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After months of political wrangling, North Carolina legislators succeeded in passing a bill that would promote diabetes screening for infants and toddlers, and parent education about the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes. The legislation, known as Reegan’s Rule, stalled for months, and it took some last-minute heroics on the part of its sponsors for it to pass.
A study from Harvard Medical School supports what we already know – online care saves you time and money. In the study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers looked at the time spent by nearly four thousand people seeking in-person medical care and then calculated the dollar value of their lost time. They found that the average total visit time for typical in-person medical visits was 121 minutes.
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The nice folks at Ingenious Med reached out to get my opinion on the recent ICD-10 transition. They summarized my thoughts in a recent post on their blog. Their questions reminded me of similar ones I’ve been recently asked so I thought I’d elaborate them here. Q: How will the additional specificity required by ICD-10 pose a challenge for clinicians and the way that they currently track patient information?
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Keith asks A theory of interoperability Definitions of interoperability surround us, but all the attention in the world to definitions make very little difference in the end. What is your theory of interoperability? How would you test it? My theory of Interoperabilty: Starts with a desired outcome that has a known value. Without this use-case driving interoperability you are just talking technical capabilities.
There is a disturbing report out of Ireland of a parent refusing to give her child insulin to treat Type 1 diabetes. According to a story in the Irish Times , the High Court of Ireland has had to intervene in a medical dispute that took place in a Dublin hospital. On September 30, 2015, a 13-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital because of symptoms of untreated diabetes.
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There is a disturbing report out of Ireland of a parent refusing to give her child insulin to treat Type 1 diabetes. According to a story in the Irish Times , the High Court of Ireland has had to intervene in a medical dispute that took place in a Dublin hospital. On September 30, 2015, a 13-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital because of symptoms of untreated diabetes.
Photo Source: Keith Allison – Creative Commons Court documents and news reports reveal that a business partner of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been investigated twice and sanctioned once by federal officials for making false claims of supplements to treat chronic conditions. One of the supplements under investigation was falsely billed as a treatment and cure for Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes.
The future is now. October 21, 2015 is the day Marty McFly travels from 1989 to “now” in Back to the Future II. There he confronts the many ways the future has changed, from hoverboards to 3D movie posters. The approach of the date when the future and the present collide has given futurists a good excuse to do some “where’s my jetpack” assessing of how far we’ve advanced and what we’ve fallen short on since the movie was released in 1989.
One of the biggest pharmaceutical companies is placing a big bet that nasal glucagon is going to get FDA approval in the near future. Eli Lilly and Co. has acquired the worldwide rights to a nasal glucagon product being developed by Locemia Solutions, according to a recent press release. As is often the case in such announcements, financial terms have not yet been disclosed, and both companies have given generic quotes about how the deal was a good thing for everyone.
Photo credit: Toronto Blue Jays. Each year, baseball’s playoffs are filled with unlikely heroes. This year’s might be Mark Lowe, and that would be a win for people with Type 1 diabetes everywhere. Lowe, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during the 2008 baseball season, has endured a string of injuries and bounced around between various minor league and major league teams in recent years.
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Our story on a missed Type 1 diagnosis, “I Had Type 1 Diabetes and Didn’t Know It” , elicited a long list of comments from readers, many of whom wanted to share their own missed diagnoses. From the several dozen comments, we were able to piece together a non-scientific cross-section of what happens to people with Type 1 when their symptoms are overlooked: Length May Vary.
Though the true intention of Halloween is to scare ourselves silly, many suggest that candy is responsible for our nation’s fixation on the spooky holiday. In 2012, Americans spent $12.6 billion on chocolate alone, a USA Today article reported , and by 2019 that number will jump to $25 billion. But for those kids (or adult children) with Type 1 diabetes who go out trick-or-treating, it’s not about what sells; it’s about what you “can” and “can’t” eat, and how much.
People with Type 1 often have trouble communicating with the rest of the world when their blood sugars are high or low. Their behavior can be misinterpreted as rude, or just plain weird. To combat this and raise awareness of Type 1 diabetes, we’ve created a handy Halloween-themed poster comparing zombies with those experiencing blood sugar swings. Print this out to hang at work or school: The post Is it Zombieism or a Blood Sugar Swing?
Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.
