November is American Diabetes Month
One in eleven Americans has diabetes and every 23 seconds someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with the disease. Diabetes causes more deaths than AIDS…
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How Advanced Analytics Can Improve Population Health Management
By Dan Trott – Data culled from increasing numbers of shared databases of EHRs, clinical research pools, geographical positioning systems, connected devices and more has given rise to using advanced analytics for improving population health management (PHM).
Reimagining How Diabetes is Prevented and Managed
The American Diabetes Association and IBM Watson Health announced a long-term collaboration to bring together the cognitive computing power of Watson and the Association’s vast…
Medicare Proposes Expansion Of Counseling Program For People At Risk Of Diabetes
By Mary Agnes Carey – As the health law turned six, federal officials proposed the expansion of a Medicare diabetes prevention program funded by the landmark measure. The pilot program, developed and administered by the YMCA…
New Guidance for EPs Reporting Diabetes
Due to an error found in the logic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing guidance on measure CMS122 (Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control), which is included in the 2014 measure set for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for eligible professionals (EPs).
American Diabetes Month Facts and Figures
Follow the American Diabetes Association @AmDiabetesAssn and join the conversation with #StopDiabetes, #diabetes, and #AmericanDiabetesMonth. Diabetes affects nearly 30 million children and adults in the…
American Diabetes Month
Diabetes Awareness Month was first established in 1975. U.S. presidents and Congress, however, did not start passing proclamations to recognize November as “diabetes month” until…
November is American Diabetes Month
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of disability and death in thNe US. It can cause blindness, nerve damage, kidney disease, and other health…
Bridging the Diabetes Knowledge Gap Through Technology
By Connie Chitwood-Vu – Many Americans fail to realize that diabetes is the seventh deadliest disease with 29.1 million Americans currently living with this condition. Despite the severity of diabetes, the general population has a striking knowledge gap when it comes to understanding the causes, impacts, costs and treatment options for this all-to-common disease.