Health System CIO
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Although there is excitement surrounding the potential benefits of telehealth, there are also concerns about the barriers that exist, including financial incentives and logistics, says Mark Allphin of KLAS.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 9, 2017
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on September 26, 2015 at 28 years old. This came as a major surprise because I have been pretty healthy my entire life. I grew up on a farm working hard; after college I joined the United States Coast Guard and spent 4 years doing search and rescue and federal law enforcement operations. After my honorable discharge, I started working at a plant nursery.
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South Central Telehealth Resource Center
OCTOBER 9, 2017
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) were recently awarded $600,000 grants and recognized as national Telehealth Centers of Excellence by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As the only two national Telehealth Centers of Excellence in the U.S., the awards recognize each academic institution’s role in expanding the footprint of telehealth.
American Well
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Avizia’s CEO and founder, Mike Baird, discusses what the CONNECT for Health Act could mean for patients—and the federal budget—in an article published by HIT Leaders & News. Baird explains that for value-based care to succeed in both reducing costs and improving patients care, telehealth needs to be a key part of the equation. The current Medicare rules on telehealth are counter intuitive and an outdated way to care for patients.
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
OCTOBER 10, 2017
A Question was asked regarding FormatCode granularity, especially given that the IHE defined FormatCode vocabulary seem to be defining much smaller concept relative to HL7 defined FormatCode for C-CDA. Where the combined list is available in FHIR as a ValueSet of FormatCodes (updated in current build ) Important background :: Eating an Elephant -- How to approach IHE documentation on Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Healthcare Metadata The FormatCode is there to differentiate 'technical for
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ACA Times
OCTOBER 10, 2017
The IRS has followed the release of the 2017 forms for filing Affordable Care Act (ACA)-mandated information with the IRS for the 2017 tax year with the instructions for the forms. The updated instructions for the use of Form 1094-C and Form 1095-C in 2017 notes that Section 4980H transition relief for Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) is not available for 2017 as it was for the 2015 and 2016 tax reporting years.
American Well
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Avizia ’s CEO and founder, Mike Baird, discusses what the CONNECT for Health Act could mean for patients—and the federal budget—in an article published by HIT Leaders & News. Baird explains that for value-based care to succeed in both reducing costs and improving patients care, telehealth needs to be a key part of the equation. The current Medicare rules on telehealth are counter intuitive and an outdated way to care for patients.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 11, 2017
sponsor. Diabetes activist Quinn Nystrom has written a memoir called If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes? In it, she discusses how she was the second child in her family to be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In this condensed excerpt, Quinn shares what it was like when her mother identified she had uncontrolled high blood sugars. The buffet of takeout pizza and sheet cake upset my stomach.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Yes, you can do almost anything in life after a Type 1 diagnosis, but there are still some roadblocks in the way, and sometimes you have to adapt. This photo was sent in by Julie Uhey as part of our “Type 1 Diabetes Snapshot” series, along with this poignant paragraph: “This is a photo of my son holding ‘just a few’ of the syringes that administer life-sustaining insulin to him.
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Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 11, 2017
So, sometimes things blow up on Twitter in a big way. It was a sleepy Friday afternoon when personal finance blogger Chelsea Fagan tweeted out this: the other day a bartender told me his high school did a performance of RENT where they couldn’t say AIDS so all the characters had diabetes. — Chelsea Fagan (@Chelsea_Fagan) October 6, 2017. For those who weren’t theater geeks in the nineties, RENT was a story of slumming twentysomethings trying to keep a roof over their heads in New York City
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Many photos sent in for our “Type 1 Diabetes Snapshots” series are serious in nature, which makes sense because of the seriousness of this chronic condition. That’s why it’s all the more fun to capture playful moments like this photo, which was sent in by Lisa Rask with this caption: “The Unicorn: a 100 mg/dL reading, achieved 5 times in 15,000 tests.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Painful neuropathy can lead to an increased risk of depression for those with diabetes, a new study suggests. Italian researchers discovered that those with painful diabetic polyneuropathy had a slightly increased risk for depression over those experiencing diabetic polyneuropathy without pain, according to a Medscape report. The researchers surveyed 181 people with diabetes on blood sugar scores, neuropathy and emotional well-being.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 9, 2017
The Type 1 community often looks to those who have had Type 1 diabetes for decades to find pearls of wisdom for how to stay healthy long-term with the condition. While they are an inspiration, it’s important to remember that they are human, too, and they have had their shares of troubles with blood sugar management. This photo sent to us by Darlene Schiesser for our “Type 1 Diabetes Snapshots” series with this succinct caption: “I have had diabetes for over 30 years.