A new study finds that people with diabetes in the U.S. are paying between 5.7 times and 7.5 times more than those in the UK for two popular insulins and a rare drug to treat diabetic retinopathy. U.S. consumers absorb this higher cost despite often not being the first in line to have access to new drugs or medical device treatments. According to a Reuters report , researchers from the University of Liverpool (UK) analyzed the drug prices for 20 top-selling drugs worldwide, including Sanofi’s La
Commentary November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, a good time to take stock of the past year. If there is one indelible face that has become the symbol of Type 1 diabetes in 2015, it’s Nick Jonas, he of the dark hair, foxy gaze, and washboard abs. Never one to hide his diabetes, the pop star has put his Type 1 at the forefront, attaching a Dexcom CGM on said washboard abs for an advertising campaign, helping to create a Type 1 website ( Beyond Type 1 ), and speaking out against a stupid
What if you could ask your Type 1 diabetes for a day off, say, on Halloween? In this fanciful flight of fiction, we imagine such a scenario: News quickly spread throughout the diabetes online community that Type 1 diabetes has decided to give 15-year-old Jimmy Smith of Pougensburg, Pennsylvania all Halloween off to lackadaisically consume candy without counting carbs or needing to bolus.
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We’d like to believe that humans have the problem-solving tools to handle health issues, but a new study shows that it might be best to turn over blood sugar management to the machines. Researchers in the UK found that an experimental closed-loop artificial pancreas system did better than humans alone at managing Type 1 diabetes, according to a Reuters report.
When I started practicing yoga at 17, I couldn’t budge this nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right. At first, doctors thought I was prediabetic because my blood glucose levels were slightly out of range. I drove home from the doctor’s office in shock from that diagnosis, but I was determined to beat it. If I worked to change my diet and adopted a positive attitude, I assumed I could avoid Type 2.
Reegan’s Rule, signed into law in North Carolina , is considered the first legislative action taken in the country to improve pediatric screening for Type 1 diabetes. While it is considered a victory, it also shows the incremental progress of the legislative process. What began as a bill to mandate screening for Type 1 diabetes morphed into a bill that encouraged doctors to talk to parents of children under the age of five about the symptoms and risks of Type 1 diabetes.
Researchers have long known that diabetes runs in families, but it’s only been about 20 years since they have successfully isolated gene and antibody combinations that serve as reliable genetic predictors of the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. A great many people who have Type 1 also have inherited genetic codes for antigens known as DR4 and DQ8; an antigen is any substance that may cause your body to produce antibodies against it.
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A new study finds that people with diabetes in the U.S. are paying between 5.7 times and 7.5 times more than those in the UK for two popular insulins and a rare drug to treat diabetic retinopathy. U.S. consumers absorb this higher cost despite often not being the first in line to have access to new drugs or medical device treatments. According to a Reuters report , researchers from the University of Liverpool (UK) analyzed the drug prices for 20 top-selling drugs worldwide, including Sanofi’s La
One of the biggest pharmaceutical companies is placing a big bet that nasal glucagon is going to get FDA approval in the near future. Eli Lilly and Co. has acquired the worldwide rights to a nasal glucagon product being developed by Locemia Solutions, according to a recent press release. As is often the case in such announcements, financial terms have not yet been disclosed, and both companies have given generic quotes about how the deal was a good thing for everyone.
People with Type 1 often have trouble communicating with the rest of the world when their blood sugars are high or low. Their behavior can be misinterpreted as rude, or just plain weird. To combat this and raise awareness of Type 1 diabetes, we’ve created a handy Halloween-themed poster comparing zombies with those experiencing blood sugar swings. Print this out to hang at work or school (click to enlarge): Have Type 2 diabetes or know someone who does?
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Beyond the fact that many hospitals have a McDonald’s on their campus (a trend that is thankfully diminishing), they both hire shift workers. The primary physicians responsible for patients in the hospital are called the hospitalist. A hospitalist is typically someone trained in critical care or internal medicine. Rather than having a community practice, these positions are responsible for patients during their stay.
Dr. Alan Pitt‘s latest blog takes us on a quick trip down memory lane when patient records were 100% paper, difficult to decipher and virtually inaccessible. This resulted in huge delays in care, among other issues due to the hours of work often needed to find and understand a patient’s medical history. Fortunately, a lot has changed due to computers and federal regulations.
Dr. Alan Pitt‘s latest blog takes us on a quick trip down memory lane when patient records were 100% paper, difficult to decipher and virtually inaccessible. This resulted in huge delays in care, among other issues due to the hours of work often needed to find and understand a patient’s medical history. Fortunately, a lot has changed due to computers and federal regulations.
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