Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'In 1997, the World Health Organization, the American Diabetes Association and other groups universally adopted new nomenclature for diabetes. Diabetes was no longer to be named by whether or not patients required insulin. The names Insulin-Dependent Diabetes and Childhood Onset Diabetes were changed to Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes was then further categorized by whether it resulted from an autoimmune attack (Type 1a) or a non-autoimmune attack (Type 1b).

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Chilmark Research

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Next week is that proverbial event we all, in the HIT industry, look forward to with some trepidation – HIMSS’14. For an analyst firm such as ours HIMSS provides us a great opportunity to talk with end users, vendors of all stripes and just reconnect with like-minded folks. HIMSS is probably the only annual event that is a must attend to get a good perspective on where we are, as an industry, in advancing the adoption, deployment and use of HIT in the provider setting.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Two months ago, I interviewed neurologist Ray Dorsey, M.D., co-director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester, for a story I wrote based on a study he led. He had a lot of interesting things to say and, unlike so many other physicians, was aware of multiple system atrophy, the disease that killed my dad in 2012, so I decided to have him on for a podcast to describe how he is using off-the-shelf telehealth technology to expand access to care, improve pat

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Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'Forward Motion. As I said in our a recent newsletter for Insulin Nation , people with Type 1 diabetes understand that we can’t go it alone when it comes to staying healthy. We all know that having family support is vital for keeping BG in check, and obviously we rely heavily on all our health care professionals, including our endocrinologists and CDE’s.

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