Insulin Nation
MAY 4, 2015
I’m 29 years old and have had Type 1 for 17 years, but there is something about testing my blood sugar that throws me back to when I was first diagnosed as a child. Each time, I stand there with my eyebrow raised and my index finger on my chin, trying to analyze my daily food intake. I make excuses, telling myself that my insulin must be expired or my meter broken.
American Well
MAY 5, 2015
Telehealth is dynamically changing the way both patients and physicians view healthcare. Nobody knows this better than Roy Schoenberg, co-founder and CEO at American Well. Roy introduced the patented service brokerage technology used by his company, which is currently the nation’s largest telehealth network. In 2013, he was appointed to the U.S. Federation of Medical Boards’ task force, where he helped deliver landmark guidelines for the “Appropriate use of Telehealth in Medical Practice.
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
MAY 6, 2015
Technology may be revolutionizing the healthcare industry but while mobile health applications and cloud-based management are convenient, many think they may be compromising the privacy of healthcare data. The debate, which is so multifaceted there isn’t one way of looking at it, centers around how the healthcare industry can embrace mobile health while still securing patient data.
ACA Times
MAY 4, 2015
Robert S. Sheen, Editor-in-Chief The ACA Times and President Trusaic, Inc., will speak about the Affordable Care Act at the 2015 NNAHU Expo, May 13 in Reno, Nevada. Robert Sheen. The conference, organized by the Northern Nevada Association of Health Underwriters, provides education and professional development to members of the association. The organization serves health insurance agents, brokers and benefits professionals in Northern Nevada.
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Insulin Nation
MAY 8, 2015
I often feel isolated with my Type 1 diabetes, but recently I’ve been dating someone else with Type 1. Having a partner in crime with this condition is, more often than not, an immense comfort. Our conditions may have the same textbook definition, but they are different in countless ways. I am an avid insulin pump user, while he swears by his insulin pens.
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
MAY 3, 2015
The Healthcare community continue to struggle with Patient Consent Directives. I assert it is because we have two very different forces: Healthcare Business -- that are under many regulatory, ethical, and business forces. This makes it very hard to change, especially hard to make radical changes. So this community needs very small realistic changes suggested that eventually produce the result desired.
ACA Times
MAY 4, 2015
A reference tool to help understand what is required for them to comply with the Affordable Care Act, and the timeline for compliance, has been prepared by the law firm of Hunton & Williams and made available to readers of The ACA Times. The 13-page Timeline and Checklist also includes an appendix providing additional information on many of the requirements.
Insulin Nation
MAY 5, 2015
A bill to make Type 1 diabetes screening more common has made progress in the North Carolina legislature, but language that would have mandated screening has been removed from the legislation. The North Carolina House of Representatives voted 111 to 6 to pass a bill known as Reegan’s Rule, which encourages well-child medical practitioners to educate parents of newborns and toddlers about the warning signs of diabetes.
American Well
MAY 5, 2015
Yesterday we walked you through the significant updates to the provider tools of our new platform. Today it’s all about the patients and how their experience is changing for the better with the introduction of AW8. The patient telehealth experience should feel comfortable and familiar, but be as simple as possible. Here are some of the great enhancements for patients in AW8: Provider Search.
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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.
Insulin Nation
MAY 8, 2015
The latest buzzword in self-help these days is mindfulness. Defined as paying attention to one’s thoughts and state of mind in a non-judgmental way, mindfulness is being touted as the new pathway to better health. While it may be trendy, I have found mindfulness helps me cope with the stress of having Type 1 diabetes. I am intimately familiar with the anxiety of living with a chronic illness, as I’ve had Type 1 for over 40 years.
American Well
MAY 5, 2015
Telehealth is dynamically changing the way both patients and physicians view healthcare. Nobody knows this better than Roy Schoenberg, co-founder and CEO at American Well. Roy introduced the patented service brokerage technology used by his company, which is currently the nation’s largest telehealth network. In 2013, he was appointed to the U.S. Federation of Medical Boards’ task force, where he helped deliver landmark guidelines for the “Appropriate use of Telehealth in Medical Practice.
American Well
MAY 5, 2015
Yesterday we walked you through the significant updates to the provider tools of our new platform. Today it’s all about the patients and how their experience is changing for the better with the introduction of AW8. The patient telehealth experience should feel comfortable and familiar, but be as simple as possible. Here are some of the great enhancements for patients in AW8: Provider Search.
American Well
MAY 4, 2015
Today at the 20th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, Amwell revealed its next generation product line—AW8. Take a look at the best new functionalities AW8 delivers: The post Introducing AW8 appeared first on Amwell.
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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.
American Well
MAY 4, 2015
Today at the 20 th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, American Well revealed its next generation product line— American Well 8. This revolutionary release marks the most dramatic update to our product since the initial release in 2008. The most significant and progressive updates are to the provider tools. For the first time in history, doctors and other providers are able to inject telehealth into any clinical situation at any time right from their mobile or tablet dev
American Well
MAY 4, 2015
Today at the 20th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, American Well revealed its next generation product line—AW8. Take a look at the best new functionalities AW8 delivers: The post Introducing AW8 appeared first on American Well.
American Well
MAY 4, 2015
Today at the 20 th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, American Well revealed its next generation product line— American Well 8. This revolutionary release marks the most dramatic update to our product since the initial release in 2008. The most significant and progressive updates are to the provider tools. For the first time in history, doctors and other providers are able to inject telehealth into any clinical situation at any time right from their mobile or tablet dev
American Well
MAY 4, 2015
Today at the 20th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, American Well revealed its next generation product line—AW8. Take a look at the best new functionalities AW8 delivers: The post Introducing AW8 appeared first on American Well.
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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!
Insulin Nation
MAY 8, 2015
Quick Hit. Medtronic is outsourcing to secure technology that could advance the development of an artificial pancreas, according to a Fierce Medical Devices article. The pump maker has entered into a deal to buy artificial pancreas technology from Israel-based DreaMed Diabetes. Medtronic plans to integrate DreaMed’s GlucoSitter, which uses artificial pancreas algorithms, into its insulin pumps.
ACA Times
MAY 7, 2015
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the individual and employer mandates of the Affordable Care Act. The court ruled that the taxpayer who filed the lawsuit lacked legal standing to pursue the case. The lawsuit argued that the mandates are a form of tax and thus violated the Origination Clause of the Constitution, which says that taxes must originate in the House of Representatives.
ACA Times
MAY 4, 2015
Montana’s Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock signed into law a Medicaid expansion bill that had been drafted by a Republican member of the state legislature. Under the new law, Montana will accept federal funds to expand Medicaid eligibility to people with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $16,200 per year for an and individual and $33,460 for a family of four.
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