Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'I wanted to get a tattoo, but people discouraged me from doing it because of my Type 1 diabetes. The naysayers told me that we didn’t heal well enough, that we got infections too easily, that there was just too much risk. But then I began noticing people with diabetes-related tattoos. Some people were getting them on their wrists in place of MedicAlert bracelets.
American Well
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
A few weeks ago, Dr. Alan Pitt, neuroradiologist at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, wrote Obamacare: Healthcare’s Own Journey Through Wonderland to remind us that while America has built one of the best emergency care systems in the world, we’ve sacrificed patient outcomes by focusing on the volume of care provided.
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eHealth
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
2014 was my first full year with HIMSS in consumer health and full of opportunity. In January, I went to my first Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It was as massive as I heard, full of large screen TVs, many curved screens, drones, health trackers, etc. I spent most of the time at the Digital Health Summit – a well organized event including patient panels, fitness health device startups, wellness programs, and a demonstration of a exoskeleton.
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has written to three senior Administration officials, asking them to explain how Act data gathered by the federal website is with private companies such as Google, Twitter, YouTube and dozens others. Smith, chairman the House Science, Space and Technology, sent the letters to Sylvia Burwell , Secretary and Human Services, Marilyn Tavenner , Administrator Centers for and Services, and Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer at the White House Office of Science and Technology P
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Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'It’s tricky during your child’s teenage years to strike the right balance between parenting and letting go. This is especially true when the teenager in your life has Type 1 diabetes. Endocrinologists have come to understand that the teenage years are a critical period for a young person with Type 1 to establish good daily diabetes self-care. This means that it’s critical to give teens the space to make their own choices, and mistakes, in their blood sugar management.
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Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'Quick Hit. A research analysis conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that the price of living with diabetes has more than doubled over the past couple of decades, according to a Reuters report. People living with diabetes now spend $2,790 more every year on diabetes care than those living with the condition 20 years ago.
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'Stefan Schwarz has been given a marketing challenge: to help us embrace a novel way that insulin can be delivered. Schwarz leads the Sanofi marketing team in charge of rolling out Afrezza, the new inhalable insulin system developed by Mannkind. His task is made all the more challenging because the last time inhalable insulin was unleashed on the marketplace, it failed miserably.
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'Quick Hits. A recent study has shown a new procedure that examines cells in the cornea of the eye can predict the beginning stages of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in people with Type 1 diabetes. The process of this type of diagnosis has been given the tongue-tying name of corneal confocal microscopy (CCM), according to a Medscape article. In the study, researchers used a special microscope to examine corneal nerve cell fibers to see if the fibers were shrinking in length, a sign of damage fro
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Quick Hits. The FDA has approved the marketing of mobile apps that allow people with diabetes to automatically and securely share blood glucose readings from their continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) with caregivers and friends. In the past, such apps would need premarket clearance. These apps allow people to remotely check on the real-time blood glucose levels of people with diabetes.
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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.
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
With the Act deadline nearing, 179,710 consumers selected the federal exchange during the 11th open , the Department and Human Services (HHS) reported Feb. 4. Total signups since began Nov. 15, 2014 were 7,473,699. The most recent report, which covers the Jan. 24 to Jan. , also included signup statistics for the 37 states that refer their residents to the website, and breakouts for plan section by selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
About 4.5 million more young adults are covered by health insurance now than in 2009 because the Affordable Care Act, according to a White House report. In 2009 nearly a third of those aged 19 to 25 had no health insurance, twice the rate for Americans overall. As of mid-2014, the latest for which statistics are available, the uninsured rate had fallen by more than 40%, or about 4.5 million.
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
To help cover Affordable Care Act costs, the 2016 budget proposal submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services for the fiscal year 2016 would reduce Medicare spending by about $400 billion through lower payments to providers, health insurers, and drug companies. The overall 2016 federal budget submitted by President Obama includes some cost increases for Medicare recipients.
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Republican members of the House and Senate unveiled a proposed alternative to the Affordable Care Act. It would eliminate the individual and employer mandate, provide a tax credit to help offset the cost of buying health insurance, and maintain the availability of coverage for those with pre-existing medical conditions. The proposal, named the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment (CARE) Bill, was submitted by Senate Finance Chairman Orrin G.
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