Health System CIO
JANUARY 31, 2017
With more than 1,400 patients enrolled in six months, NewYork-Presbyterian’s telemedicine program is off to a hot start. What has been the key to its success? Focusing on these five critical elements, say Peter Fleischut and Daniel Barchi.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 26, 2017
Our son was found dead in his bed by his college roommates. He had come back from classes early on a Monday complaining of nausea and weakness. He then vomited several times through Tuesday, but refused to go to campus health services. His roommates were worried, but he told them he has feeling better. He laid down on Tuesday afternoon and was found unresponsive the next morning.
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CiscoHealth
JANUARY 30, 2017
The practical reality of regional and remote communities in Australia is that they have been consistently disadvantaged in accessing specialist care. Getting access to specialised clinicians, whether it has been for emergence room consultation, acute patient care or post-operative support has often involved delays and inconvenience for both patients and clinicians.
American Well
JANUARY 19, 2017
As hospitals and health systems move toward a fee-for-value payment structure, the focus of care delivery has shifted drastically from more visits to quality outcomes. Population health has become instrumental in managing patients in risk contracts. Telemedicine solutions are a clear way to address population health management challenges. Advisory Board analyst Peter Kilbridge recently shared his thoughts on how provider-to-provider telemedicine use cases are increasing, and highlighted the prom
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The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 30, 2017
The statistics related to Alzheimer’s disease (Ad) are astonishing. According to The Alzheimer’s Association there are over 5 million Americans with Ad. It is the sixth leading cause of death. More than 15 million caregivers provided an estimated 18.1 billion hours of unpaid care at a value of approximately $221.3B. The impact of this disease is also well-illustrated in a recent PBS documentary.
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E-CareManagement
JANUARY 3, 2017
A recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine reported on the diagnostic accuracy of physicians vs. computer algorithms. The study compared the performance of one computer symptom checker app to the text based answers of 234 physicians, 90% of whom were general internists. You can read a summary here. JAMA IM study: MDs vastly outperformed computer algorithms in diagnostic accuracy–84% v 51% correct [link] #digitalhealth. — Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) December 30, 2016.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 10, 2017
My six-year-old son, Peter, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two days before his third birthday. About a year later, my wife and I moved our family across town so Peter could start kindergarten in an elementary school with a full-time nurse. At the time, our idea of a school nurse was pretty, well, elementary. In our minds, the nurse was a health care provider who happened to be doing business in an educational setting.
CiscoHealth
JANUARY 24, 2017
It’s 2017 and we’re still waiting for the flying car (well, one we can afford). However, one futuristic vision is not only here – it’s become a way of life. I’m talking about video communication. Sure, applications like Skype and FaceTime have been popular for a while. But recently, video has exploded into the […].
American Well
JANUARY 19, 2017
As hospitals and health systems move toward a fee-for-value payment structure, the focus of care delivery has shifted drastically from more visits to quality outcomes. Population health has become instrumental in managing patients in risk contracts. Telemedicine solutions are a clear way to address population health management challenges. Advisory Board analyst Peter Kilbridge recently shared his thoughts on how provider-to-provider telemedicine use cases are increasing, and highlighted the prom
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The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 19, 2017
After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. I appreciate all my loyal followers and have attempted to bridge my absence with posts in other social media. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. Among them is drug addiction. We are all aware of the opioid epidemic and the human destruction in its wake.
ACA Times
JANUARY 31, 2017
The Kaiser Family Foundation often conducts surveys providing valuable information, more specifically in recent years surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Now, the KFF has released some interactive maps to show just how much the ACA has done in 2016. The KFF’s Interactive Maps: Estimates of Enrollment in ACA Marketplaces and Medicaid Expansion, show a breakdown of people in each Congressional district who enrolled in insurance through the ACA’s Exchange in 2016, along with each of the dist
Docnotes
JANUARY 28, 2017
I had lunch yesterday with an industry colleague who was recently let go from his job with a big company. He is now doing what everyone told him to do: network, network, network – to find the next big thing. Our lunch was of course part of that networking. Who do I know ? Which companies might be hiring people with his skills? His sense of urgency (despite the generous severance package) was palpable.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 25, 2017
We have just learned that Mary Tyler Moore has passed away at the age of 80. Moore was the first public face of Type 1 diabetes, and she served with distinction as the longstanding international chairwoman of JDRF. sponsor. Much has been written about her advocacy work, but we would also like to take a moment to remember her for upending the traditional picture what it was like to have Type 1 diabetes.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
CiscoHealth
JANUARY 27, 2017
There has never been a better time to innovate together, and a tour of the Toronto Innovation Centre will prove just that. Currently the only Cisco Innovation Centre in North America out of the nine across the world, we have a lot of opportunities around us. We are showcasing what is possible with digital transformation […].
