September, 2016

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Why Walmart Insulins Aren’t the Answer to High Insulin Prices

Insulin Nation

Commentary. Some people don’t understand why people with diabetes get upset at the price of insulin. They see insulin for sale at a relatively reasonable price in Walmart and don’t see the problem. What they don’t know is that these Walmart insulins just don’t perform nearly as well as the more expensive insulins, and that gap in performance can have a very negative effect on the health of people with diabetes.

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Employee Spotlight

American Well

Name: Dave Tran. Title: Manager, Mobile SDK. Department: Engineering. Start Date: October 28, 2013. “In some form or fashion, everyone wants to leave their legacy on the world. American Well is making a difference in people’s lives by improving telehealth and I can’t think of a better way of leaving my legacy than by helping make healthcare more accessible and more affordable to everyone.” What attracted you to American Well?

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Digitally managed clinical trials will accelerate results and reduce costs

The Healthcare Guys

Digitally managed clinical trials have the potential to accelerate results report and reduce costs but workflow questions and regulatory questions remain. In many facets of our lives digital data collection has improved services, eliminated errors, and reduced waste in time and resources. Think about the ticketing and check-in process at airports ten years ago vs. today: when airlines put the information in our hands we were able to do the check-in, seat selection, and other work for them.

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Michael Elley, System VP of IT, OhioHealth, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

One of the many lessons OhioHealth has learned by collaborating with other industries? The more flexibility and power organizations give consumers, the better relationship will be, says Michael Elley. It’s no secret that healthcare lags behind other industries when it comes to adopting and leveraging technology. What smart organizations are learning is that the best way to close the gap is to engage with other businesses.

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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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Service Innovation

Docnotes

“Shift the business models”. “Re-align the incentives”. “Fee-for-value”. These phrases are not new. Nor are the concepts they represent. Yet we’re starting to see new experiments from the federal government, from states, and even small communities that demonstrate a new willingness to deeply engage in understanding and overcoming the barriers to true change in how we improve health.

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Novo Nordisk Recalls More than 70,000 Glucagon Kits

Insulin Nation

The injectable glucagon kit is considered a weapon of last resort in combatting a bout of hypoglycemia. In fact, many people who care for those with Type 1 choose to call 911 and forgo using the glucagon kits altogether. These kits are not considered user-friendly, as they often require someone who may not be comfortable with needles to mix the glucagon solution and inject it into someone who may be unconscious…oh, and all during a crisis situation.

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If Not Parity, Clarity – Getting Doctors Paid For Telehealth

American Well

By Kofi Jones, Vice President of Government Affairs, American Well. This article originally appeared on Forbes.com. In the world of telehealth, we are well beyond the time when physicians worry whether they are within their clinical rights to provide care through technology. Whether through action by state medical boards or acts of state legislature, nearly every state has upheld that the standard of care for physicians when provided through these technologies should be equivalent to care provid

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Mobile Health Cloud vs Privacy Regulations

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There is some strong discussion going on at HL7 around privacy concerns, especially now that HL7 FHIR has enabled easy application writing. The discussion started with an article " Warning mHealth security fears are opening doors to app and device innovation " summarizing a study done by Ketchum. There is concern that applications are being written by people that might not be as mature in the knowledge of how important Privacy is in healthcare.

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My critique of the JAMA activity tracker + weight loss study

Medicine and Technology

Originally posted on FitnessTechMD.com Many people have seen reports of the recent JAMA study titled, " Effect of Wearable Technology Combined With a Lifestyle Intervention on Long-term Weight Loss: The IDEA Randomized Clinical Trial." Published in Sept, 2016, this study would appear to be a reflection of recent trends in activity tracking and weight loss strategies.

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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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Cómo las Hormonas del Estrés Aumentan el Azúcar en la Sangre.

Insulin Nation

( Extraído de Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin, por Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011 ). La semana pasada decidí dormirme tarde y ver una película de miedo. Tenía algo que ver con los vampiros súper asquerosos que consiguen sus placeres comiéndose la carne viva de los inocentes huéspedes del hotel. De todos modos, al final de la desgarradora escena, y más estremecida, decidí revisar mi azúcar en la sangre.

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La Cetoacidosis Diabética – Qué Saber

Insulin Nation

(Extraído de Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin por Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). La Cetoacidosis diabética (CAD) es una condición en la que la sangre se vuelve muy ácida como resultado de la deshidratación y la producción excesiva de (ácido) cetona. Cuando los fluidos corporales se convierten en ácido, algunos de los sistemas del cuerpo dejan de funcionar correctamente.

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Mannkind Collaborates with JDRF on Afrezza Pediatric Trials

Insulin Nation

Under the banner of Afrezza 2.0, MannKind is moving with all deliberate speed to recover the momentum built around inhalable insulin when it was introduced in 2014. That momentum dissipated after the company turned worldwide marketing rights over to Sanofi shortly after FDA clearance in June of that year. Sanofi severed ties with Mannkind in 2016 amid slow Afrezza sales.

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Sanofi Moves to Block a Generic Lantus…Again

Insulin Nation

Opinion. They say the first step to getting yourself out of a hole is to stop digging. At Sanofi, company officials may believe the first step is to fortify and refortify the hole. This month, Sanofi filed a patent lawsuit against fellow drugmaker Merck & Co. to block the latter company from releasing a biosimilar insulin that is supposed to copycat Lantus, according to a FiercePharma report.

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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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How to Reach Parents Who Refuse to Believe in Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

Commentary. This week, Emil and Rodica Radita are on trial in Calgary for the first-degree murder of their 15-year-old child, Alexandru (“Alex”), who had Type 1 diabetes. Prosecutors allege that the Raditas withheld insulin and starved the child until he was 37 pounds, according to a CBC report. By the end of his life, Alex was wearing a diaper and his body was covered with sores.

