Insulin Nation
AUGUST 22, 2016
On August 2nd, 2016, Dexcom held a conference call to present its quarterly financial report. The company’s business quarter had ended on June 30, twenty days after an FDA advisory committee recommended that the FDA allow the Dexcom G5 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to be used by patients for insulin dosing. (While many CGM users already do this, it is not technically an allowed use for the device, according to FDA labeling.).
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 22, 2016
This is a start of a series of articles on the various Privacy Consent mechanisms that are being developed in HL7, IHE, and HEART. I will describe them quickly, but will go into more detail in later articles. Big Data Feeding Frenzy This is what most people think of when they hear about healthcare data in the context of "Big Data". This diagram shows a very minimal "Privacy Consent".
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American Well
AUGUST 22, 2016
How do you launch a telehealth service? It can certainly seem like a big task, but when you break it down to a few key lessons, your chances of success grow. Sarah Martin, Assistant Vice President for Product Development & Member Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, shared her insightful thoughts with us on a webinar on implementing telehealth for health plans: #1: Soft launch first, then market more widely.
ACA Times
AUGUST 25, 2016
Over the past two months, the IRS has gradually rolled out ACA reporting forms for 2016. So far? 1094-B and 1095-B have been changed, as well as 1094-C and 1095-C. While the changes may be minimal to some, it’s clear both the ACA and the IRS have listened to the concerns of employers and individuals and made some necessary modifications to the forms.
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Insulin Nation
AUGUST 24, 2016
Recently, a reader shared how several pharmacies improperly stored her daughter’s insulin. When that article posted, other readers chimed in with their own misadventures at the pharmacy desk. The pharmacy didn’t admit the problem was theirs. I used the insulin for three days after purchase and then returned it all, but the pharmacist refused to exchange the insulin.
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American Well
AUGUST 22, 2016
How do you launch a telehealth service? It can certainly seem like a big task, but when you break it down to a few key lessons, your chances of success grow. Sarah Martin, Assistant Vice President for Product Development & Member Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, shared her insightful thoughts with us on a webinar on implementing telehealth for health plans: #1: Soft launch first, then market more widely.
ACA Times
AUGUST 24, 2016
Employers were given a gift of sorts from the IRS and the ACA when extensions for paper filings were extended to 5/31/16 and electronic filings were extended to 6/30/16. Perhaps that still wasn’t enough time for your company to get the job done. While the risk of penalties is still inevitable for noncompliant companies, it’s best to understand how severe they can be should you soar way past the filing deadlines.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 25, 2016
Recientemente, un departamento de policía de Arizona lanzó una campaña de concienciación durante el Mes de la Diabetes para que la gente esté al tanto que está contratando a veinte oficiales, y que las personas con diabetes son bienvenidos a aplicar. El departamento de policía de Glendale, Arizona ha estado utilizando su cuenta de Twitter para iniciar un esfuerzo de alcance comunitario, respecto a que cuenta con tres oficiales virtuosos y capaces con Diabetes tipo 1 dentro de su departamento.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 20, 2016
I am excited that the topic of Consent is becoming so important that it is getting attention. Evidence this study that I think is really exciting, while embryonic. The study admits this, so they are not ignorant. They are addressing the fact that on-line consent is a very disappointing experience, and try something to see if it can make that better.
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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.
Health System CIO
AUGUST 23, 2016
The toughest part about leading through a merger? Learning another organization’s culture, says Bobbie Byrne, which means identifying where land mines exist and how to sidestep them before making any major moves. If you’re going to lead an organization through a merger, the one thing you can’t be afraid to do is step on few landmines, says Bobbie Byrne, who encountered several during the union that created Edward-Elmhurst Health three years ago.
ACA Times
AUGUST 22, 2016
2016 has been a confusing one for many Americans who question the security of their health insurance providers. As major companies like UnitedHealthcare are swiftly withdrawing from certain exchanges nationwide and some smaller companies are going out of business, the idea of losing Health Insurance Marketplace coverage due to a provider closing up shop is not unheard of.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 26, 2016
(excerpted from Think Like A Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes With Insulin by Gary Scheiner MS, CDE, DaCapo Press, 2011). Last weekend I decided to stay up late and watch a scary movie. It had something to do with super-gross vampires who get their jollies by eating the flesh of unsuspecting hotel guests. Anyway, after the final gut-wrenching, heart-pumping scene, I decided to check my blood sugar.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 26, 2016
In the last article I wrote about all the Vectors through the healthcare data access control space that are commonly needed by Patient Privacy Consent Authorizations. In this article I will describe the residual policy rules and Obligations. When a Patient says YES to authorize access to their data, they are saying it within some context. This authorization comes with metaphoric strings.
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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.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 20, 2016
Too often Consent is seen as a one-time thing. It is far more than this. Here is an infographic. My point with this is that there many big steps: Defining Policy Act of Consent from the Patient Enforcing Consents Notification of Use This graphic tends to imply these are four clean steps that are done in sequence. When actually they might happen in various sequences.
ACA Times
AUGUST 22, 2016
Of all the preconceived notions surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , anything money related remains at the forefront. As insurance companies claim financial hits due to reduced marketplace premiums, on the other side of the spectrum lies the assumption that the ACA has caused a premium spike. However, a recent study proves this assumption to be untrue.
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