American Well
JANUARY 11, 2017
Originally posted on TheSandPaper.net. He’s known locally as “Dr. G.” For 30 years, area families depended on Dr. Richard Goldstein for his diligence, medical teaching and commitment to pediatrics. He had a nurturing style with children and a rapport that comforted parents. Last year, at age 77, after having a knee replacement followed by a fractured second cervical vertebra and surgery, he felt it was time to step away from office practice.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
JANUARY 24, 2017
I have been unable to attend HL7 WGM for a year, a problem that is now better. This means that when I attended the FHIR Connectathon 14, prior to the HL7 Workgroup Meeting in San Antonio TX , I was shocked to experience the new FHIR Connectathon. This is good change on many levels. The others from the FHIR core-team have seen the changes over-time, so the transition is not as shocking as it was for me.
ACA Times
JANUARY 30, 2017
At the close of 2016, the IRS letters mailed notices to employers, signaling the start of the IRS’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) audit process. Despite much talk of an ACA repeal nearing closer, penalties for 2015, 2016, 2017, and possibly 2018 would still linger for those Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) who fail to be compliant with ACA mandates. So much so, that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has an escalating figure in the billions of dollars, predicting what employers will pay in penal
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
JANUARY 3, 2017
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Insulin Nation
JANUARY 25, 2017
My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four, right when her blood sugar began to rise. We were fortunate to catch it early, for if it had progressed to when she would have needed an IV drip of insulin, the medicine itself might have killed her. After being in the hospital for three days after that diagnosis, we were cleared for Emmy to go home.
CiscoHealth
JANUARY 30, 2017
The practical reality of regional and remote communities in Australia is that they have been consistently disadvantaged in accessing specialist care. Getting access to specialised clinicians, whether it has been for emergence room consultation, acute patient care or post-operative support has often involved delays and inconvenience for both patients and clinicians.
American Well
JANUARY 11, 2017
Originally posted on TheSandPaper.net. He’s known locally as “Dr. G.” For 30 years, area families depended on Dr. Richard Goldstein for his diligence, medical teaching and commitment to pediatrics. He had a nurturing style with children and a rapport that comforted parents. Last year, at age 77, after having a knee replacement followed by a fractured second cervical vertebra and surgery, he felt it was time to step away from office practice.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
JANUARY 16, 2017
IHE is still relevant in a FHIR world. But FHIR has changed the world, and IHE needs to adjust to this new world. Profiling is still needed The concept of profiling FHIR is still needed. The difference today is that FHIR is ready and instrumented to be Profiled. It even has a set of Profiles coming from HL7. This is not a threat, this is an opportunity for IHE.
ACA Times
JANUARY 26, 2017
While we are getting our information in order for the 2016 tax year, we received some clarity on the previous year from the IRS. The IRS’s Commissioner John Koskinen has reported on information surrounding employer shared responsibility payments and individual premium tax credits (PTCs) for the 2015 tax year. ALEs are required to offer minimum essential coverage to their full-time employees.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 9, 2017
CNN recently featured a two-part report about the death of Kevin Houdeshell and the law that was passed in his memory. The report interviewed Kevin’s family about the days leading up to his death. Kevin, who was diagnosed with an unspecified form of diabetes as an adult, was found dead from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) shortly on January 8th, 2014. A doctor told the Houdeshells that it appeared as if Kevin must have been non-compliant in following his insulin therapy.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 4, 2017
sponsor. We all know that a glucose tablet or glucose gel is the proper way to treat a low, but that isn’t always what happens. Sometimes people with Type 1 diabetes are forced to fend off hypoglycemia with whatever is within arm’s reach. According to an extremely informal Facebook poll, here are 10 weird “foods” people with Type 1 diabetes have used to treat a low: Vanilla coffee creamer.
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Insulin Nation
JANUARY 24, 2017
A mother of a child with Type 1 diabetes alleges in two complaints to the U.S. Department of Education that the school system in Prince William County, Virginia, has failed in her son’s diabetes care. sponsor. Joni Blue, the mother of 5th grader Gavin Verhagen, argues in the first complaint that there have been repeated denials of her son’s right to proper diabetes care.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 30, 2017
sponsor. Opinion. Consider it a pass off the fingertips of a missed opportunity. Everyone’s favorite celebrity punching bag with Type 1 diabetes, Jay Cutler, again found himself in the crosshairs of social media contempt when his wife, Kristin Cavallari, posted a vacation photo of the two together. More than a few people commented that Cutler, an injured quarterback with the Chicago Bears, looked heavy in the picture.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 20, 2017
Medtronic is warning its customers that there has been a “higher than expected number of reported complaints” of its MiniMed Pro-set infusion sets. The surge in complaints stems from kinked cannulas that can interrupt the flow of insulin, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. Customers can return any unused MiniMed Pro-set infusion sets for either replacement Pro-set infusion sets or a different model of Medtronic infusion sets.
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