DUB - DENIM. Diabetes.acponline.org/custom_resources/ACP_DiabetesCareGuide_Ch05.pdf?dbp. Welcome to this month's issue of ACP DiabetesMonthly, an update for internists published by the American College of Physicians.
In the News for the month of March 2014 Highlights FDA finds no link between incretin-based drugs, pancreatic complications Data do not support a causal association between incretin-based drugs and pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer, concluded a review by U.S. and European regulatory agencies. More... Sulfonylurea as second-line therapy appeared to lower cost in a population-based model Sulfonylurea as second-line therapy for glycemic control in type 2 diabetes appeared to yield similar outcomes and quality-adjusted life-years but led to lower costs and longer time to insulin dependence compared with a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, and insulin, according to a recent study.
Elderly patients most likely to land in ED, get admitted for insulin-related hypoglycemia Test yourself From ACP InternistWeekly From ACP Journal Club. Usability First: Usability in Website and Software Design. Health Icons Stock Photos, Health Icons Stock Photography, Health Icons Stock Images. Medical icon stock photos - Search results. Health icons stock photos - Search results. Five Points ICT - Wellness Solutions: Personal Health Assessments. It's important for everyone to make healthy choices, but sometimes it's hard to know where to start.
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Medtronic has a similar product already approved in Europe. Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design. WellTools - Free web and mobile tools to help you live healthier. SugarStats.com – Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Group News. Games for Health. Overview Games for Health Journal: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the development, use, and applications of game technology for improving physical and mental health and well-being.
The Journal breaks new ground as the first to address this emerging, widely-recognized, and increasingly adopted area of healthcare. Games are rapidly becoming an important tool for improving health behaviors ranging from healthy lifestyle habits and behavior modification, to self-management of illness and chronic conditions to motivating and supporting physical activity. Games are also increasingly used to train healthcare professionals in methods for diagnosis, medical procedures, patient monitoring, as well as for responding to epidemics and natural disasters.
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Instructional System Design — This guide to ISD uses the ADDIE model (analysis, design, develop, implement or delivery, & evaluation). It is perhaps the best know instructional design model and provides a solid framework for Learning or Instructional Designers. Note that ISD is considered a plug and play model in that it allows other model and frameworks to be plugged into it so that it can adapt to almost any learning situation or environment.
While the model above shows that the ADDIE version of the ISD model is quite dynamic, the model below shows the various steps within each of the five phases: Here is a slightly different version of ADDIE: Electronic Health Records and Quality of Diabetes Care. HEALTHeLINK to pilot diabetes telemonitoring. One hundred patients with diabetes have signed up for a telemonitoring pilot spearheaded by HEALTHeLINK, the regional health information organization (RHIO) serving Western New York State.
The nonprofit’s innovative approach to telemonitoring could serve as a model for the rest of the nation, according to Todd Norris, Western New York Beacon Project Director. HEALTHeLINK is one of the 17 Beacon Communities tasked by the Office of the National Coordinator to positively impact quality, cost and population health through the use of healthcare IT. The RHIO is focusing on several initiatives to "move the needle in a positive direction" for diabetes care management, which is its specific goal under the Beacon Community Program. With more than 60,000 diabetic patients under the care of 250 healthcare providers, Western New York has one of the largest diabetic populations per capita in the country, Norris said. "This allows the experts to do their thing," Norris said. TooManyClicks.