Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I see studies show that people with Type 1 do better on insulin pump therapy, but I sometimes hear of people stopping pump therapy to return to multiple daily injections.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

By Christine Elliott, Business Development Associate. Imagine this: It’s Thanksgiving and a mother is in the middle of preparing a feast for 20 beloved family members when her first grader suddenly starts complaining of an ear ache. There’s a turkey in the oven, two other children are destroying the just cleaned house, and her husband is picking up the in-laws from the airport.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

A unit the Department and Human Services (HHS) will test bundled and quality for hip and knee replacement, beginning April 1, 2016. The test is aimed at encouraging hospitals, physicians and other to work together to improve quality and coordination from initial hospitalization through recovery. By giving participating hospitals financial and quality for all services to patients receiving replacements, HHS believes will be motivated to take a number steps to improve quality and outcomes, such as

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Medicine and Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Did you know that President Obama proclaimed November 2015 as National Family Caregivers Month? Pay tribute to those who provide for the health and well-being of their family members, friends, and neighbors. Here are tips from the CDC on how to be a caregiver: Learn about the person's medical condition or diagnosis. By learning more you will understand your loved one's disease or condition and can be better able to care for them now and plan for the future.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Dessi Zaharieva, a 26-year-old PhD student at York University, is sitting in a lab at school in Ontario, Canada as I ask her questions over the phone in the living room of my apartment. When she says that the Black Sea coastline in Bulgaria is where she feels most at home, I struggle to picture the scene. “It’s where we would always go to relax as a family when I was growing up,” Zaharieva explains.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Almost 3.2 million consumers used the website during the first open for Act , the Department and Human Services announced in its initial weekly “snapshot” report for the current. “Consumers are coming to , having a smoother experience, and finding they can afford,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. The platform is used by the federally-facilitated marketplaces and state partnership marketplaces, as well as by some state-based marketplaces.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Last month, Florida lawmakers passed the first state legislation to boost screening for Type 1 diabetes. Now, Pennsylvania state house members have passed a unanimous resolution to encourage “all health care practitioners in this Commonwealth to educate and discuss the warning signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes with the parents or guardians of each child under their care.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

As parents, we wanted my daughter Evelyn, who has Type 1, to know that anything was possible, so we decided to have her meet extraordinary people with Type 1. The celebrities we have met and talked with have managed to follow their passion with diabetes in tow. As parents, we decided that if we were asking her to believe in what she thought was impossible at the time – that she could manage her diabetes and have a full life – then it was best to show her in a way that would grab her

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I see studies show that people with Type 1 do better on insulin pump therapy, but I sometimes hear of people stopping pump therapy to return to multiple daily injections.

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Commentary Type 1 diabetes is inherently a lonely condition, one that makes you look inward to maintain your health. It doesn’t help that few people understand what Type 1 diabetes really is, and many make tasteless jokes at its expense. Campaigns for Diabetes Awareness Month are focused on raising the visibility of Type 1 diabetes to make those who endure the roller coaster ride of blood sugar management feel more visible.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Dessi Zaharieva, a 26-year-old PhD student at York University, is sitting in a lab at school in Ontario, Canada as I ask her questions over the phone in the living room of my apartment. When she says that the Black Sea coastline in Bulgaria is where she feels most at home, I struggle to picture the scene. “It’s where we would always go to relax as a family when I was growing up,” Zaharieva explains.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q – I see studies show that people with Type 1 do better on insulin pump therapy, but I sometimes hear of people stopping pump therapy to return to multiple daily injections.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The Internal Revenue Services has added a page to its website which centralizes information to help “applicable large employers” comply with provisions of the Affordable Care Act. An applicable large employer (ALE) is an organization which had an average of at least 50 full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees, during the prior calendar year.

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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.

ACA Times

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

At the request the Obama administration, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case centered on religious freedom and access to contraception under the Act. The court will hear arguments in a few months, with a decision likely by next June. Plaintiffs in the case argue that the accommodation already available to them under the – that they simply opt out providing contraceptive by sending a form or letter to their insurer or to the government – still made them complicit in a practice they believ

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