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Flashing Back to Trippy Lows

Insulin Nation

I usually feel the standard symptoms of hypoglycemia, but once in awhile I experience something entirely surreal. One of the most impressively surreal bouts of low blood sugars I had was when I was 19 and went backpacking across Europe. It was my first time backpacking, my first time traveling without family, my second time on a plane, and my first time out of the country.

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Flashing Back to Trippy Lows

Insulin Nation

I usually feel the standard symptoms of hypoglycemia, but once in awhile I experience something entirely surreal. One of the most impressively surreal bouts of low blood sugars I had was when I was 19 and went backpacking across Europe. It was my first time backpacking, my first time traveling without family, my second time on a plane, and my first time out of the country.

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Cuando un Adolescente Deja de Tratar a su Tipo 1

Insulin Nation

Es la peor pesadumbre de un padre – un joven de 15 años con la diabetes de Tipo 1 que se muere por falta de insulina. Al leer una historia así por primera vez, el instinto natural puede ser montar un bloqueo mental a través de buscar a un villano obvio para echarle la culpa. Sin embargo, hacerlo puede esconder una lección importante por aprender a través de tal tragedia.

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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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Have Type 1 Diabetes? Don’t Smoke.

Insulin Nation

According to a new study, smoking may influence metabolic control and increase the risk of vascular complications in people with Type 1 diabetes. It also ups your A1C score. These risks come in addition to the health hazards of cancer and emphysema. (We’d like to add the word “duh” to these findings, because, you know, smoking is bad for you.). The study, published in Diabetes Care , compared the health of smokers and nonsmokers with Type 1 diabetes.

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Who You Need on Your Diabetes Healthcare Team

Insulin Nation

(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Surrounding yourself with a quality health care team is like putting together a winning basketball team roster. Each player has a role, yet all should work collaboratively for your benefit. Your job is to assemble the team and hold them accountable for doing their jobs.

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Who You Need on Your Diabetes Healthcare Team

Insulin Nation

(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Surrounding yourself with a quality health care team is like putting together a winning basketball team roster. Each player has a role, yet all should work collaboratively for your benefit. Your job is to assemble the team and hold them accountable for doing their jobs.

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Cómo Ajustar la Dosis de Insulina Durante los Entrenamientos

Insulin Nation

Muchas personas con diabetes Tipo 1 se apartan del ejercicio regular por temor a la hipoglucemia, ya que el esfuerzo puede cambiar el tiempo en que la insulina es absorbida por el cuerpo. Esto es una lástima, ya que el ejercicio regular puede ayudar a controlar el azúcar en la sangre en general. Además, el ejercicio es bueno para todos. Un grupo de investigadores franceses se propuso determinar qué ajustes de insulina funcionan mejor para reducir el riesgo de hipoglucemia mientras se hace ejerci

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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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Do You Need More T Cells to Stop Type 1 Diabetes?

Insulin Nation

A novel treatment meant to stop Type 1 diabetes by increasing the number of T cells in the body is being given special attention by the FDA. The treatment, called CLBS03, has recently been granted Fast Track status by federal regulators, a designation which speeds up the approval process. The CLBS03 treatment clones T cells from the patient to combat Type 1 diabetes.

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The Pros and Cons of Insulin Pump Therapy

Insulin Nation

Editor’s Note: In his book, Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin , certified diabetes educator Gary Scheiner devotes a chapter on the basics of insulin pump therapy. While studies show that pump therapy, when done right, leads to better blood sugar control, it’s not for everyone. Scheiner gives a concise pro/con list of using an insulin pump.

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Telemental Health Gets Its Moment

American Well

The impact of behavioral health is finally getting its moment in the sun. As the shades of stigma are slowly lifted, people are beginning to speak about mental health and substance use disorders. A study published in February 2015 by the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry noted that depression is the leading cause of disability for U.S. adults ages 15-44 and results in nearly 400 million disability days per year.

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If Not Parity, Clarity – Getting Doctors Paid For Telehealth

American Well

By Kofi Jones, Vice President of Government Affairs, American Well. This article originally appeared on Forbes.com. In the world of telehealth, we are well beyond the time when physicians worry whether they are within their clinical rights to provide care through technology. Whether through action by state medical boards or acts of state legislature, nearly every state has upheld that the standard of care for physicians when provided through these technologies should be equivalent to care provid

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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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Telemental Health Gets Its Moment

American Well

The impact of behavioral health is finally getting its moment in the sun. As the shades of stigma are slowly lifted, people are beginning to speak about mental health and substance use disorders. A study published in February 2015 by the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry noted that depression is the leading cause of disability for U.S. adults ages 15-44 and results in nearly 400 million disability days per year.

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The Stars Have Aligned For Telehealth

American Well

American Well’s CEO Roy Schoenberg recently shared the perspective with HealthcareITNews that the stars are finally aligning for telehealth. “Telehealth increasingly has become one of the ways physicians interact with patients,” said Schoenberg. We’ve witnessed this firsthand during some of our recent client telehealth launches. American Well proudly supports the strategies of our clients, all of whom launch telehealth with the common goal of expanding care and access to patients.

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The Stars Have Aligned For Telehealth

American Well

American Well’s CEO Roy Schoenberg recently shared the perspective with HealthcareITNews that the stars are finally aligning for telehealth. “Telehealth increasingly has become one of the ways physicians interact with patients,” said Schoenberg. We’ve witnessed this firsthand during some of our recent client telehealth launches. American Well proudly supports the strategies of our clients, all of whom launch telehealth with the common goal of expanding care and access to patients.