Insulin Nation
JANUARY 13, 2015
'For several years prior to my Type 1 diagnosis, I had been fighting a battle with anorexia. I had secret blogs where I chronicled my caloric intake and exercise. I wrote out penalties for not reaching my goals, such as doing sets of hundreds of sit-ups at a time. Sometimes, I punished myself with insane exercise that only ended when I passed out from exhaustion.
Chilmark Research
JANUARY 14, 2015
The Walgreens PR team has been busy of late, announcing a spate of partnerships that aim to transform them from a brick-and-mortar retail pharmacy into a digital one-stop shop for health care consumers. Specifically, three press releases in recent weeks have revealed a strategy that aims to leverage the 82 million “Balance Rewards” members by trading them store loyalty points for using various features from an expanding in-app menu.
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American Well
JANUARY 13, 2015
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation requiring that telemedicine and telehealth healthcare procedures be covered as insurable procedures comparable to in-person encounters. The legislation, which covers services rendered under commercial insurers and Medicaid, is the result of identical bills that passed through both houses of the state legislature in 2014.
E-CareManagement
JANUARY 15, 2015
It’s the middle of winter. Feeling blah? Need some stimulation? You’ve come to the right place! Welcome to The “Shake the Winter Blahs” Edition of the Health Wonk review. For the second time, it’s my honor to host HWR — providing you summaries and links to the best recent writing in the health blogosphere. Let’s go!
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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.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 15, 2015
'We have seen heightened awareness on insulin manipulation, an eating disorder symptom that occurs in the Type 1 diabetes community. A new term was coined to describe this set of behaviors: “diabulimia”. While increased attention for individuals with an eating disorder and diabetes is welcome, I am troubled by the limited representation of the diabulimia diagnosis.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
American Well
JANUARY 13, 2015
Dr. Alan Pitt , neuroradiologist at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, breaks down the monopoly that is your doctor and the impact of technology driven telemedicine and telehealth services. Over the last two decades technology has now evolved to support all forms of clinical services. Particularly for specialty services, the best care is often not the local care.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
JANUARY 14, 2015
Medical Devices do indeed need to be designed to protect against CyberSecurity. This has been stated by the FDA for almost a decade. The reality is that many Medical Device vendors, and many Mobile Health Application developers really don't know how to fully cover CyberSecurity. So it is really nice to see that NIST and a broader audience involved with the " National CyberSecurity Center of Excellence ": have provided a document that shows HOW to apply the NIST CyberSecurity standards to Medical
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 13, 2015
'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: Help! My child is really sensitive to small doses of insulin. Even half-units sometimes bring her down way too much.
ACA Times
JANUARY 13, 2015
The Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the mandate provision the Act, filed by the Association American Physicians and Surgeons. The ’s objection to the requirement that individuals buy or face fines had been rejected previously by a district court in 2012 and by the District Columbia Court Appeals in March 2014. The organization, based in Tucson, carries a “Stop ” graphic its website and has been involved in against the law since shortly after its passage in 2010.
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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.
American Well
JANUARY 13, 2015
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation requiring that telemedicine and telehealth healthcare procedures be covered as insurable procedures comparable to in-person encounters. The legislation, which covers services rendered under commercial insurers and Medicaid, is the result of identical bills that passed through both houses of the state legislature in 2014.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 12, 2015
'The Life Expectancy Gap is Shrinking. When is it a good thing to be told the life expectancy of a person with Type 1 diabetes is 11 to 13 years shorter than the lifespan of the average population? When that difference in lifespan used to span more than two decades. A pair of new studies seems to indicate that newer forms of intensive insulin therapy is keeping people with Type 1 diabetes alive longer.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 13, 2015
'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: Help! My child is really sensitive to small doses of insulin. Even half-units sometimes bring her down way too much.
American Well
JANUARY 13, 2015
Dr. Alan Pitt , neuroradiologist at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, breaks down the monopoly that is your doctor and the impact of technology driven telemedicine and telehealth services. Over the last two decades technology has now evolved to support all forms of clinical services. Particularly for specialty services, the best care is often not the local care.
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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
JANUARY 13, 2015
Avizia’s virtual visit solutions provide patients the access an options they want, improves clinician utilization and enables load balancing across internal and external resources. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. Information on this page refers to activities that occurred prior to the acquisition and are presented for historical context.
American Well
JANUARY 13, 2015
Avizia provides a seamless solution for implementing telestroke. With Avizia, stroke specialists are never more than a click away. Specialists can perform live video consultations and review patient medical images from any smartphone, tablet or computer with a web browser. No software installation is necessary and it complies with federal privacy regulations.
American Well
JANUARY 11, 2015
Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review. Increasingly, telemedicine is being utilized by healthcare providers to boost patient access to care. A report released by Foley and Lardner found that 90 percent of healthcare leaders reported their organizations have begun developing or implementing a telemedicine program. Click here to read the complete article from Becker’s Hospital Review , including insight from Mike Baird, CEO of Avizia, who outlines four key elements need
American Well
JANUARY 11, 2015
Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review. Increasingly, telemedicine is being utilized by healthcare providers to boost patient access to care. A report released by Foley and Lardner found that 90 percent of healthcare leaders reported their organizations have begun developing or implementing a telemedicine program. Click here to read the complete article from Becker’s Hospital Review , including insight from Mike Baird, CEO of Avizia, who outlines four key elements need
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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!
ACA Times
JANUARY 14, 2015
More than 163,000 consumers selected plans on the federal health exchange during the eighth week of Affordable Care Act open enrollment, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/span> announced Jan. 14. Total signups reached more than 6.75 million since the enrolment began on Nov. 15, 2014. The most recent report covers the Jan. 3 to Jan. 9.
ACA Times
JANUARY 12, 2015
The House Representatives passed a bill that would exempt volunteer firefighters and other emergency responder’s from being counted as full-time employees under the Affordable Care Act. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), the author of the bill, noted that fire departments could exceed the 50-person threshold in several ways if volunteers were considered employees.
ACA Times
JANUARY 13, 2015
With the start of 2015, it’s not too early for individuals and companies to think about tax planning. Following are some Affordable Care Act-related issues you may want to consider. The individual shared responsibility provision took effect on January 1 of 2014, but the similar provision for employers was delayed until this year. The IRS has also issued guidance on various provisions of the ACA, including how taxpayers should report premium assistance tax credits.
ACA Times
JANUARY 15, 2015
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) , Chairman the Senate Finance , introduced a bipartisan bill to repeal the 2.3% medical device enacted as the Act. Five Democrats and four Republicans signed as co-authors the bill. The was introduced in January 2013. Backers estimated it would raise $20 billion by 2020, to be used to offset some of the costs of the Act.
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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