Insulin Nation

AUGUST 30, 2016

(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a condition in which the blood becomes highly acidic as a result of dehydration and excessive ketone (acid) production. When bodily fluids become acidic, some of the body’s systems stop functioning properly.

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American Well

AUGUST 30, 2016

How can your telehealth service integrate with your EMR? DOTmed summarized the key learnings from our recent webinar on EMR integration and telehealth. Check out the key points and reach out if you’re looking for more details on this relevant topic. With more and more hospitals and health care facilities implementing electronic medical records (EMRs) into their IT infrastructure, telehealth is gaining traction as a way for physicians to keep in touch with their patients.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 31, 2016

Medicaid expansion is not a fixed journey, as we’re slowly learning from states like Kentucky and Louisiana. The Wall Street Journal reports a pleasant change in events for the aforementioned states, whose Medicaid expansion denials have been reversed thanks to the electing of new respective governors. Louisiana’s change in the course of events happened when Gov.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 29, 2016

There is a need where an individual or team needs to record chronological facts privately, and in the future make these facts public in a way that the public can prove the integrity and chronology. Where the chronological facts need to be known to within some timeframe, typically within a day. Where the sequence of the facts needs to be provable. Where a missing recorded facts can be detected.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 29, 2016

(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Picture this: You show up for your regular appointment at the doctor’s office. After the usual checkup, you report to the front desk, checkbook in hand, ready to pay for your visit. “Hold on,” says the receptionist with a cheerful smile.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 30, 2016

Over the past year, we’ve watched Uber go through a rollercoaster ride. It all started when drivers who at random points throughout the year exceeded a 30 hour work week, making them eligible for health care during that time period under the Affordable Care Act. Since then, Uber has been met with multiple lawsuits, most recently in May of this year when both Florida and Illinois moved to change how Uber drivers were classified.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 27, 2016

This article covers the constraints often placed on an approved use of healthcare data. These are the conditions, restrictions, obligations, or handling caveats. When a Patient allows use of their data, there is almost always restrictions. Some restrictions are supported in access control rules. That which I have already covered in Vectors through Consent to Control Big-Data Feeding frenzy.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 30, 2016

We don’t talk enough about heart health for Type 1 diabetes, despite the fact that cardiovascular problems are a leading cause of death for people with Type 1. However, a new study may have demonstrated a good strategy to prevent heart disease in people with Type 1 diabetes. Researchers behind a large Swedish-based study found that participants with Type 1 diabetes on a lipid-lowering therapy reduced their risk for heart disease by 50 percent.

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American Well

AUGUST 28, 2016

Telemedicine Today: August 2016. Welcome to the August 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! Each month we re-visit some of the most exciting news and influential events from the month. From success stories, to legislative updates, research findings and product updates, we’ll share the latest hypes, trends and news you can’t miss. Living with Cancer in the Australian Outback.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 29, 2016

Let’s call the details of the Affordable Care Act a work in progress, even still. Since its humble 2010 beginnings, the ACA has evolved based upon the needs of (almost) everyone involved. As we inch toward the close of 2016 and its inevitable health care reporting, the IRS is taking those needs into consideration and making new modifications in a variety of ACA-affected arenas.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

A note to teachers and school nurses: Thank you for doing your best to take care of the needs of students with Type 1 diabetes. We know you have a tough job, with many demands on your time and attention. You would not have been tasked with this additional responsibility if it were not vitally important to the health and success of these students. Here are some things that you will need to be aware of in the coming school year: With so many inquisitive faces looking to you for attention and direc

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Recently, we asked our readers on Facebook to find a fictional character who best describes what they are like when they are low. Here were a few responses: I’m like Kramer from Seinfeld …always bursting into the room with a crazy idea. -Mary R. I’m like Joffrey Baratheon from Game of Thrones. -Kent L. When I’m hypo, it’s definitely Edgar from Men in Black.

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