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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. body weight reduction, systolic blood pressure reduction of 17.7mmHg, and 95.61% medication adherence among 9amHealth members over 6-12 months.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Today, Bluetooth connectivity to mobile devices like smartphones enables data from blood pressure cuffs, weight scales, and blood glucose monitors to be transmitted to providers’ systems. . weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, respiratory flow rate), initial; setup and patient education on use of equipment.”.

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Does Bribing Teens With Type 1 Work?

Insulin Nation

The teenage years can be a tough time for blood sugar control, as parents must slowly cede control of blood sugar testing to teens, who may or may not want the responsibility. The test offered $.10 10 per test for the youths, with bonuses for conducting more than four tests per day. tests per day to 4.9

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Does Bribing Teens With Type 1 Work?

Insulin Nation

The teenage years can be a tough time for blood sugar control, as parents must slowly cede control of blood sugar testing to teens, who may or may not want the responsibility. The test offered $.10 10 per test for the youths, with bonuses for conducting more than four tests per day. tests per day to 4.9

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Telehealth and mail-order abortion possible in some states during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patients are initially evaluated via the clinic's InTouch platform to determine whether they need additional in-person testing, such as an ultrasound or a blood test. And abortion's price tag isn't always covered by insurance, which could put it out of reach financially.

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Bloodless Monitoring, Implantable Insulin, and More!

Insulin Nation

Now there’s exciting news of a laser glucose monitor that is as accurate as home blood glucose monitoring kits. The researchers found that the laser readings held their own with the blood samples in blood sugar accuracy. The device does not monitor blood glucose levels, however. Emergency Implantable Insulin?

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Food Effect on Glucose

Insulin Nation

I started work on it in 1990 when test strips finally had meters that could provide a numeric glucose estimate and made model identification possible. I then measured BG for two hours using a meter[1] that did not require test strips, an important cost-saving at the time. Compartment Model of Food Process from Mouth to Digestion.

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