Insulin Nation

APRIL 1, 2016

How often do you have to keep from rolling your eyes when someone mixes up Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes in front of you? Many people affected by Type 1 have found ways to be as diplomatic as possible when they hear the two conditions confused, perhaps only betraying a brief flicker of annoyance in the course of a conversation. During a recent U.K. political debate, however, one such flicker of annoyance was caught on camera for all the world to see.

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Health System CIO

APRIL 12, 2016

Offering virtual care services and e-visits is good, but it wasn’t enough, so Carolinas HealthCare took it a step further by creating an app that lets patients safely share data from wearables. And they aren’t stopping there, says CIO Craig Richardvillle. What’s the key to retaining top talent in an industry where it is at a premium? Challenge them, says Craig Richardville, who believes the brightest stars should have the loftiest goals.

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American Well

APRIL 13, 2016

American Well is still coming down off a terrific week in beautiful, albeit not-so-sunny San Diego (it rained most of the time, but that didn’t stop us from having a blast!), where we hosted our second-ever Client Forum at the Omni Hotel. This telehealth meeting of the minds brought together clients and partners, including top health systems, health plans, employers, associations and medical boards to hash out telehealth best practices, discuss hurdles, and share in the overall excitement of ind

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 13, 2016

A very short article this week really brings the problem of Patient Identity to a point. Specifically this: Dr. Charles Jaffe, CEO of standards development organization Health Level Seven International , said Tuesday at the 13th annual World Health Care Congress in Washington that Kaiser Permanente Southern California had records of 10,000 people named Maria Gonzales.

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ACA Times

APRIL 29, 2016

The 2015 tax year brought much added paperwork in the way of forms and letters for the everyday taxpayer. For most, this is the first year that they’re receiving some of these documents, and the information contained within them may be confusing. If you’ve received a letter from the IRS marked as “12C,” you are not alone. This letter directly applies to the premium tax credit and whether or not the Health Insurance Marketplace made a payment to you or your family’s health care provider prior to

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 14, 2016

People with Type 1 diabetes can’t be inspiring or courageous every day. These memes are for those days when you want to break your pump or meter: Do you have a favorite diabetes meme to share? Post it on our Facebook or Twitter pages. Thanks for reading this Insulin Nation article. Want more Type 1 news? Subscribe here. Have Type 2 diabetes or know someone who does?

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Medicine and Technology

APRIL 3, 2016

These days, one of the big buzzwords in the health IT community is "pop health" (short for population health). Well, public health and pop health are practically sisters! This week is National Public Health Week. Follow @PublicHealth for the latest updates this week on some exciting public health initiatives and join the conversation. Do you live in a city that's going to participate in the # HealthiestCitiesChallenge ?

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American Well

APRIL 29, 2016

CMS recently unveiled its new Medicaid managed care regulatory requirements, and with it took a great leap forward in acknowledging the inherent value of telehealth. For the first time, the agency urged states to consider telemedicine as they create their individual network adequacy standards for private Medicaid plans. This is a significant stake in the ground.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 20, 2016

Updated: Vadim Peretokin advises on the FHIR chat : You're better off in the world if you know about this stuff though. [link] lists some XML-related vulnerabilities and is pretty easy to learn from. It has happened again. This time Michael Lawley reported that the HAPI reference implementation was susceptible to XXE attack -- Grahame's email to the FHIR list: Yesterday, Michael Lawley reported that the HAPI reference implementation had a security flaw in that it was susceptible to the XXE attac

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ACA Times

APRIL 28, 2016

This 2015 tax season, a number of new forms may have been required of you to either complete and file and/or retain for your records. Of these forms you should retain include Form 1095-A. You should have been mailed Form 1095-A if you or someone from your household obtained health coverage via the Health Insurance Marketplace in 2015. Upon eligibility, the information within Form 1095-A can be used to receive your premium tax credit.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

APRIL 14, 2016

In recognition of National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16, Christina Kerby, a senior communications consultant with Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute, spoke with people who have recently participated in Life Care Planning along with their facilitators about why these conversations are important for them and their families.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 4, 2016

There are several companies and groups of researchers racing to bring an artificial pancreas to market, be it one that automates insulin delivery or one that does this and provides glucagon, as well. One of the more intriguing entrants into this race is Bigfoot Biomedical, which grew out of a DIY artificial pancreas project created by co-founder Bryan Mazlish.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 15, 2016

Commentary A Starbucks cup became the center of a viral news story that was passed around among the diabetes community. Apparently, a Florida man with two sisters with Type 1 ordered a Grande White Mocha and it came with the message “DIABETES HERE I COME” on it. He posted it on Facebook and then talked to local media about the offending cup. What followed was a very, very earnest story in which a Jacksonville reporter asked somber questions to the Facebook poster and confronted a store manager a

