November, 2015

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How to Detect Type 1 Years in Advance

Insulin Nation

There has been a push to catch Type 1 diabetes before diabetic ketoacidosis sets in, but some researchers wonder if we should be catching Type 1 years before symptoms appear. That was the focus of a recent JDRF webinar led by the organization’s chief scientific officer, Dr. Richard Insel. Dr. Insel shared the findings of a large study published in Diabetes Care which found that biomarkers for Type 1 diabetes often could be found years before those with Type 1 showed symptoms.

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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

Interest in telehealth has reached an all-time high, with many of the most prestigious health systems in the U.S. implementing the technology in 2015. This surge in adoption is driven by the need to address a host of urgent issues, including the need to engage patient populations, bridge gaps in care, expand revenue sources, and make care more convenient for patients.

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Myra Davis, SVP & CIO, Texas Children’s Hospital, Chapter 3

Health System CIO

SXSW Pediatric Health Pitch & TMC Think Tank “There are so many ideas coming at you.” Focus on portals Telehealth — “It will give us the ability to spread our wings further.” The “gotcha” with having a blank slate Health IT today — “Despite the amount of work, it’s still a lot of fun.” If you ask Myra Davis, there’s a big component many leaders are missing when it comes to leveraging data: education.

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The NCQA Welcomes 2 Important Vendors to the eMeasure Certification Program

BHM Healthcare Solutions

The NCQA announced on November 24th that CECity.com, Inc. and Arcadia Solutions, two leading data vendors, would be participating in the new eMeasure Certification Program. According to the NCQA press release, this means Health Plans will now be able to obtain certified data from these two health IT vendors. eMeasure Certification Program Basics. The eMeasure Certification Program launched in July of 2015 is designed to “certify the data extraction and reporting process” the new syst

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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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Could Apple Store-like digital health retail stores be popular?

The Healthcare Guys

As I travel the country speaking at conferences, I’ve had dozens of conversations with smart people who believe there’s a growing consensus that “patient-driven” (or consumer-driven or member-driven) healthcare spending has arrived. Consumer-driven insurance exchanges, high deductible insurance plans and copays are creating more patient payment responsibilities than ever before.

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Diabetes Makes a Cameo in The Walking Dead

Insulin Nation

Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC Last Halloween, we wrote a tongue-in-cheek story on how people with Type 1 diabetes could survive a zombie apocalypse. Now, the show The Walking Dead has provided proof that someone on insulin did survive an outbreak of zombieism…if only brief SMALL SPOILER ALERT. This article will talk about a minor character in Season 6 of The Walking Dead, and a possible future plot point.

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The Digital Doctor: A Telemedicine Review from a Doctor

American Well

We’re always hearing great feedback from patients about how they benefit from telehealth, but what about the doctors delivering telehealth? How can telehealth help physicians do their work better every day? Dr. Michael Gray, MD, Staff Physician and a doctor on Amwell, provided his own comprehensive telemedicine review. Here’s a look at why he got into telehealth and the surprises he’s found along the way.

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HEART profiles for review, comment, and approval

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The HEART workgroup has developed three profiles that have been stable since April. They now want these formally reviewed for comments, with the expectation that this will result in a vote for approval as " Implementers Draft " status (equivalent to IHE "Trial Implementation", and HL7 "Draft Standard for Trial Use"). The three profiles that are ready for review for comment and approval are: HEART profile for OAuth 2.0.

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November is now National Family Caregivers Month

Medicine and Technology

Did you know that President Obama proclaimed November 2015 as National Family Caregivers Month? Pay tribute to those who provide for the health and well-being of their family members, friends, and neighbors. Here are tips from the CDC on how to be a caregiver: Learn about the person's medical condition or diagnosis. By learning more you will understand your loved one's disease or condition and can be better able to care for them now and plan for the future.

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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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3 Trends to Watch in Healthcare Information Management

BHM Healthcare Solutions

The healthcare industry is rapidly growing: With innovations in medical tools and new successful procedures performed annually, there is no shortage of change. Just as vital to the industry are solutions that help manage the information of the millions of patients who visit each year. To keep up with the demand and to facilitate the process, adjusting healthcare information management practices is a necessity.

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Update on State Medicaid Expansion Waivers

ACA Times

With recent governors’ elections in Kentucky and Louisiana refocusing attention on state Medicaid expansion decisions, the Kaiser Family Foundation has published an overview of the waivers obtained by six states, and planning now underway in other states. Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, New Hampshire and Montana are currently pursuing alternative Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act.

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5 Reasons People Ditch the 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 – I see studies show that people with Type 1 do better on insulin pump therapy, but I sometimes hear of people stopping pump therapy to return to multiple daily injections.

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The Digital Doctor: A Telemedicine Review from a Doctor

American Well

We’re always hearing great feedback from patients about how they benefit from telehealth, but what about the doctors delivering telehealth? How can telehealth help physicians do their work better every day? Dr. Michael Gray, MD, Staff Physician and a doctor on Amwell, provided his own comprehensive telemedicine review. Here’s a look at why he got into telehealth and the surprises he’s found along the way.

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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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Building a MHD Client before MHD is DSTU2 aligned

Healthcare Exchange Standards

To implement a Document Consumer is the easiest of the MHD actors. It is also the one that has the best opportunity for an application developer to be creative and add value. So I will focus on Document Consumer actor from MHD. XDS Profile found in the FHIR specification: I would caution against the use of the xds profile in FHIR. It was started by Grahame and I, but it didn’t get any attention between the DSTU1 and DSTU2 stage.