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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.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Something positive is happening in health care. Clinicians are trying to re-humanize medicine by learning to become more attentive witnesses. They are turning to narrative—stories, poetry, movies, and other forms of expression— to better understand the subjective experiences of illness. In medical schools across the country, these so-called “narrative medicine” programs are on the rise.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation and Type 2 Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the diabetes community. Q – I’ve recently been diagnosed with diabetes and I’m scared of complications.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Three or four years ago, a buzz started building that metformin could be a potential fountain of youth. In 2011, a group of researchers in oncology in St. Petersburg, Russia, found that metformin could prevent the advancement of cancer in mice, thereby increasing their lifespans. In 2012, several online health advocates passionately accused the FDA of sinister motivations for preventing the makers of metformin from advertising it as an anti-cancer and anti-vascular disease medicine.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
A new study by Medscape suggests that marijuana may be effective in treating pain caused by diabetic neuropathy. The study, published in the Journal of Pain , is reportedly the first to measure the effect of cannabis on diabetic neuropathy. It was led by researchers at the Division of Pain Management at the University of California, San Diego. The small study involved just 16 participants with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and neuropathy.
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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
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Good news about metformin: it may help keep your brain healthy. The popular diabetes drug, which sensitizes the body to insulin and lowers glucose production in the liver, has been found to lower the risk of dementia in diabetes patients. A new Kaiser Permanente study found that the drug helped cut the risk of dementia by 20 percent. The study followed 15,000 Type 2 patients who were beginning to take one of four common diabetes drugs.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found evidence that metformin, a common drug used to treat insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, could lessen symptoms of the most common form of pancreatic cancer. According to a press release , metformin was shown to decrease the severity of fibrosis (the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue) and inflammation in those with a cancer known as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
The FDA recently warned that the diabetes drug canagliflozin has been linked to an increased risk of leg and foot amputation. Canagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, is used to help lower blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes. It’s marketed as a stand-alone drug therapy under the name of Invokana and as part of a combo therapy under the name of Invokamet.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
A new report suggests that prolonged use of metformin could lead to a vitamin B12 deficiency. This vitamin deficiency could cause peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage in the hands and feet) if not properly treated, according to the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. However, there are B12 supplements one can take to offset a deficiency, if properly diagnosed with the deficiency.
Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
A recent study suggests that metformin might be an effective treatment to heal against heart attacks for people with diabetes. This would be good news, as research shows that heart disease accounts for over half of all deaths for those with diabetes, and metformin is one of the most popular drugs prescribed to people with Type 2 diabetes. Researchers in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia used stem cells to simulate a heart attack in a lab.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
When calculating a person’s ability to control their diabetes, doctor’s measure their HbA1c (or A1C for short) score, which defines average blood sugar levels over a long period of time. The idea until recently has been that there is a standard range of A1C scores that every person with diabetes should shoot for, but many with the condition fall short of those numbers.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 10, 2017
A drug prescription can come with a lot of questions. With our “Know Your Drugs” series, we provide you with a snapshot of the different diabetes drugs on the market, and links to additional information. Metformin is currently the most popular drug prescribed for those with Type 2 diabetes. It is considered a generally safe and effective drug for lowering blood sugar levels, and it’s one of the first diabetes medications prescribed after diagnosis.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
When I first learned that I had Type 2 diabetes in 2001, I thought my world had come crumbling down right before my eyes. I’d been eating delicious things all my life and couldn’t bear the thought of having to do without. Having grown up in a household where diabetes runs in the family, all I could picture for the future was having to test my urine, take frequent naps, and dodge the complications that can arise from the disease.
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Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
If you have diabetes, don’t be surprised if your doctor prescribes statins in 2014. In what has been described as a potentially-seismic shift in health policy, the American Heart Association and several other medical groups have changed the guidelines for the use of statins, a group of popular cholesterol-lowering drugs. According to the new guidelines, doctors should no longer wait for a patient’s LDL (bad) cholesterol level to reach above 130 milligrams per deciliter to begin prescribing stat
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
In 2015, the American College of Radiology (ACR) changed their guidelines for how radiologists should handle patients using metformin. Metformin is an oral drug which lowers blood sugar levels by decreasing the amount of sugar produced in the liver and increasing the sensitivity of muscle cells to insulin. Metformin is then eliminated by the kidneys.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are a commonly-used therapy for the treatment of insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes. TZDs are often used in combination with sulfonylureas , metformin, or both. They act to reduce insulin resistance by producing more fat cells. The cells produced are more sensitive to insulin and have a higher chance of being used to process glucose.
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