Health System CIO
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
About Mercy Hospital McKesson shop (HBOC user since early 90s) Sunquest in lab, Cerner in radiology & Philips in cardiology Eyeing Stage 7 One EHR for owned practices, 17 for affiliated docs Horizon vs Paragon Reimbursement concerns with telemedicine — “It’s still an issue” Many people talk about the need to be flexible and able to quickly adapt, but to Paul Foelsch, it’s more than just words.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
'Are you sick of reading headlines proclaiming a cure for diabetes is at hand….for mice? You’re not alone. Each year, more than 25 million vertebrate animals are used for research in U.S. biomedical laboratories. An estimated 85% to 90% percent are rodents, with the vast majority being mice bred solely for experimental purposes. Mice are small, docile, easily available, and inexpensive.
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American Well
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM) tweeted asking HR Pros what they were grateful for this holiday season. True, we’re not HR Pros ourselves, but we couldn’t help but tweet back that we’re grateful to those same HR heroes who make our lives easier every day. Why do we respect our colleagues in HR so much? Here’s a list of 7 reasons we think they’re the real heroes of every organization: Team spirit – There’s nothing quite like walking into your office and seeing some seasonal
eHealth
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
Today I presented at the Texas Gulf Coast Association for Healthcare Quality on social media in healthcare. Slides are posted on my Slideshare. The video, Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care is below. Quality professionals in healthcare including risk management and patient safety are relatively new to social media. They have some realistic concerns about HIPAA and sharing proprietary information on safety issues.
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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
Kaiser Permanente’s Philip Fasano at the Accelerating Innovation event hosted by NASA. During yesterday’s event with NASA at the Center for Total Health, Kaiser Permanente Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Philip Fasano was part of a panel discussing the acceleration of innovation across organizational business models. Afterward, we were able to sit down and chat briefly about how Kaiser Permanente is leveraging innovation and imagination to help transform health care
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Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
'The glucagon kit could be as medically necessary during a bout of severe hypoglycemia as the defibrillator for cardiac arrest, yet many smart people with diabetes don’t own one. That’s because for years the kit has been perceived as a cumbersome device for a crisis, and one that goes out of date quickly. “I personally never get a glucagon rescue kit because I got tired of paying to replace it every year without using it,” explains Dr.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
'The insulin pen often has been touted as easier to use than the syringe, but that doesn’t mean it’s hassle-free. The biggest beef people with diabetes have with the pen is the variable in force required for the amount of insulin needed. Sometimes, pen users have trouble telling if they’ve injected a low dose of insulin, while a large dose often requires significant hand strength.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Recently, one of my students at Fordham University came up to me with a tray of cupcakes and asked if I wanted one. “Today is my birthday,” he said. I wished him a happy birthday, but said I was diabetic and couldn’t partake in the frosted goodness. He apologized and offered me a mini-cookie instead, which I ate, feeling simultaneously happy to take part in the celebration and guilty for cheating.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Traditionally, our health records are confidential and only shared publicly in the aggregate. But one website, PatientsLikeMe , encourages people with diabetes and other conditions to share their day-to-day health records with other users. Rather than keep health data private, the website’s founders believe crowdsourcing health data is a great way to help patients to feel empowered about their health.
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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.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'There are going to be a lot of confused tourists at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota this November 14th. The giant statue being carved out of a mountain will be illuminated blue, but chances are many visitors won’t know the reason why. In baseball, when New York Mets third baseman David Wright starts swinging a pink bat for a game, most people can guess the reason.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Researchers have discovered that a skin drug used for psoriasis seems to maintain insulin production in the bodies of people recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The drug also helped cut the number of hypoglycemic events, according to researchers. In a Phase II clinical trial, researchers with the National Institute of Health gave either the drug alefacept or a placebo to 49 people with Type 1 diabetes for two 12-week periods, with a 12-week “rest” period in between.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'Mannkind Corporation once again has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for FDA approval of its inhalable insulin product, Afrezza. This is the third time the pharmaceutical company has knocked on the FDA’s door, and company officials hope that new testing results will buoy its chances of getting a seal of approval from federal regulators. “The NDA resubmission for Afrezza included the results of two Phase 3 studies requested by the FDA and designed with the agency’s input and guidance.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
'One serious complication people with diabetes face is no longer feeling a low blood glucose. Before the days of continuous glucose monitors (CGM), people with Type 1 had two ways to tell if their BG was low: testing for it and feeling it. But over time, the ability to feel the low can diminish or disappear. Diagnosed with Type 1 less than decade ago, I’m lucky enough to still be able to feel my lows.
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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.
American Well
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM) tweeted asking HR Pros what they were grateful for this holiday season. True, we’re not HR Pros ourselves, but we couldn’t help but tweet back that we’re grateful to those same HR heroes who make our lives easier every day. Why do we respect our colleagues in HR so much? Here’s a list of 7 reasons we think they’re the real heroes of every organization: Team spirit – There’s nothing quite like walking into your office and seeing some seasonal
American Well
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend New York eHealth Collaborative’s Digital Health Conference 2013 in New York City. The hustle and bustle of New York still amazes me- how can there be this many people in one space? Why are all 8 million New Yorkers headed to Penn Station at the same time? This wild and beautiful city is a magnet for all types of industry, so it’s no surprise that it’s a hotbed of digital health technology innovation.
American Well
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
It can be tough to boost employees’ energy and mood. Even when there isn’t a big change, sometimes offices, like any human environment, go through ups and downs. But we think we’ve found one way to make any of those down periods turn into an up: Silly videos. We know, it sounds ridiculous. But one hilarious way to put smiles on employee faces is to produce a video starring high profile employees.
American Well
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
It can be tough to boost employees’ energy and mood. Even when there isn’t a big change, sometimes offices, like any human environment, go through ups and downs. But we think we’ve found one way to make any of those down periods turn into an up: Silly videos. We know, it sounds ridiculous. But one hilarious way to put smiles on employee faces is to produce a video starring high profile employees.
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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!
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
'Blood glucose data management has always involved cables…until now. iHealth Labs announced recently that it has begun selling its wireless glucometer, which transmits diabetes health data directly to a smartphone app. That data is stored in a secure cloud environment that can be accessed and monitored by people with diabetes and their healthcare providers.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
'Commentary. Put the words “diabetes” and “dementia” together and you’re sure to get a lot of attention, but sometimes you have to look past the headlines. Two new studies have raised alarm among the diabetes community, as headlines proclaim that elevated A1C levels lead to cognitive decline. But while the news from theses studies is not good, it may not be as dire as some people with diabetes fear.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'Any person with diabetes on insulin therapy knows that you need insulin when you eat a meal. Using a see-saw as an analogy, food and insulin balance each other out. Too much food and not enough insulin, you have hyperglycemia. Too much insulin and not enough food, and you have hypoglycemia. But most people who use insulin also realize that it’s not just for when you eat.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
'The look on Miss Ronda’s face said more than a thousand words, and when I saw it I suddenly realized what I had been asking of her this past school year. Miss Ronda is the health paraprofessional at our daughter’s elementary school. She is a dear and we are so grateful to her for helping Lela navigate the logistics of school lunch. I was recently hashing out some upcoming lunches with her when the grandmother of another T1 second-grader joined us and apprehensively shared that her granddaughter
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.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'There have been few public figures who have sounded the alarm on the human and economic toll of the diabetes epidemic more eloquently than Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former Senate Majority Leader. Mr. Daschle sat down with Insulin Nation founding editor Chris Leach at the Diabetes + Innovation 2013 conference in Washington D.C. to discuss the challenge we face with diabetes, and his hopes for mobilizing to meet this challenge.
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