Insulin Nation

MARCH 12, 2014

'It’s rare for a dad with 4 kids to get a full night’s sleep. A night’s rest gets even more dicey given the fact that two of my girls have T1 diabetes. My wife and I are the rare couple that goes to bed with two CGMs within reach, as both my girls use the OmniPod insulin pump and the Dexcom G4 CGM. Since their diagnosis, my wife and I have taken turns when the CGM alarm rings, but she’s been busy being pregnant this year, and recovering from said pregnancy, so I’ve been the go-to guy when diabet

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MARCH 11, 2014

What if, instead of going to a doctor’s appointment, the clinic actually came to you? That’s right. Not just the doctor. The clinic. This isn’t your grandfather’s version of a house call. What we’re talking about here is a whole new animal. Mobile health clinics that offer individuals and communities accessible, quality care. For the past three days, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement held its 15 th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Com

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 14, 2014

As I alluded to earlier, I was leaving the press room one afternoon at HIMSS14, and there I see former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari hanging around Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber of Health Innovation Media. It turns out, Masters and Salber had just pulled Mostashari aside to do an interview on video, but they didn’t have anyone to interview him on camera, so they asked me right there on the spot to be the interviewer.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 14, 2014

'Commentary. In a recent Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance survey , 57% of patients with Type 1 diabetes say they expect a cure by 2025. Why only 57%? Why should we have to wait until 2025? As a Type 1 diabetes researcher and clinician, it is my firm belief that we could have achieved insulin independence for people with Type 1 more than a decade ago.

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 12, 2014

The last of my 10 MedCity News stories from HIMSS14 has been posted. It’s a nice mix of news, features, analysis and commentary. Here are links to all of them, in chronological order. NantHealth launches Clinical Operating System – biggest of big data startups – with $1B (Feb. 25). Body + biology + behavior: Intel exec explains how technology is making N=1 care possible (Feb. 26).

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MARCH 10, 2014

We’ve captured the buzz and analysis of yesterday’s health track sessions at South by Southwest in this info graphic, one of five we’ve published from SXSW Interactive so far. We’ve shared each digital newsroom info graphic through social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook. You also can see each infographic here: [link]. The post The Buzz from SXSW Interactive, Health Track Edition!

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