Insulin Nation

MARCH 25, 2015

'Integrated Diabetes Services (IDS) provides detailed advice and coaching on diabetes management from certified diabetes educators and dieticians. Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q: My 4-year-old was diagnosed with Type 1 a little over a month ago. I am just curious about what it physically feels like for her to experience highs and lows.

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Import Immunity

MARCH 23, 2015

I recently decided to stop participating in the ONC “Architecture, Services and APIs” workgroup. I have an incredible amount of respect for the people running the group, but I also believe that the momentum at ONC right now is just wrong. My plan was to just go quietly into the night, but looking through the recently-released Meaningful Use 3 requirements convinced me that I really ought to put this out there.

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Health System CIO

MARCH 19, 2015

HSHS’ transition from independent model to managing 14 hospitals Enabling IT to “engage a new business model.” Overseeing ancillary systems & telehealth System CIO Ray Gensinger — “He brings a lot of energy to the organization” Hospitals on Meditech & Epic “We’re discussing a single EHR strategy.” Telehealth & remote monitoring — “Preliminary results have been very positive” Transformation is word that tends to be misused, but in the case of Hospital Sisters Health System, it’s an

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American Well

MARCH 18, 2015

Recently, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has been working to develop its Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which will make it easier for physicians to deliver care to patients across state lines. Our CEO, Dr. Roy Schoenberg, shares his thoughts: The post Dr. Roy Schoenberg Applauds the FSMB’s Licensure Compact appeared first on American Well.

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E-CareManagement

MARCH 31, 2015

Hospitals’ Soft Underbelly: The Capital Conundrum. Tax-exempt hospital systems without fortress balance sheets and top quartile operating performance will be capital constrained in the future healthcare economy, even if tax-exempt debt continues be cheap and accessible. Stating the obvious: operating a hospital is a capital intensive activity.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 30, 2015

'In honor of April Fool’s Day, Insulin Nation is taking a day off from covering real news on Type 1 to bring you some fake news. Enjoy! (Use the zoom function on the upper right if the text is too small for you.).

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 16, 2015

I have received more than a few requests lately for a listing of the Implementations (vendors or open-source) of the ATNA "Audit Record Repository". I was hoping that a simple internet search on " IHE Integration Statement ATNA Audit Record Repository " would be enough, but that seemed to fail. Mostly digging up articles about ATNA, not about available implementations.

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Medicine and Technology

MARCH 8, 2015

Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual education and awareness campaign for health care safety led by NPSF. Each year, health care organizations around the globe take part in the event by prominently displaying the NPSF campaign logo and promotional materials within their organizations, creating awareness in the community, and utilizing NPSF educational resources among hospital staff and patients.

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American Well

MARCH 18, 2015

Recently, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has been working to develop its Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which will make it easier for physicians to deliver care to patients across state lines. Our CEO, Dr. Roy Schoenberg, shares his thoughts: The post Dr. Roy Schoenberg Applauds the FSMB’s Licensure Compact appeared first on American Well.

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E-CareManagement

MARCH 11, 2015

For now, the answer is “we don’t know”. But… the question is very important and worth tracking over the coming months. Let’s not assume that open source will equate to “open”. (more…). Table of contents for the series--The Patient Digital Health Platform (PDHP) Ecosystem Patient Digital Health Platforms…A First Take Will Apple’s Strategic Beachhead Be Doctors, Not Patients?

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ACA Times

MARCH 30, 2015

RAND Corp. analysts who looked at the likely effects of eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate determined that the likely result would be an increase in premiums and a reduction in enrollments by individuals. Using a sophisticated model based on economic theory, the researchers looked at the likely effects eliminating the law’s and tax credits and tinkering with other provisions of the law, to see how they would affect the propensity of young adults to buy insurance coverage.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 16, 2015

'In their annual report, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation recently highlighted their Top 6 research breakthroughs in 2014: Better Islet Coating. Dr. Alice Tomei, DRI assistant professor of surgery and cell transplantation, successfully demonstrated a viable way of coating insulin-producing islet cells. A study provided evidence that Dr. Tomei’s team had devised a way of encasing islet cells in thin, uniform capsules that would protect the cells during transplantation.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 16, 2015

I have been working on a Profile in IHE now for three years. It normally doesn’t take this long, but in my case I had the good luck of being the in the right place at the right time. I saw the tidal wave of “HTTP RESTful” coming, felt it strongly back when I was on “The Direct Project” creating a sub-optimal solution. At that time, IHE only had the XDS solution, which is based on Web-Services using SOAP, SAML, and ebRegistry.

