Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Dollar General Store ended up paying over $275,000 because it wouldn’t allow an employee with diabetes to treat a bout of hypoglycemia with orange juice. An Americans With Disabilities Act complaint was lodged in 2012 by Linda Atkins, who had been fired by the retail chain. The lead sales associate at the Dollar General Store in Maryville, Tennessee, Atkins was covering her cash register and working alone when she grabbed a bottle of orange juice from a nearby refrigerator and paid the $1.69 pri

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The Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When the term “artificial intelligence” – better known as “AI” – was initially coined, it was thought that humans (carbon based life forms) had “real” intelligence while the best a machine’s intelligence (to the extent they had any) could get was “artificial”. As I work with companies that are leading major machine learning, algorithms, and AI initiatives I’m convinced that we’re ushering in a new golden age of AI but one that might need some terminology refinements.

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The Digital Health Corner

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Registries have traditionally been viewed as static repositories of data to be reviewed in a summary fashion after a predetermined time period. The expanding need for drilled down relevant data has led to the development of creative sophisticated data analytics technologies. We have witnessed the transformation of registry data collection which now includes curation of relevant raw data ranging from medical images and pathology slides to genomics.

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American Well

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As new players enter the healthcare industry with innovative delivery models, health systems are challenged to navigate new types of risk. Dr. Jeff Kosowsky, SVP of Corporate Development for American Well, recently discussed the challenges required to succeed in this new type of healthcare industry during a web event hosted by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For the past 14 years, Dr. Ed Damiano, a Boston University engineering professor, has been working on the iLet, a compact artificial pancreas system by Beta Bionics now in its third generation of design after three years of investigational human trials. Recently, Dr. Damiano spoke with Insulin Nation via telephone about the progress being made to bring the device to market.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Nice recorded tutorial by Pascal Pfiffner on FHIR Security from an application developer perspective. I understand from Rene that this was written based on my outline in the article FHIR Security and Privacy - tutorial outline Some more details and emphasis.

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Medicine and Technology

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The Physician Leadership Forum (PLF), a part of the American Hospital Association (AHA), is hosting a complimentary webinar about the strategic value of CME. The webinar is titled, " Improvement from Within: the C-Suite’s Nimble New Partner is CME." Monday, October 10, 2016 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT, 1:00 p.m. MT, 12:00 p.m. PT) (60 minutes) For those attuned to the evolution of accredited continuing medical education (CME), there is a dynamic opportunity for institutional leaders to build coll

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American Well

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Welcome to the October 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! Each month we re-visit some of the most exciting news and influential events. From success stories, to legislative updates, research findings and product updates, we’ll share the latest hypes, trends and news you can’t miss. Subscribe to Updates. The Future of Medicine Is Here Now. NBC NEWS.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Guest blogger Joel Sigler is senior manager for Kaiser Permanente National Environmental, Health & Safety. The Center for Total Health has a self- service health assessment machine that provides visitors a printed receipt indicating their weight and body mass index (BMI). Recently, a visitor asked a great question about whether the receipt paper is coated with Bisphenol A (BPA).

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 27, 2016

As Closed Defined Benefit Plans are still being worked out rules-wise, the IRS has provided an extension to an important aspect of qualified plans. In a notice released toward the close of September, the IRS has extended Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief. Notice 2016-57 explains that for another year, temporary relief may be provided for closed defined benefit plans.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You may have read our guide for surviving the zombie apocalypse with Type 1 diabetes. Contributor Gary Scheiner, a certified diabetes educator with Integrated Diabetes Services , recently sent in his own ideas for how to outsmart zombies while keeping blood sugar levels in range. Anyone who knows me knows my passion for diabetes care and treatment, but there’s something else I’m passionate about – The Walking Dead.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), an innovative New England healthcare system with 1,000+ providers is committed to creating a “sustainable health system”, which proactively engages patients through new care models to achieve the triple aim. Over the years, D-H has invested in technologies that empower patients to collaborate with providers through shared decision tools and Telehealth, treating “patients and their families as partners in care” D-H has been a pioneer in innovativ

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The Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 20, 2016

I’ll be attending IBM’s World of Watson 2016 in Las Vegas next week. I’m looking forward to hearing whether government and industry are collaborating any better as a result of the passage of The Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Cyber Act by itself doesn’t really imply (or require) that citizen data (or any other kind of private data) be made accessible across institutions.

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American Well

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As new players enter the healthcare industry with innovative delivery models, health systems are challenged to navigate new types of risk. Dr. Jeff Kosowsky, SVP of Corporate Development for American Well, recently discussed the challenges required to succeed in this new type of healthcare industry during a web event hosted by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst.

