Health System CIO
AUGUST 1, 2016
No matter how you define telemedicine - whether it’s real-time video conferencing or the transmission of photos - it’s going to see exponential growth in 2017, and your organization needs to be ready, says John Halamka.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 12, 2016
Cuando me desperté esta mañana, me sentía cansada. Tenía la boca seca. Me dolía la cabeza. Tenía ganas de orinar. Incluso vomité un poco. Había bebido la noche anterior, así que pensé que tenía tan solo un poco de resaca. Baje las escaleras y me pinche el dedo para sacar una muestra de sangre – un ritual matutino desde que tenía 14 años. El glucómetro me devolvió una cifra: 22 mm/ol (396 mg/dl). “Bueno, eso lo explica,” me dije.
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 22, 2016
This is a start of a series of articles on the various Privacy Consent mechanisms that are being developed in HL7, IHE, and HEART. I will describe them quickly, but will go into more detail in later articles. Big Data Feeding Frenzy This is what most people think of when they hear about healthcare data in the context of "Big Data". This diagram shows a very minimal "Privacy Consent".
American Well
AUGUST 30, 2016
How can your telehealth service integrate with your EMR? DOTmed summarized the key learnings from our recent webinar on EMR integration and telehealth. Check out the key points and reach out if you’re looking for more details on this relevant topic. With more and more hospitals and health care facilities implementing electronic medical records (EMRs) into their IT infrastructure, telehealth is gaining traction as a way for physicians to keep in touch with their patients.
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Docnotes
AUGUST 15, 2016
Two and a half years ago, John posted an entry with this title – and I recall that it was a good summary of the state of the industry. While I didn’t agree with all of his suggestions, I enjoyed the review and it offered a good set of guiding principles. Since I was Acting National Coordinator for about the same duration as Vindell will serve, (Fall of 2013 – after Farzad Mostashari departed, and before Karen DeSalvo arrived) I’ll offer some thoughts from one who has be
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Consumer eHealth Engagement
AUGUST 1, 2016
With the shift to value- based care, health systems are investing in mobile technologies to increase patient engagement and care quality while reducing the cost of care delivery. Geisinger, an award winning healthcare system based in the Mid-Atlantic with 12 hospitals and a 510K+ health plan, is a leader in patient engagement. Within their organization, the Geisinger in Motion team focuses on strategic initiatives to drive patient engagement by co-creating with patients on digital technology sol
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 10, 2016
Bigfoot is taking a big step towards getting its artificial pancreas to market, announcing that it has gained approval to enroll up to 50 participants in a trial of its pump system. Bigfoot Biomedical has obtained the FDA’s blessing to conduct a clinically-supervised test of an algorithm designed to translate readings from a Dexcom CGM into insulin-delivery instructions for a pump.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 24, 2016
This is part of a series of articles on the various Privacy Consent mechanisms that are being developed in HL7, IHE, and HEART. This article will detail the various vectors that Patients desire to control. This discussion will not be on any of the specific solutions, but rather the overall requirement. For some background, please see my prior article Controlling Big-Data feeding frenzy with Privacy Consent Authorization First step is to recognize that Privacy Consent must enable the Patient to d
American Well
AUGUST 30, 2016
How can your telehealth service integrate with your EMR? DOTmed summarized the key learnings from our recent webinar on EMR integration and telehealth. Check out the key points and reach out if you’re looking for more details on this relevant topic. With more and more hospitals and health care facilities implementing electronic medical records (EMRs) into their IT infrastructure, telehealth is gaining traction as a way for physicians to keep in touch with their patients.
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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.
Health System CIO
AUGUST 23, 2016
The toughest part about leading through a merger? Learning another organization’s culture, says Bobbie Byrne, which means identifying where land mines exist and how to sidestep them before making any major moves. If you’re going to lead an organization through a merger, the one thing you can’t be afraid to do is step on few landmines, says Bobbie Byrne, who encountered several during the union that created Edward-Elmhurst Health three years ago.
ACA Times
AUGUST 30, 2016
Over the past year, we’ve watched Uber go through a rollercoaster ride. It all started when drivers who at random points throughout the year exceeded a 30 hour work week, making them eligible for health care during that time period under the Affordable Care Act. Since then, Uber has been met with multiple lawsuits, most recently in May of this year when both Florida and Illinois moved to change how Uber drivers were classified.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 5, 2016
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has been criticized for many things throughout his playing career, from his attitude to his on-field decision-making. This preseason, an ESPN commentator has found a new spin in negative Cutler commentary – by diagnosing Cutler with a condition he doesn’t have. Stephen A. Smith, an ESPN commentator known for bombast, was in the midst of a televised rant against Cutler when he incorrectly said that Cutler had Type 2 diabetes.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 30, 2016
(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a condition in which the blood becomes highly acidic as a result of dehydration and excessive ketone (acid) production. When bodily fluids become acidic, some of the body’s systems stop functioning properly.
