Insulin Nation
APRIL 14, 2016
People with Type 1 diabetes can’t be inspiring or courageous every day. These memes are for those days when you want to break your pump or meter: Do you have a favorite diabetes meme to share? Post it on our Facebook or Twitter pages. Thanks for reading this Insulin Nation article. Want more Type 1 news? Subscribe here. Have Type 2 diabetes or know someone who does?
American Well
APRIL 13, 2016
American Well is still coming down off a terrific week in beautiful, albeit not-so-sunny San Diego (it rained most of the time, but that didn’t stop us from having a blast!), where we hosted our second-ever Client Forum at the Omni Hotel. This telehealth meeting of the minds brought together clients and partners, including top health systems, health plans, employers, associations and medical boards to hash out telehealth best practices, discuss hurdles, and share in the overall excitement of ind
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 13, 2016
A very short article this week really brings the problem of Patient Identity to a point. Specifically this: Dr. Charles Jaffe, CEO of standards development organization Health Level Seven International , said Tuesday at the 13th annual World Health Care Congress in Washington that Kaiser Permanente Southern California had records of 10,000 people named Maria Gonzales.
ACA Times
APRIL 13, 2016
Prior to the Affordable Care Act, programs like Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were already in place to provide health coverage for underprivileged youth. However, a significant gap in this coverage was found for minority children, primarily Latino and African American. The reason? A lack of information. In a report released by the International Journal for Equity in Health, more than 50% of Black and Latino families had no idea their children were eligible for free or r
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Insulin Nation
APRIL 15, 2016
Commentary A Starbucks cup became the center of a viral news story that was passed around among the diabetes community. Apparently, a Florida man with two sisters with Type 1 ordered a Grande White Mocha and it came with the message “DIABETES HERE I COME” on it. He posted it on Facebook and then talked to local media about the offending cup. What followed was a very, very earnest story in which a Jacksonville reporter asked somber questions to the Facebook poster and confronted a store manager a
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 11, 2016
Grahame got this question on FHIR Consent , and forward it to me to answer. Question: I am using the FHIR Contract resource ( [link] ) to convey the patient consent for a provider to access specific FHIR resources (Ex: Observation, MedicationOrder, DiagnosticReport…). Which field in the Contract resource can be used to specify the list of consented FHIR resources?
ACA Times
APRIL 12, 2016
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act , the goal in mind is to ensure that every American has received or has been given access to adequate health coverage. While many consider this a blessing, others do not welcome the required health coverage. Under the ACA, those who do not have minimum essential health coverage are subject to fees unless exempt from an individual shared responsibility payment.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 13, 2016
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four when I registered an astounding blood sugar reading of 880 mg/dl. I spent 2 weeks in a coma after that, and I don’t remember anything from that hospital stay. After those two weeks, my family and I were packed up and sent home with a dietary chart and a blood glucose meter. For 20 years afterwards, my blood sugar levels were erratic and my body was weak.
American Well
APRIL 13, 2016
American Well is still coming down off a terrific week in beautiful, albeit not-so-sunny San Diego (it rained most of the time, but that didn’t stop us from having a blast!), where we hosted our second-ever Client Forum at the Omni Hotel. This telehealth meeting of the minds brought together clients and partners, including top health systems, health plans, employers, associations and medical boards to hash out telehealth best practices, discuss hurdles, and share in the overall excitement of ind
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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.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
APRIL 14, 2016
In recognition of National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16, Christina Kerby, a senior communications consultant with Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute, spoke with people who have recently participated in Life Care Planning along with their facilitators about why these conversations are important for them and their families.
ACA Times
APRIL 10, 2016
As you prepare your 2015 tax return, keep in mind that new health insurance coverage documents may reach your mailbox this year that you hadn’t seen previously. As the Affordable Care Act has made a move to promise affordable health care coverage for all, mandatory forms reflecting the health coverage of many individuals will be sent to them this year.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 11, 2016
Type 1 diabetes is the obnoxious friend that never leaves. In this clip, the embodiment of Type 1 diabetes gives unhelpful advice to a woman during a nighttime bout of hypoglycemia. Do you have ideas for future clips of diabetes being less than helpful? If so, send them along to cidlebrook@epscomm.com. Credits: Sarah Demers – woman with Type 1, Nicole Murphy – Type 1 diabetes, Craig Idlebrook – script, Jim Malvarosa – filming and editing Thanks for reading this Insulin Na
American Well
APRIL 12, 2016
Coopetition and Telemedicine: Healthcare Innovation Whose Time Has Come. In his most recent post, Dr. Alan Pitt explores how demand for convenient healthcare is driving competition that negatively impacts both providers and their patients. Here in American, we believe that competition is a good thing. Open markets often lead to higher quality goods and services at lower prices.
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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.
Health System CIO
APRIL 12, 2016
Offering virtual care services and e-visits is good, but it wasn’t enough, so Carolinas HealthCare took it a step further by creating an app that lets patients safely share data from wearables. And they aren’t stopping there, says CIO Craig Richardvillle. What’s the key to retaining top talent in an industry where it is at a premium? Challenge them, says Craig Richardville, who believes the brightest stars should have the loftiest goals.
ACA Times
APRIL 15, 2016
The Affordable Care Act was implemented as a move to provide widespread health care coverage to all Americans. Under this law, Applicable Large Employers (ALE) must offer health coverage to their employees should they be a certain size. If they do not, then they are required to pay what is called an Employer Shared Responsibility Payment. This is analogous to the Individual Mandate, which requires individuals to make a payment to the government if they failed to obtain health care coverage and w
Insulin Nation
APRIL 12, 2016
A new study highlights the dangers that people with Type 1 diabetes face when their medical teams inadequately prepare them for major surgery, in this case bariatric surgery. People with Type 1 are not immune from obesity, and some turn to bariatric surgery. However, researchers from the Cleveland Clinic found that 25 percent of those with Type 1 who received this surgery suffered from moderate to severe diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) afterwards.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 15, 2016
Commentary A Starbucks cup became the center of a viral news story that was passed around among the diabetes community. Apparently, a Florida man with two sisters with Type 1 ordered a Grande White Mocha and it came with the message “DIABETES HERE I COME” on it. He posted it on Facebook and then talked to local media about the offending cup. What followed was a very, very earnest story in which a Jacksonville reporter asked somber questions to the Facebook poster and confronted a store manager a
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