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 19, 2016

Insulin Nation recognizes the everyday heroism of people affected by Type 1 diabetes. We’ve created the Everyday Hero series to profile individuals, or families who have gone above and beyond to help the Type 1 diabetes community. As a parent of a child with Type 1, Gina Garaci keeps one eye on the field as her son plays football and the other eye fixed intently on her Pebble to watch his blood sugar levels.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 18, 2016

The FDA reported that Dexcom has issued a voluntary recall for their G4 Platinum and G5 Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGM). The company has undertaken the recall because of reports that the G4 and G5 audible alarm systems are not sounding. The FDA is treating this recall as a Class I recall, meaning device failure could cause serious injury or death.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 5, 2016

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 – How should I establish boundaries to my diabetes management with those close to me?

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 13, 2016

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four when I registered an astounding blood sugar reading of 880 mg/dl. I spent 2 weeks in a coma after that, and I don’t remember anything from that hospital stay. After those two weeks, my family and I were packed up and sent home with a dietary chart and a blood glucose meter. For 20 years afterwards, my blood sugar levels were erratic and my body was weak.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 11, 2016

Type 1 diabetes is the obnoxious friend that never leaves. In this clip, the embodiment of Type 1 diabetes gives unhelpful advice to a woman during a nighttime bout of hypoglycemia. Do you have ideas for future clips of diabetes being less than helpful? If so, send them along to cidlebrook@epscomm.com. Credits: Sarah Demers – woman with Type 1, Nicole Murphy – Type 1 diabetes, Craig Idlebrook – script, Jim Malvarosa – filming and editing Thanks for reading this Insulin Na

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 8, 2016

In 2015, Emma Dillon and Emma Netherwood were having a hard time explaining diabetes to their own children with Type 1 as well as other children. The two moms from Stockport, England decided to create a children’s book on life with diabetes called Ivy and Iver Take on Type 1. Their children, the aforementioned Ivy and Iver, were diagnosed at the same hospital, and a diabetes nurse paired the families together.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 28, 2016

When a character with Type 1 diabetes appears in a show set in the 18th century, you know it’s not going to end well. In a recent episode of Outlander , we barely get to meet someone with diabetes before we learn she is going to die. It makes some sense, I guess, since the show involves a woman from the 20th century traveling back to the 18th century, long before insulin therapy was discovered.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 1, 2016

We recently came across a sobering fact from a 2012 Yale School of Public Health study : children with diabetes have a six percent higher risk of dropping out than the average population, according to two economic researchers. The study was originally published in the journal Health Affairs. The researchers were able to control for family income and ethnic considerations in their analysis.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 21, 2016

The BBC has taken some heat recently from the diabetes community for having shows with inaccurate and insensitive depictions of diabetes. Last year, a drama called The Syndicate seemed to show hypoglycemia being treated with insulin. More recently, a character in the long-running soap EastEnders joked, “If the kids don’t give themselves diabetes, it’s not a good party.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 4, 2016

As an adult with Type 1, do you think your days of diabetes summer camp are over? Not if you volunteer there. My love of diabetes summer camp is so well-documented that I even have a tattoo commemorating my years there. After aging out of being a camper or a counselor in training, I decided to volunteer. I was doing it for the kids at camp, but I was also doing it for me.

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American Well

APRIL 29, 2016

CMS recently unveiled its new Medicaid managed care regulatory requirements, and with it took a great leap forward in acknowledging the inherent value of telehealth. For the first time, the agency urged states to consider telemedicine as they create their individual network adequacy standards for private Medicaid plans. This is a significant stake in the ground.

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American Well

APRIL 26, 2016

Welcome to the April 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today newsletter! In case you missed them, here are a few updates from Avizia: Avizia is among the 10 Most Promising Telemedicine Solution Providers of 2016. Avizia CA750 Telemedicine Cart Wins Silver A’ Design Award in the Scientific Instruments, Medical Devices and Research Equipment Design Category.

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American Well

APRIL 25, 2016

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American Well

APRIL 13, 2016

Amwell is still coming down off a terrific week in beautiful, albeit not-so-sunny San Diego (it rained most of the time, but that didn’t stop us from having a blast!), where we hosted our second-ever Client Forum at the Omni Hotel. This telehealth meeting of the minds brought together clients and partners, including top health systems, health plans, employers, associations and medical boards to hash out telehealth best practices, discuss hurdles, and share in the overall excitement of industry g

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