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Patient Experience

Insulin Nation

MARCH 4, 2015

'You are standing in your kitchen staring blankly, hands shaky, vision blurry, feeling confused and panicked as you try to decide what to eat or drink. You proceed to consume everything in sight as fast as humanly possible to treat the low. This is followed by the inevitable blood sugar rebound that sends your numbers skyrocketing, and you need to bolus for all the excess carbs you ate.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 16, 2015

'We asked professional field hockey player Tim Atkins to share how he balances Type 1 diabetes with his training regimen. Here’s what he had to say: Nutrition plays an extremely important role in performance for all elite athletes, and more so for athletes with diabetes. The major source of fuel for active muscles is carbohydrates, which gets stored in the muscles days before exercise.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 19, 2015

'According to a T1D Exchange article, researchers presented positive results in clinical trials of a new glucagon nasal powder at the Advanced Technologies & Treatments Diabetes conference in Paris, France. Locemia Solutions is developing the new treatment option, dubbed for now simply as Glucagon Nasal Powder. The powder proved equally as effective as injectable glucagon in recent preliminary clinical trials.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 2, 2015

'I’m watching for my stop on a rickety train in rural Hungary, but there are no signs and I can’t understand the announcements. This isn’t the time to worry about my blood sugar levels. I’ve had Type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, and it hasn’t stopped me from doing anything or going anywhere. I’ve traveled throughout Europe, Japan, Mexico, Southeast Asia, China, and the U.S.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 20, 2015

'Over coffee, I and a group of other D-mothers started sharing stories of our teens with Type 1. Two of the moms recounted frightening tales of risk-taking behavior and aggression, influenced by high blood glucose levels. Parental efforts to help the teens manage their disease had been completely rebuffed. It was the kind of conversation that strikes fear in the heart of any parent of a pre-teen child with Type 1.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 17, 2015

'The FDA is charged with overseeing the product safety of medical devices. Diabetes device manufacturers spend millions developing pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). So why would home programmers want to hack into their CGMS and pumps? As patients, our relationship to diabetes devices is both special and frustrating. Picture a sci-fi movie of a dystopian future where we have devices attached to us that must be refilled, serviced, and touched all the time if they are to keep us alive.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 9, 2015

'Do you label your bouts of low or high blood sugar? In her book, Too Sweet , the Not-So-Serious Side to Diabetes , Laura Kronen lists the 12 different low blood sugars and 12 different high blood sugars she’s experienced. We decided to take it one step further by creating these handy BINGO cards based on her idea to help you track the times when your blood sugar levels fell out of bounds.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 9, 2015

'Apple is expected to launch its smartwatch today, most likely with its HealthKit platform included. For months, the diabetes community has been speculating about the watch’s capabilities and what the HealthKit platform could do for daily diabetes self-care. Some have even hoped the watch would be able to monitor blood glucose readings without bloodletting, although there is no indication it is designed for this.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 6, 2015

'Anna is a 13-year-old with acute sudden onset Type 1 diabetes who wants to return to diabetes camp this summer, but her family is short of money to make that happen. Coming up short financially is not an easy thing for a parent to talk about, but Anna’s mother, Joanne Calandra, knows diabetes camp is too important a thing to miss. On the morning I spoke with Joanne, Anna’s morning blood glucose reading had been so high that she couldn’t catch the school bus.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 24, 2015

'Quick Hit. Daytime doodling may one day become a medical necessity for people with Type 1 diabetes. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a ballpoint pen that can draw blood glucose sensors directly onto skin. While the ink is still a long way off from being approved for daily use, it has accurately measured blood sugar levels in lab conditions, according to a Fierce Medical Devices article.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 26, 2015

'Part 4 of 4 in a series on diabetes and workplace law. One of the landmark diabetes work discrimination cases, Rodriguez v. Conagra , centered on an illegal pre-employment medical exam for a potential employee with diabetes. Here’s a primer for how to successfully navigate a fitness-for-duty pre-employment medical exam: Diabetes may be considered a disability, but there is a limit to what kinds of employer accommodations are considered “reasonable” for a job.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 11, 2015

'Quick Hit. A new Canadian study provided evidence that a school schedule might impact daily blood glucose control for children with Type 1 diabetes. The study found that students with Type 1 diabetes who had three 45-minute breaks during the school day maintained better blood glucose control than those who received only two 45-minute breaks, according to a Healio report.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 20, 2015

'Over coffee, I and a group of other D-mothers started sharing stories of our teens with Type 1. Two of the moms recounted frightening tales of risk-taking behavior and aggression, influenced by high blood glucose levels. Parental efforts to help the teens manage their disease had been completely rebuffed. It was the kind of conversation that strikes fear in the heart of any parent of a pre-teen child with Type 1.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 24, 2015

'At Insulin Nation, we often get asked about how to find assistance to pay for diabetes treatment. The team at Integrated Diabetes Services put together a small guide of resources, which they were gracious enough to share with us. (In alphabetical order). The Bureau of Primary Health Care (also called the Hill-Burton Program) offers professional medical care for people regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 24, 2015

'At Insulin Nation, we often get asked about how to find assistance to pay for diabetes treatment. The team at Integrated Diabetes Services put together a small guide of resources, which they were gracious enough to share with us. (In alphabetical order). The Bureau of Primary Health Care (also called the Hill-Burton Program) offers professional medical care for people regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

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