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Substandard Type 1 Diabetes Care in Utah School Alleged

Insulin Nation

At six years old, Chloe Llewellyn (not pictured above) has already had problems with two different schools when it comes to her Type 1 diabetes. Chloe, diagnosed with Type 1 when she was two years old, was turned away in 2014 from a private preschool on the morning she was supposed to return for her second year there. The school’s director told Chloe’s family that he’d meant to get in touch with her earlier to say that the school could no longer accommodate Chloe’s needs, according to Bridget Ll

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IHE #FHIR profiles - MHD, PDQm, and PIXm

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The IHE IT Infrastructure committee has a few profiles on #FHIR. They just published new revisions (see below) that have aligned on DSTU2, formerly on pre-DSTU2 versions. They have also just published for Public Comment a new set of supplements. All of these are aligned with DSTU2. When STU3 finishes ballot and publishes reconciled version, then IHE will adjust all of these to STU3.

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With Bigger Insurance Companies Moving Out, Newer Companies Move In

ACA Times

With regard to the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace, it all comes down to options. As major carriers take umbrage with various aspects of the ACA and its Marketplace, many are pulling out of the Marketplace in various parts of the country, leaving residents—especially in rural areas—with minimal options for coverage. However, there’s hope as newer insurers are joining the Marketplace, bringing a renewed competition.

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Teens with Type 1 May Have Vitamin D Deficiency

Insulin Nation

In recent years, Vitamin D levels have become a yardstick for researchers to measure everything from heart health to bone density. Now, researchers have found that teens with Type 1 diabetes could be at increased risk of a Vitamin D deficiency. For the study , researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing examined blood samples of 200 adolescents treated for diabetes at the Diabetes Center for Children in Philadelphia.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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Employers Weigh In On Actions In The Event Of An ACA Repeal

ACA Times

It should come as no surprise that the Affordable Care Act has produced a myriad of opinions from consumers to their employers to those in government. But what would happen if one day the ACA was no more? While only six years old, should the ACA be repealed one day, employers have their own actions in mind for employee health care should that day arrive.

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Public Comment period for IHE Advanced Patient Privacy Consents profile

Healthcare Exchange Standards

IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplements Published for Public Comment The IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee has published the following Technical Framework Supplements for public comment in the period from May 27 to June 26, 2016 : Add RESTful Query to ATNA Advanced Patient Privacy Consent (APPC) Re-documentation Register On-Demand Document Transaction Mobile Alert Communication Management (mACM) The documents are available for download at [link].

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Researchers Testing SGLT2 Drugs for Type 1 Use

Insulin Nation

Pharma companies are testing whether drugs designed for combatting Type 2 diabetes can be used to also treat Type 1 diabetes. The latest attempt involves a class of of oral antidiabetics called SGLT2 inhibitors, first cleared by the Food and Drug Administration on March 29, 2013. There have been roughly 100 clinical trials involving SGLT2 drugs logged at the National Institutes of Health since researchers first began evaluating canagliflozin.

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Simple FHIR Consent

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Much discussion around consent (Privacy) in HL7 FHIR. It seems that much of the seamingly endless circular arguments come down to getting everyone on the same page. 1. HL7 can only produce Interoperability standards. It can't define Policy, Architecture, or Implementations. 2. We thus can't just pick one architecture (e.g. OAuth+UMA) and stop. We must build to fit a reasonable set of architectures. 3.

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