Insulin Nation

MARCH 12, 2014

'It’s rare for a dad with 4 kids to get a full night’s sleep. A night’s rest gets even more dicey given the fact that two of my girls have T1 diabetes. My wife and I are the rare couple that goes to bed with two CGMs within reach, as both my girls use the OmniPod insulin pump and the Dexcom G4 CGM. Since their diagnosis, my wife and I have taken turns when the CGM alarm rings, but she’s been busy being pregnant this year, and recovering from said pregnancy, so I’ve been the go-to guy when diabet

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Health System CIO

MARCH 4, 2014

Telemedicine roadblocks Working with docs to prepare for payment reform Balancing the CIO & CMIO roles — “It feels right.” From residency to hospital administration Learning from a DIY EHR Moving to Iowa — “It was one of the best moves I’ve made.” Call to action for CIOs It was early in his career that Marc Chasin learned a critical lesson in change management.

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Chilmark Research

MARCH 31, 2014

This week, I read an article from February that provided an overview of the health IT infrastructure required for population health management (PHM). It had thorough examples and some nice graphical depictions of delivery systems and budding ACOs taking on the challenge of marrying encounter data from claims systems with clinical data from EHR to create “a 360 degree view of the patient.”.

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eHealth

MARCH 3, 2014

Last week I had two book chapters published. First, a new social media book published by HIMSS titled Applying Social Media Technologies in Healthcare Environments edited by Christina Thielst , an early adopter of blogging in Health IT. My chapter is on “Social Media Hubs: Strategy and Implementation.” The book addresses a wide range of issues including legal and public health.

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American Well

MARCH 5, 2014

Members of the Avizia team with Dr. Deborah Jeffries, Director of U.S. Healthcare for Polycom. The Avizia team would like to thank our partners at Polycom for allowing us to join them in their booth at the 2014 HiMSS Conference in Orlando, February 23-27. During the conference we had the opportunity to demonstrate how together with Polycom RealPresence®, Avizia’s OnePlace® can connect all the people, processes and technology involved in delivering multi-specialty virtual care.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 21, 2014

'The immune system of a person with Type 1 diabetes is obnoxiously good at killing off insulin-producing islet cells. First, it knocks off as many islets as it can find, and then it waits to see if any more show up. Any islets transplanted into the T1 body must run a gauntlet of killer T cells to survive long enough to integrate into the body. Most don’t live that long; some 90% of islets die either during transplant or shortly thereafter, making islet therapy often an expensive T1 therapy of la

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Health System CIO

MARCH 24, 2014

The word “innovation” is tossed around a lot these days, but when your organization is located at “the nexus of IT” — a neighborhood in Boston that houses some of the most cutting-edge IT shops in the country — it’s not just a term; it’s a way of life. It means having a long history […] The word “innovation” is tossed around a lot these days, but when your organization is located at “the nexus of IT” — a neighborhood in Boston that houses some of the most cutting-edge IT shops in the count

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Chilmark Research

MARCH 6, 2014

A grade-school English teacher of mine would write a little guide on the chalkboard at the beginning of our expository writing lessons: Say what you’re going to say; Say It; Say what you said. Coming off another HIMSS, that lesson reminds me of the patient engagement market today, where it seems we have heard some things being said, and then being said again and again.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MARCH 11, 2014

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 14, 2014

As I alluded to earlier, I was leaving the press room one afternoon at HIMSS14, and there I see former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari hanging around Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber of Health Innovation Media. It turns out, Masters and Salber had just pulled Mostashari aside to do an interview on video, but they didn’t have anyone to interview him on camera, so they asked me right there on the spot to be the interviewer.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 25, 2014

'My first patient of the day was a woman with Type 1 who had worn an insulin pump for 15 years. She was now 14 weeks pregnant. One day, she had multiple “No Delivery of Insulin” messages on her pump. She called the pump company and was told to change the tubing and set. Five changes later, the error message still wouldn’t go away. A new pump arrived the next day.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 14, 2014

