June, 2015

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Outrage and Bafflement Over Insulin Prices

Insulin Nation

The price of insulin is always a hot-button topic. Many in the diabetes community have expressed outrage at the climbing price for insulin and at disparities in the price of insulin. Similar anger popped up at the ADA Scientific Session in Boston. At one presentation, doctors squared off for a debate on whether new generation insulins were worth it for treating Type 2 diabetes, but consensus soon emerged that diet and exercise were better initial strategies.

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Think There Are Still Problems with Telemedicine?

American Well

Back in 2008 when American Well was founded, there was some skepticism as to the impact telemedicine – and the newly minted “telehealth” – could realistically have on the industry, and the benefits for health systems and their physicians and patients. Legitimate questions about technology, security and usability largely drove these concerns. But over the years, as comfort with technology (including the near-ubiquitous adoption of smartphones and tablets) and wireless broadband improved, the land

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Theresa Meadows, SVP & CIO, Cook Children’s Health Care System, Chapter 1

Health System CIO

About Cook Children’s Focus on ambulatory growth — “It’s critical to our overall system strategy.” Meditech in hospital, athenahealth in physician practices Upgrading to Meditech 6.1 Enabling mobility — “Clinicians are always in motion.” Telehealth pilot MU reporting metrics — “They’re still mostly very adult-driven.” Twenty years ago, Theresa Meadows took a rather big risk: she said to the CIO at her organization, “I want your job.

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Telemedicine recommendations for Senate Finance — Consumers understand genetic tests — AAFP prez trashes lack of interoperability

Morning eHealth

Telemedicine recommendations for Senate Finance.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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MIT Platform Strategy Summit, Boston, July 10

E-CareManagement

Healthcare has been a laggard in adopting platforms… …but that’s rapidly changing. In fact, I’ll suggest that healthcare will become the PINNACLE platform industry. Why? Many value propositions are very strong — literally “life-or-death” Acute and episodic care has focused on relatively discrete, time-limited events; the emerging model of chronic care and population health requires ongoing collaboration among care providers and patients.

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Insulin Independent for a Decade

Insulin Nation

When Jill Eastman was a child, she once told her doctor she needed to switch from injections to pills. She had been dealing with Type 1 diabetes since she was 18 months old, and she was just tired of the injections. The doctor told her she would never be able to stop injecting insulin. He was wrong. This June marks a decade since Eastman, a California realtor , regularly injected herself with insulin, thanks to a pair of islet cell transplants conducted by the Diabetes Research Institute.

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Infographic – Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey

American Well

Want to know more? Click here to download our eBook “American Well’s Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey.”. The post Infographic – Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey appeared first on American Well.

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Ed Grogan, VP & CIO, Calvert Health System, Chapter 3

Health System CIO

Best-of-breed affiliation strategy Staff retention — “Success energizes people.” Learning “team chemistry” from Coach K Participative meetings 21 years with Inova — “I wore a number of hats there.” A passion for technology integration Riding The mHealth wave In the current health system landscape, where organizations just keep growing, Calvert Health System is considered to be quite small.

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Allscripts/CSC/HP present case for DoD EHR contract — Texas Gov. signs information exchange bill — ‘It’s not hype’ says Francis Collins of Precision Medicine Initiative

Morning eHealth

Texas governor signs information exchange bill.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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FHIR does not need a deidentify=true parameter

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There has been a very short discussion of this topic on the FHIR Implementers skype. The question was asked if there was a need for FHIR to explicitly support de-identification. Fortunately Grahame is smart enough to say NO. I then added this detail. What everyone keeps forgetting to recognize is just how hard it is to de-identify, and how easy it is to mess it up.

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Supreme Court Rules ACA Subsidies Are Legal

ACA Times

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on June 25 th that it is legal for government subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to be available to all Americans, as the Obama administration had argued. [ The full text of the ‘King’ ruling, and the dissent, is available here. ]. Plaintiffs in the landmark King v. Burwell case had argued that the subsidies should only be given to residents of states that had “established” their own exchanges or online markets for health insurance, as

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Searching for Blame in a Boy’s DKA Death

Insulin Nation

From Utah comes a tragic story of Kaden Jones, a 13-year-old who died unexpectedly from diabetic complications the morning after his first day at basketball camp in July 2014. The story has received brief coverage in the Salt Lake Tribune , regional television news, and the local paper in the young man’s hometown of St. George. There has been a wrongful death suit filed by the young man’s parents alleging negligence on the part of the basketball camp.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): June 2015

American Well

Welcome to the first installment of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today, #tday for all you Twitter users. Each month, Avizia will provide a recap of the latest industry news and public policy updates on issues impacting the use and deployment of telemedicine. CMS Issues New Telemedicine Guidelines and Approves Seven New Procedures in Move to Further Encourage Telehealth Initiatives.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.

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Ed Grogan, VP & CIO, Calvert Health System, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

NextGen’s community HIE Attesting to MU 2 (acute in 2014, ambulatory in 2015) Push & pull methods of data exchange CRISP’s magic button to give docs “a broader scale of information.” Patient-centered medical homes: “It’s not just high tech; it’s high touch.” Maryland eCare “We’re the mouse that roars” In the current health system landscape, where organizations just keep growing, Calvert Health System is considered to be quite small.

