Clocktree

AUGUST 15, 2017

At Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, doctor Thomas C. Lee, a pediatric retina surgeon, is using telemedicine to educate Armenian doctors on surgical procedures for premature infants suffering from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). ROP occurs three times as often in Armania in comparison to the USA and causes permanent blindness in both eyes. Surgery can prevent blindness for these infants but the operation must be performed within two days of the child’s birth.

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Mobile Health Matters

AUGUST 15, 2017

This is a watershed moment in healthcare. New technologies are constantly in development to help treat and prevent previously incurable conditions, and improve current processes. From leadless pacemakers to mobile applications that advance telehealth access , digital innovation is at an all-time high. The problem is that our current speed of regulatory approval for these innovations simply cannot keep up.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

AUGUST 15, 2017

Chrissy Farr at CNBC broke news about clandestine discussions between Apple and Aetna over free watches for all (Aetna customers). The insurer, which covers 23 million, offers an Apple Watch to its 50,000 employees as part of its corporate wellness program. Now, Aetna is negotiating with Apple on a plan to offer a free or discounted Apple Watch, Apple’s wearable device, as a perk to its members.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 18, 2017

There have been two media reports of clusters of complaints about NovoRapid, the fast-acting insulin produced by Novo Nordisk, in Australia and New Zealand. While the evidence gathered from these complaints has not been enough for the company or health officials in the two countries to issue a recall of the product, it has motivated Novo Nordisk to retest some of the insulin in question.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

AUGUST 18, 2017

( Part one of three ). You Are (Almost) There . Have you ever been to a big trade event in a hot sector like healthcare or tech? If you are a member of S4PM , perhaps it was at CES or HIMSS or Health 2.0 or a MedX or a TedMed event. If such a scene is familiar, then perhaps a few prompts might also frame a picture that lets you walk with me in the virtual sense down some halls at a healthcare conference in Quebec.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 16, 2017

In the United States alone, Uber has over 600,000 drivers, some of whom over the course of the last two years have been entangled in numerous lawsuits surrounding their rights as workers. It’s a growing problem as the gig economy continues to grow and flourish. Workers in a number of gig-related arenas—from freelance work to moonlighting jobs—have begun questioning their status as independent contractors with the companies that pay them.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 16, 2017

Commentary. I worry we too easily focus on the success stories of people with Type 1 diabetes, while not allowing enough space to discuss instances when people struggle with the condition. An optimistic attitude in the face of a baffling chronic condition is laudable and necessary, but only if there is also space for people to discuss their struggles.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 15, 2017

An immigrant advocacy group has published a new report of 18 deaths that have occurred of immigrants in detention, including two with diabetes. In May 2017, the immigrant advocacy group Human Rights Watch published a 105-page report alleging substandard medical care resulting in the death of immigrant detainees in detention facilities from 2012 to 2015.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 18, 2017

At the start of August, we announced a contest for photos of what life with Type 1 diabetes looks like to you, and we got many great photo submissions in response – thank you all! We’d like to congratulate Jeanette Murphy for receiving 1st place in our contest. Jeanette, please don’t use that $25 gift card up all in one place – although, with Starbucks, that may be impossible.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 14, 2017

We asked Jennifer Smith of Integrated Diabetes Services to give us a guide for what to do when problems with your insulin pump arise. Here’s her advice: An insulin pump can be a wonderful option for managing blood glucose levels, one that can add a lot of flexibility to life with Type 1 diabetes. It’s important to remember, however, that no machine runs perfectly all the time.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 15, 2017

The symptoms of Type 1 diabetes can easily be mistaken for other illnesses, including the flu. Unfortunately, a missed diagnosis can be fatal, so it’s important to seek medical help if Type 1 diabetes is suspected. It’s much better to test for Type 1 diabetes and receive a negative diagnosis than not test and miss a diagnosis. Here are the most common symptoms of the onset of Type 1 diabetes: Frequent Urination.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 15, 2017

Remember a couple of Novembers ago when JDRF had that thingy that let you turn your Facebook and Instagram avatar blue? That was fun. Mostly I loved it because it made it easier to find other people affected by diabetes. I mean all you had to do was look for the blue and add friend or follow! I must have added a thousand new friends. Proud I was; my diabetes community was growing and it was like gaining a family.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 15, 2017

Pockets of counties across the nation have endured some scares as insurance providers began withdrawing from ACA exchanges, creating limited competition and limited options for coverage. Twenty Ohio counties faced the threat of having zero options for health insurance coverage in 2018 until five insurance providers stepped in to offer coverage to 19 of those counties.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2017

Gross premiums for silver-level health insurance plans purchased through the healthcare marketplace would be 20 percent higher in 2018 and 25 percent higher by 2020 if cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) payments to insurers as contemplated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were terminated at the end of this year, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office released this week.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 14, 2017

Now that the great Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace debate has seemingly ended in Congress, we’ve seen movement by members of Congress towards a bipartisan approach to healthcare reform, starting with discussions on how to improve the current law. The new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll for August from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Americans are in lockstep with this bipartisan approach.

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