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SightCall

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In the last Mark Winther ’s IDC report, named U.S. Video Communications Platform as a service, Forecast 2016-2020 a very interesting new category was created. Mark, who is a seasoned group VP and consulting partner at IDC, named it “Show me”. IDC identified 3 different segments leveraging Video Communications Platforms as a service: Communication and Collaboration.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 26, 2016

When it comes to healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, many points of coverage can often be an afterthought. QHPs, or “qualified health plans,” are required to fulfill ten “essential benefits” under the ACA’s mandate. Among those ten is pediatric dental care. However, the QHP need not itself provide pediatric dental care. Instead, a plan does not lose “QHP” status if a stand-alone dental plan offering pediatric dental care is also offered.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 24, 2016

It’s Halloween weekend, 2015 and I’m traveling to New Orleans with a friend to attend a music festival. Something is wrong with me, I know that; I don’t feel well. My girlfriend and I have noted I get up at night to pee, and I’m thirsty beyond belief and very tired. My trip to New Orleans becomes the most fun and most dangerous trip of my life. Using the bathroom every hour, drinking too much too often, dehydrated beyond belief, sleeping not much at all.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In this excerpt from The Savvy Diabetic – A Survival Guide , diabetes activist Joanne Milo reminisces about diabetes treatment strategies and tools from yesteryear: I immediately started on insulin injections, initially administered by Dad, an engineer but secretly a wannabe surgeon. He was outstanding at giving painless shots. But, given the psychological thinking of the time, the doctor thought it was “unwise” for a father to give injections to a prepubescent daughter.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Halloween is about more than candy, thank goodness. It’s also about scaring the *%&$ out of yourself with horror movies! In honor of the most frightful month of the year, we created six horror-themed memes about Type 1 diabetes. Enjoy! sponsor. Thanks for reading this Insulin Nation article. Want more Type 1 news? Subscribe here. Have Type 2 diabetes or know someone who does?

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There has been some pushback against labeling the Medtronic 670G an “artificial pancreas”. Even Jeffrey Brewer, the current president and CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical and the former president and CEO of JDRF, has soured on the term. In an October 6th, 2016 Facebook post, he wrote why Bigfoot Biomedical won’t be calling their coming automated pump system an artificial pancreas: “In retrospect, those of us who came together in 2005 to drive development of automated insulin delivery systems shouldn

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Last week, the FDA announced approval of the Medtronic 670G, which is considered by some ( including Insulin Nation’s editor) to be the first pump system worthy of the label of artificial pancreas. However, the 670G still requires a fair amount of user input, and there are other artificial pancreas pump systems in clinical trials that may offer the promise of even more automation of blood sugar control.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Comentario. Tan pronto estalló la noticia de que la FDA había aprobado el Medtronic 670G se ha iniciado el debate sobre si merecía ser etiquetado como un páncreas artificial. Quería ofrecer mis pensamientos sobre el porqué, como el director editorial de una publicación de noticias sobre diabetes, me sentí cómodo usando el término para este sistema híbrido automatizado de bomba-y-CGM.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Quería hacerme un tatuaje, pero mucha gente me disuadió de hacerlo debido a mi diabetes de Tipo 1. Los detractores me dijeron que no nos sanamos suficientemente, que nos enfermamos demasiado fácilmente y que simplemente corríamos demasiado riesgo. Entonces empecé a notar a gente con tatuajes relacionados con la diabetes. Algunos los llevaron en las muñecas en lugar de las pulseras de MedicAlert.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 4, 2016

During a webinar held shortly after the FDA announced approval for the Medtronic 670G, JDRF chief mission officer Dr. Aaron Kowalski discussed why he believes the pump system merits the label of an artificial pancreas. “When you start dosing insulin automatically, that is the first artificial pancreas,” Dr. Kowalski said. JDRF, along with the Helmsley Charitable Trust and the National Institutes of Health’s Special Diabetes Program, spearheaded the philanthropic giving to fund research into arti

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 11, 2016

For people with Type 1 diabetes, enjoying Halloween while keeping blood sugar levels in check can be daunting. Yes, it’s absolutely true that people with Type 1 can “eat anything”, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s healthy to eat large-quantities-of-Fun-Size-Kit-Kats-anything. Candy is a big part of Halloween, but it’s not the only part. According to an Atlantic report, trick-or-treating wasn’t even a national tradition until the late 1940’s; that means candy is the newcomer to Halloween.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Americans aren’t the only ones pushing their lawmakers to have government-sponsored healthcare programs cover the cost of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). A UK petition for such coverage is slowly making progress in gathering sufficient signatures for the measure to be debated by UK lawmakers. The effort is being led by Jamie Reed, Labour Party member of the House of Commons representing Copeland in northwestern England.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 28, 2016

By many estimates, some 20 percent to 40 percent of people with diabetes will experience kidney damage (nephropathy) because of diabetes. Normally, nephropathy is detected through urine tests that reveal abnormal amounts of albumin, a protein made in the liver. There may be a better way, however. According to a Healio report , researchers have found that children with Type 1 diabetes possess two proteins that can serve as biomarkers for nephropathy long before the condition can be detected by a

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