  The group will fly from Council Bluffs Municipal Airport in Council Bluffs, Iowa to the EAA AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

To keep up with Jason’s upcoming flight with PWD, follow @JDRF and @GetReal_Health on Twitter. You may also donate to Diabetes Formation Flight here.

 

  • Solutions
    • Hospitals and HIEs
    • Physician Practices
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Research, Pharma, and Biotech
    • Employee and Workplace Wellness
    • Health Insurance Companies
  • Products
    • Product Overview
    • CHBase
    • InstantPHR
  • Case Studies
  • News
    • News Releases
    • Blog
    • Publications and Media
    • Events
    • Resources
  • About Us
    • About Get Real Health
    • Executive Team
    • Awards
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
  • Solutions
    • Hospitals and HIEs
    • Physician Practices
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Research, Pharma, and Biotech
    • Employee and Workplace Wellness
    • Health Insurance Companies
  • Products
    • Product Overview
    • CHBase
    • InstantPHR
  • Case Studies
  • News
    • News Releases
    • Blog
    • Publications and Media
    • Events
    • Resources
  • About Us
    • About Get Real Health
    • Executive Team
    • Awards
    • Careers
    • Contact Us

Headquarters

address: 51 Monroe Street, Suite 1700 Rockville, MD 20850, USA
phone: +1 301 309-0058
fax: +1 301 309-0037

Newsletter

Sign up and receive our newsletter
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
YouTube
© 2017 Get Real Health
All Rights Reserved