'Commentary. In a recent Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance survey , 57% of patients with Type 1 diabetes say they expect a cure by 2025. Why only 57%? Why should we have to wait until 2025? As a Type 1 diabetes researcher and clinician, it is my firm belief that we could have achieved insulin independence for people with Type 1 more than a decade ago.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 21, 2014

'The clock read 7:30 in the morning as I blearily looked out the window at the spring day from bed. I hadn’t slept much. I was up most of the night going to the toilet or drinking soda to compensate for the water loss. Pretty early on in the evening, I had come to regret eating all those biscuits. When my mom saw how much I was eating and drinking, she didn’t stop me.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 25, 2014

'JASON TENCH / Shutterstock.com. In the book typecast , Andrew Deutscher collects inspirational stories from people with Type 1 diabetes and families affected by Type 1. In this excerpt, ESPN sportscaster Rich Hollenberg shares how he was diagnosed T1 at age 35 on the eve of a professional triumph. I could barely speak, not from nerves or from stress, although I carried around more than enough of both.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 7, 2014

'Unless you’re on pump therapy, there’s no getting around the fact that insulin therapy requires daily injections. While people with T1 diabetes have to get comfortable pretty quickly with the needle, there’s new evidence that a large number of people with diabetes remain squeamish about the hypodermic. A recent survey of people with diabetes by the American Association of Diabetes Educators reveals that discomfort caused by injections can directly affect how closely a patient follows insulin th

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 5, 2014

'Blood, Sweat, and Diabetes. My T2 friend and I have signed up for a Tour de Cure 100-mile ride in Coralville, Iowa this June. It’s going to take 18 weeks of training, along with some careful calculation of insulin, to make sure we make it to the finish line. Starting in a few weeks, we will begin to ride for 2 hour chunks, and then stretch it out from there.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 11, 2014

'We’ve gotten used to crowdsourcing to fund everything from documentaries to startup clothing lines, but what about advances in diabetes care? Two new fundraising campaigns are crowdsourcing to raise money to foster innovative ways to treat Type 1 diabetes. In March, Timesulin launched a campaign on Indigogo to raise $30,000 to bring its timer-enabled insulin pen caps to the U.S.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MARCH 10, 2014

We’ve captured the buzz and analysis of yesterday’s health track sessions at South by Southwest in this info graphic, one of five we’ve published from SXSW Interactive so far. We’ve shared each digital newsroom info graphic through social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook. You also can see each infographic here: [link]. The post The Buzz from SXSW Interactive, Health Track Edition!

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MARCH 7, 2014

Tens of thousands of people have converged at SXSW Interactive for five days of compelling presentations and panels, networking events, and opportunities to share startup ideas and technologies. Kaiser Permanente is on the ground and will be publishing a digital newsroom highlighting social content and the Twitter conversation from SXSW. See a larger version of the above image here.

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 12, 2014

The last of my 10 MedCity News stories from HIMSS14 has been posted. It’s a nice mix of news, features, analysis and commentary. Here are links to all of them, in chronological order. NantHealth launches Clinical Operating System – biggest of big data startups – with $1B (Feb. 25). Body + biology + behavior: Intel exec explains how technology is making N=1 care possible (Feb. 26).

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 17, 2014

'As a rule, researchers are a cautious bunch who aren’t given to excessive optimism. That makes the hopeful tone of Dr. Peter Stock all the more persuasive when he talks about advances in islet therapy. As co-director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Dr. Stock is one of the scientists on the frontline of trying to make islet therapy a viable, everyday option for people with Type 1 diabetes.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 27, 2014

'Insulin Nation strives to keep you up to date on the latest news on diabetes gear. Here’s what we’ve found recently that’s noteworthy: The Quest for Less Ouch. Novo Nordisk announced that it has come out with its shortest needle yet, the cutely named NovoFine Plus (definitely not pictured here). The 4-millimeter needle is designed to cut the risk of intramuscular injections and reduce the amount of force required to inject insulin.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 28, 2014

'While many people with T1 are comfortable talking about their A1C, few are as open to discussing how diabetes affects their sex lives. People with diabetes should be talking to their endocrinologists regularly about their sexual health, but the subject rarely comes up, says Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Levine, a professor of pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. ”it’s an uncomfortable topic for patients, particularly men,” she says.

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