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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.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 9, 2016
This past month, Tandem announced that their t:slim line of insulin pumps received FDA approval for children as young as 6 years old; previously, children 12 years old and older were approved to use the pump. This approval covers the t:slim, t:flex, and t:slim G4 pumps. This is good news for parents who are looking at options for pump therapy for little ones.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 16, 2016
Type 1 diabetes comes with many challenges. One we didn’t expect to navigate was pharmacist error when it comes to insulin storage. Most everyone affected by Type 1 diabetes knows that insulin should remain in the refrigerator until put to use; otherwise, it can lose its potency or not work at all as it spoils. Pharmacists should be trained to know this fact, as well, but we have found that some don’t, or that some don’t use best practices when it comes to insulin storage.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 15, 2016
A person with diabetes was swept up by police and denied insulin for hours in the aftermath of the shooting of six police officers in Baton Rouge. Through a collision of the most tragic of circumstances, in an environment that’s been characterised by violent deaths of civilians and police officers, Demarcus Alexander and his friend Den’Trell White were apprehended outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the very morning that a man gunned down six police officers, killing three.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 1, 2016
Diabetes advocates have long argued that all young children should be screened for Type 1 diabetes during checkups. They say that such screenings could cut down on the number of children with Type 1 who are diagnosed while in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Currently, about 25 percent of cases of Type 1 diabetes are diagnosed during DKA, and too often a missed diagnosis proves fatal.
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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
AUGUST 22, 2016
On August 2nd, 2016, Dexcom held a conference call to present its quarterly financial report. The company’s business quarter had ended on June 30, twenty days after an FDA advisory committee recommended that the FDA allow the Dexcom G5 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to be used by patients for insulin dosing. (While many CGM users already do this, it is not technically an allowed use for the device, according to FDA labeling.).
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 24, 2016
Recently, a reader shared how several pharmacies improperly stored her daughter’s insulin. When that article posted, other readers chimed in with their own misadventures at the pharmacy desk. The pharmacy didn’t admit the problem was theirs. I used the insulin for three days after purchase and then returned it all, but the pharmacist refused to exchange the insulin.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 25, 2016
Recientemente, un departamento de policía de Arizona lanzó una campaña de concienciación durante el Mes de la Diabetes para que la gente esté al tanto que está contratando a veinte oficiales, y que las personas con diabetes son bienvenidos a aplicar. El departamento de policía de Glendale, Arizona ha estado utilizando su cuenta de Twitter para iniciar un esfuerzo de alcance comunitario, respecto a que cuenta con tres oficiales virtuosos y capaces con Diabetes tipo 1 dentro de su departamento.
American Well
AUGUST 28, 2016
Telemedicine Today: August 2016. Welcome to the August 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! Each month we re-visit some of the most exciting news and influential events from the month. From success stories, to legislative updates, research findings and product updates, we’ll share the latest hypes, trends and news you can’t miss. Living with Cancer in the Australian Outback.
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.
American Well
AUGUST 22, 2016
How do you launch a telehealth service? It can certainly seem like a big task, but when you break it down to a few key lessons, your chances of success grow. Sarah Martin, Assistant Vice President for Product Development & Member Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, shared her insightful thoughts with us on a webinar on implementing telehealth for health plans: #1: Soft launch first, then market more widely.
American Well
AUGUST 22, 2016
How do you launch a telehealth service? It can certainly seem like a big task, but when you break it down to a few key lessons, your chances of success grow. Sarah Martin, Assistant Vice President for Product Development & Member Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, shared her insightful thoughts with us on a webinar on implementing telehealth for health plans: #1: Soft launch first, then market more widely.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 3, 2016
There are many standards efforts to develop support for Patient directed Authorization to their health data. I will be writing a few articles about these efforts. These efforts sometimes use the term Privacy Consent, or Privacy Consent Directive, or Privacy Authorization, or Consumer Preferences, etc. This post is about the one standards solution that is already available.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 29, 2016
(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Picture this: You show up for your regular appointment at the doctor’s office. After the usual checkup, you report to the front desk, checkbook in hand, ready to pay for your visit. “Hold on,” says the receptionist with a cheerful smile.
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Insulin Nation
AUGUST 19, 2016
Last week, I wrote about the curious move by Medtronic to release an unpredictive insulin pump in the shell of a pump that had predictive technology. The 630G pump looks like the 640G, a predictive pump not available in the U.S.; the pump can decipher blood sugar level trends and suspend insulin delivery before a pump user goes too low. However, the 630G has capabilities closer to the 530G, a pump that can only suspend insulin delivery if low blood sugar levels are detected.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 30, 2016
We don’t talk enough about heart health for Type 1 diabetes, despite the fact that cardiovascular problems are a leading cause of death for people with Type 1. However, a new study may have demonstrated a good strategy to prevent heart disease in people with Type 1 diabetes. Researchers behind a large Swedish-based study found that participants with Type 1 diabetes on a lipid-lowering therapy reduced their risk for heart disease by 50 percent.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 20, 2016
I am excited that the topic of Consent is becoming so important that it is getting attention. Evidence this study that I think is really exciting, while embryonic. The study admits this, so they are not ignorant. They are addressing the fact that on-line consent is a very disappointing experience, and try something to see if it can make that better.
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