Insulin Nation
APRIL 8, 2015
'Quick Hit. Too often, EMTs and other first responders fail to recognize that not all bouts of hypoglycemia are the same. Sometimes, that means they fail to address a relatively mild low that could be treated at the scene, and instead opt for hospitalization for people with diabetes. Such a decision can lead to increased risks of complications and higher healthcare costs.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 7, 2015
UPDATE: NIST published their NIST IR 8053 , October 2015. This is an excellent, well written, text. I would recommend it as reading material for anyone wanting to understand the overall De-Identification space. It gets only slightly deep into technical concepts (like HIPAA Privacy Rule; k-anonymity; differential privacy; re-identification), just enough to encourage you to go to the references.
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E-CareManagement
APRIL 10, 2015
Where’s the Evidence that Hoarding Data is a Good Business Strategy? Dear Hospital CIO/CEO, So you think that hoarding patient data is a good business strategy? …that it discourages patients from going to another hospital? So why is the marketing department buying billboards encouraging patients to switch for convenience? to save a few minutes?
ACA Times
APRIL 7, 2015
Physicians have been accepting a smaller percentage of new Medicaid patients than patients on Medicare or with private insurance, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control. More than 95% of office-based physicians were accepting new patients in 2013, the latest for which data are available.
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Insulin Nation
APRIL 6, 2015
'Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? In honor of the occasion, we’ve held a contest among the staff at Insulin Nation to create haikus about Type 1 diabetes: Here are the winners: Diabetes, why. do you hate the pancreas? Tell me the offense. -Travis Manni, staff writer. Just a little prick. Needles aren’t too scary. Get that test strip out.
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Insulin Nation
APRIL 8, 2015
'Quick Hit. Two studies point to a connection between probiotics and blood sugar control. In the first study, researchers at Cornell University engineered a probiotic pill that promotes insulin production in mice, according to Diabetes.co.uk. The pill which contained the common stomach bacteria lactobacillus , was found to stimulate insulin production in the intestines.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 10, 2015
'Insulin pump companies have raced to come up with better-performing and more user-friendly pumps, but building the better mousetrap is only half the battle. The best pumps in the world won’t sell if they aren’t prescribed by doctors or used by people with diabetes. Medtronic has launched a bold move to try and solve that final part of the equation.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 10, 2015
'Quick Hit. Researchers have found a drug that seems to encourage beta cell division in a laboratory setting, according to a press release from Mount Sinai Hospital. Out of 100,000 drug candidates screened, the researchers found that the drug haramine could help beta cells multiply in culture. Anything that could help beta cells grow in a lab setting is important, as the insulin-producing cells are notoriously hard to grow.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 7, 2015
'In our recent series on what the law says about diabetes workplace discrimination we’ve been focusing on the protections offered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, there are several other laws which also cover workplace discrimination and diabetes, especially when it comes to complications with the condition: 1. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) requires employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month interval to receive medical treatment an
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Insulin Nation
APRIL 7, 2015
'Who says you can’t travel with Type 1 diabetes? Insulin Nation contributor and diabetes blogger Jeremy Larsen has condensed his 4-month European backpacking trek into a 3:20 video clip. Watch as this Type 1 traveler takes his meter to see the sites of Europe, and consider planning your own diabetes travel adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKtYjCTvCls.
ACA Times
APRIL 8, 2015
Americans’ views about the Affordable Care Act are more positive now than. A poll was taken last November, just after the midterm elections, found only 37% approved of the law, compared to 56% who disapproved. Gallup said the upturn in support for the “may reflect the public’s awareness data showing that the percentage of Americans who are uninsured has dropped substantially” as the law’s requirement for obtaining insurance began to take effect.
ACA Times
APRIL 7, 2015
Low-income Americans will have greater access to mental health and substance abuse treatments under a new rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The proposal applies provisions of an existing law, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity of Act 2008 that regulates private health plans and insurance, to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program(CHIP).
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