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State lobbying advances telehealth — Senate Finance eyes chronic care policies — More movement on approps bills this week

Morning eHealth

Senate Finance eyes chronic care policies

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7 Telehealth Terms You Need to Know

BHM Healthcare Solutions

If you read our blog post 5 Top Telemeds Trend of 2015 , you know that telehealth is slowly revolutionizing the healthcare world for the better. From remote patient monitoring to distance education, telehealth practices and services are benefiting not only healthcare providers and organization but also patients. With telehealth becoming a popular healthcare news topic, we thought it would be helpful to compile a list of the most commonly used terms in telehealth.

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ACA Triggering Merger Talks Among Insurers

ACA Times

The changes to America’s health care delivery system introduced by the Affordable Care Act are causing some of the nation’s largest health insurance companies to explore merger talks with competitors. The ACA is likely to lead to “consolidation on a huge scale,” according to Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times. Anthem, Inc. has made a merger bid for Cigna Corp., Aetna, Inc. is in discussions with Humana Inc., and UnitedHealth Group Inc. has “made overtures” to Cigna, writes Sorkin, a highly

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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What Diabetes Camp Means for Our Family

Insulin Nation

It’s hard to explain to parents outside the Type 1 community what diabetes camp is, but easier to explain what it means to our family. Diabetes camp has helped my child develop strategies for how to care for himself while controlling his Type 1. For one week a year, I load up clothes, bug spray, and sunscreen and get him ready to go to camp, but I don’t have to get a week’s worth of diabetes supplies ready.

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Infographic – Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey

American Well

Want to know more? Click here to download our eBook “American Well’s Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey.”. The post Infographic – Telehealth Index: 2015 Physician Survey appeared first on American Well.

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How health IT enables safer medical travel and tourism

The Healthcare Guys

IT innovation, global medicine and frustrated medical patients drive the demand for medical travel. But telemedicine also improves patient care and the customer experience of medical travelers. Once again, we welcome medical IT entrepreneur, Agha Ahmed, Managing Partner of GHIMBA , as we explore how IT innovations help patients get high-quality healthcare outside of the USA.

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King in the rearview mirror; Good for health IT? — E/C releases new 21st Century draft — Waiting for CMS smoke signal on ICD-10

Morning eHealth

Waiting for CMS smoke signal on ICD-10.

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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Social Media and Healthcare: Creating a Healthy Relationship

BHM Healthcare Solutions

As of January 2014, The Pew Research Center calculated that 74% of all adults who were active online used social networking sites*. In the realm of healthcare, consumers are taking to Google and crowd-source review websites, such as Yelp, to learn about healthcare providers and find hospitals in their area. Don’t shy away from a perfect opportunity to connect with your patients.

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ACA Repeal Would Cost $353 Billion, Says CBO

ACA Times

A repeal of the Affordable Care Act would increase the federal deficit by $353 billion over the next 10 years, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. Repealing the ACA would also increase the number of people without health insurance by about 19 million in 2016, rising to about 24 million in 2020 and afterward, according to the CBO.

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Bigfoot’s Plan To Get An Artificial Pancreas to Market

Insulin Nation

On a Friday afternoon, Bigfoot Biomedical CEO Jeffrey Brewer was in California while his family was in New York. He’s working as quick as he can to relocate them to California, so they can join him at his company’s new headquarters, but such a change takes some time to plan out. Brewer and others at Bigfoot Biomedical are personally racing to catch up with a sudden and fortuitous acceleration in the insulin pump maker’s business plan.

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A Blue Ocean Strategy for the Medical Mall

American Well

In his latest blog entry, Dr. Alan Pitt reflects on one of his favorite books and questions why healthcare has been so slow to adopt its powerful strategy. To summarize, “blue oceans” offer value through innovation and by creating relatively open markets with limited competition. Medicine is transitioning from reimbursement based on commoditized volume to value-based care.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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12 Ways to Stay Safe with an Insulin Pump

Insulin Nation

Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – Last night I read a post about an insulin pump malfunctioning, which might have resulted in someone’s death.

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Why Kids with Type 1 Need the Artificial Pancreas Now

Insulin Nation

During a panel discussion at the ADA Scientific Sessions, some of the most influential researchers in the field of artificial pancreas development shared why the time is right for artificial pancreas systems to be available on the market. At the same time, they cautioned that the devices will not necessarily solve everything. During his time at the microphone, JDRF’s chief mission officer Aaron Kowalski argued against what he feels is the myth of widespread non-compliance when it comes to blood

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5 More Type 1 Demotivational Posters

Insulin Nation

Do you sometimes get tired of being a poster child of someone “bravely battling” a chronic condition? It’s time to enjoy some diabetes posters that you might not see at your next Walk to Cure Diabetes event. Share them with others in the diabetes community who might need an excuse to laugh. Posters design by Matt Silcox.

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