Insulin Nation

APRIL 4, 2016

There are several companies and groups of researchers racing to bring an artificial pancreas to market, be it one that automates insulin delivery or one that does this and provides glucagon, as well. One of the more intriguing entrants into this race is Bigfoot Biomedical, which grew out of a DIY artificial pancreas project created by co-founder Bryan Mazlish.

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ACA Times

APRIL 6, 2016

It should come as no surprise that the Affordable Care Act is still very much a work in progress. Over the course of six years, the ACA has made significant strides in ensuring health care coverage, but with those strides come necessary modifications, and with 2016 well underway, the ACA presents some new ones. Among these changes include extensions in the deadlines for ACA forms reporting and filings, as well as adjustments in ACA penalties and safe harbor percentages to reflect inflation.

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Medicine and Technology

APRIL 3, 2016

These days, one of the big buzzwords in the health IT community is "pop health" (short for population health). Well, public health and pop health are practically sisters! This week is National Public Health Week. Follow @PublicHealth for the latest updates this week on some exciting public health initiatives and join the conversation. Do you live in a city that's going to participate in the # HealthiestCitiesChallenge ?

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 7, 2016

A critical science in healthcare that has many dimensions and use-cases or misuse-cases. De-Identification -- Break the binding: I have been involved lately with a few De-Identification projects. To be complete De-Identification, Anonymization, and Pseudonymization. Where the goal is to end up with a set of data that is useful for some research project, yet has as low of a Privacy risk to the individuals for whom the data is about.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 5, 2016

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 – How should I establish boundaries to my diabetes management with those close to me?

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 8, 2016

In 2015, Emma Dillon and Emma Netherwood were having a hard time explaining diabetes to their own children with Type 1 as well as other children. The two moms from Stockport, England decided to create a children’s book on life with diabetes called Ivy and Iver Take on Type 1. Their children, the aforementioned Ivy and Iver, were diagnosed at the same hospital, and a diabetes nurse paired the families together.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 4, 2016

As an adult with Type 1, do you think your days of diabetes summer camp are over? Not if you volunteer there. My love of diabetes summer camp is so well-documented that I even have a tattoo commemorating my years there. After aging out of being a camper or a counselor in training, I decided to volunteer. I was doing it for the kids at camp, but I was also doing it for me.

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ACA Times

APRIL 5, 2016

When it comes to health care, many view it as a luxury rather than necessity. Health care is one “luxury,” that if given the option of having less of in exchange for more money, many would readily accept. At least that’s what a recent study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) suggests. This 2015 survey revealed some interesting facts about how individuals view their need for health care, either coming from their employer’s pockets or their own.

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