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Community-Based Organizations Remain Integral to Reduce HIV/AIDS Disparities

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

For World AIDS Day (Dec. 1, 2015), we offer this following post written by community practitioners, advocates, activists and researchers with the Kaiser Permanente Community-Based HIV Test and Treat Initiative. Through the initiative they have found that community-based organizations play a critical role in serving people living with HIV when they are able to link their medical care with social, economic and behavioral support services – the total health of an individual. . ——&

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My Lost Year with Diabetes Burnout

Insulin Nation

I thought the term “diabetes burnout” would never apply to me. I had been caring for my diabetes since age 9, and I determined at an early age to always stay positive about it. I wouldn’t acknowledge any downside to my condition, and I was constantly striving to lower my A1C every chance I got. Then came my junior year of college, and my days were way too full.

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Diabetes Drives MMA Athlete Dessi Zaharieva

Insulin Nation

Dessi Zaharieva, a 26-year-old PhD student at York University, is sitting in a lab at school in Ontario, Canada as I ask her questions over the phone in the living room of my apartment. When she says that the Black Sea coastline in Bulgaria is where she feels most at home, I struggle to picture the scene. “It’s where we would always go to relax as a family when I was growing up,” Zaharieva explains.

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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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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Call for Type 1 Education

Insulin Nation

Last month, Florida lawmakers passed the first state legislation to boost screening for Type 1 diabetes. Now, Pennsylvania state house members have passed a unanimous resolution to encourage “all health care practitioners in this Commonwealth to educate and discuss the warning signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes with the parents or guardians of each child under their care.

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Why Celebrities with Diabetes Matter

Insulin Nation

As parents, we wanted my daughter Evelyn, who has Type 1, to know that anything was possible, so we decided to have her meet extraordinary people with Type 1. The celebrities we have met and talked with have managed to follow their passion with diabetes in tow. As parents, we decided that if we were asking her to believe in what she thought was impossible at the time – that she could manage her diabetes and have a full life – then it was best to show her in a way that would grab her

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How to Detect Type 1 Years in Advance

Insulin Nation

There has been a push to catch Type 1 diabetes before diabetic ketoacidosis sets in, but some researchers wonder if we should be catching Type 1 years before symptoms appear. That was the focus of a recent JDRF webinar led by the organization’s chief scientific officer, Dr. Richard Insel. Dr. Insel shared the findings of a large study published in Diabetes Care which found that biomarkers for Type 1 diabetes often could be found years before those with Type 1 showed symptoms.

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5 Reasons People Ditch the 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 – I see studies show that people with Type 1 do better on insulin pump therapy, but I sometimes hear of people stopping pump therapy to return to multiple daily injections.

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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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A Love Letter During a Blood Sugar Swing

Insulin Nation

It’s not easy being in a relationship when you have Type 1 diabetes, especially during a blood sugar swing. In this edited excerpt from Persona Non Grata with Diabetes , Paul Cathcart asks for his love’s understanding with the many communication breakdowns during highs and lows. You see, the difficulty in being diabetic is in the living, and how blood sugar changes you.

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The 7 Best Ways to Publicize Your Diabetes Event

Insulin Nation

During Diabetes Awareness Month, there are many events and fundraisers about Type 1 diabetes vying for attention from the news media. Unfortunately, many worthy stories don’t get the coverage they deserve each year because of an error in publicity strategy. Maybe the press release comes to an editor’s attention too late, or maybe a publicity email doesn’t grab an editor’s attention.

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How to Get Fired with Diabetes

Insulin Nation

It’s fairly well established in U.S. and UK law that people with diabetes have some protection against job discrimination. In the case of those already on the job, employers are expected to make reasonable accommodations for issues that arise from a diabetes diagnosis. Unfortunately, job discrimination is not always a clear-cut issue. Too often, people with diabetes will be fired or forced out for other alleged reasons, including poor job performance.

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Diabetes Awareness Month – The Year of the Selfie

Insulin Nation

Commentary Type 1 diabetes is inherently a lonely condition, one that makes you look inward to maintain your health. It doesn’t help that few people understand what Type 1 diabetes really is, and many make tasteless jokes at its expense. Campaigns for Diabetes Awareness Month are focused on raising the visibility of Type 1 diabetes to make those who endure the roller coaster ride of blood sugar management feel more visible.

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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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How Pediatric Telehealth Is Enhancing Healthcare

American Well

By Christine Elliott, Business Development Associate. Imagine this: It’s Thanksgiving and a mother is in the middle of preparing a feast for 20 beloved family members when her first grader suddenly starts complaining of an ear ache. There’s a turkey in the oven, two other children are destroying the just cleaned house, and her husband is picking up the in-laws from the airport.

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How Pediatric Telehealth Is Enhancing Healthcare

American Well

By Christine Elliott, Business Development Associate. Imagine this: It’s Thanksgiving and a mother is in the middle of preparing a feast for 20 beloved family members when her first grader suddenly starts complaining of an ear ache. There’s a turkey in the oven, two other children are destroying the just cleaned house, and her husband is picking up the in-laws from the airport.

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#DHIS15 Recap: B2B2C, Mobile First, Telehealth 2.0, and more

American Well

By Amanda Guisbond, Director of Communications, @agbond. “We want fee for value all day long” was one of several opening statements made by Optum CEO Larry Renfro at the start of the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit on Tuesday November 3 in Boston. This statement underscored a theme that permeated the majority of the day’s conversation, led by executives at some 60+ emerging and established digital health companies.