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A Diabetes Mentor in Your Cell Phone
» A Diabetes Mentor in Your Cell Phone – DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog For most people, the cell phone is one of the only gadgets everyone understands and uses every day. There are several companies that have utilized … Continue reading
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Disease Management for Australia
Patient centered chronic care is a difficult one to set up and negotiate in Australia – a country with universal Medicare. Disease Management here is listed within the state’s agenda – but not separately funded. Healthways – Investor Relations – … Continue reading
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Diabetes and Interaction Design
I saw charmr (you can say Charmr on youtube to watch the video) by Adaptive Path and was quite intrigued. I have students doing similar projects. This is ‘gadgets that help’. I am in diabetes for a different reason – … Continue reading
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Strengthening the national diabetes care services by enhancing the capacity of health care providers
Capacity Development project. What is the ‘care model’ that the health care providers will be trained in? If this is clinical practice – how does the diabetic benefit – and therefore how will the ‘care’ model be assessed? India Diabetes … Continue reading
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This may dissipate focused effort on diabetes which is a big problem for India
Rs1,620 crore pilot project to curb diabetes, heart diseases launched – Economy and Politics – livemint.com One health activist said the government was trying to pack too much into the programme. A. Ramachandran, president of India Diabetes Research Foundation, called … Continue reading
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Rs1,620 crore pilot project to curb diabetes, heart diseases launched
Rs1,620 crore pilot project to curb diabetes, heart diseases launched – Economy and Politics – livemint.com New Delhi: In the first initiative of its kind, the Indian government has started a programme to prevent as well as map the extent … Continue reading
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If They Build a Medical Home, Will the Docs Come?
Disease Management Care Blog: If They Build a Medical Home, Will the Docs Come? Among its many admittedly good qualities, the patient centered medical home (PCMH) has been lauded as the means to resuscitate, re-engineer or revive primary care. The … Continue reading
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Putting a number on India’s diabetics
This is the number of diabetics in India – at 6% of the population. This is a figure I dispute – as it starts with 49 million as an estimate. Thats low for an asian country with a genetic predisposition … Continue reading
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Diabetes in India
So its now the BBC – that is saying it. 10% or more of Indians have diabetes. A third or less are detected. 1. WHO says in the thirty millions. Out of a world population of 177 million. 2. With … Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | India battles diabetes ‘epidemic’
Diabetes in India more about “BBC NEWS | South Asia | India battles…“, posted with vodpod
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India battles diabetes ‘epidemic’
BBC NEWS | South Asia | India battles diabetes ‘epidemic’ By Adam Mynott, BBC News, Chennai, India The latest figures for the prevalence of diabetes are two years old and by common medical consent hopelessly out of date. It is … Continue reading
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Jeremy Yuille Explores IxD Education at Adaptive Path
I am very curious about Adaptive path – especially their work -’charmr’ – on diabetes. I needed to see this about Jeremy – to jog me to speak to him. Jeremy Yuille Explores IxD Education at Adaptive Path | jamin.org … Continue reading
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Smart DNA
Smart DNA: Programming the Molecule of Life for Work and Play: Scientific American DNA molecules can act as elementary logic gates analogous to the silicon-based gates of ordinary computers. Short strands of DNA serve as the gates’ inputs and outputs. … Continue reading
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Smart Insulin: It Knows What You’ve Been Eating
» Smart Insulin: It Knows What You’ve Been Eating – DiabetesMine: diabetes, life, health, community Imagine: Smart Insulin that could sense high glucose levels and automatically dispense insulin on demand. “As your glucose levels drop off, the drug stabilizes, trapping … Continue reading
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True Confessions of a Good Diabetic
» True Confessions of a Good Diabetic – DiabetesMine: diabetes, life, health, community I read other PWD’s blogs, and they always seem like they have it so together. But then again, when fellow diabetics meet me in person, they seem … Continue reading
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Designed to deliver insulin to the hepatocyte cells in the liver
» More Diabetes Innovations: GluMetrics & DiaSome – DiabetesMine: diabetes, life, health, community DiaSome Pharmaceuticals, located in Conshohoken, PA, is developing a “proprietary nanotechnology cell-receptor targeting system” designed to deliver insulin to the hepatocyte cells in the liver via both … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Diabetics
Disease Management Care Blog: A Tale of Two Diabetics Meet Homer. His appetite for doughnuts and aluminum wrapped carbonated carbohydrate-rich beverages has finally caught up with him. His doctor has told him that he’s overweight and has diabetes mellitus. An … Continue reading
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What system of care for rural communities?
Systems of Care – and a argument for the design of a new (public) health care system needs to be made – for a focus upon the BOP. Disease Management Care Blog: The DMCB’s Principles for Healthcare Reform Chronic illness … Continue reading
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Disease Management
Disease management (health) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Disease management is the concept of reducing healthcare costs and/or improving quality of life for individuals with chronic disease conditions by preventing or minimizing the effects of a disease, usually a chronic … Continue reading
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Medical Management Model
BCG Health Care Publications As medical costs continue to rise, health care insurers are taking a fresh look at medical management to contain costs. With today’s approaches more sophisticated, insurers and their health plans must make carefully balanced strategic choices … Continue reading
Monitoring Glycemic Control in India
The Lifescan glucometer is sold by Johnson and Johnson in India. I am not sure if this particular model is sold in India. (Can someone tell me what it costs at a pharmacy in India? And is there a scheme … Continue reading
Diabetes Service Model
I have made two maps to illustrate the Service Model for Diabetes Care. One is the OVERVIEW – picture of the parts of the service, namely the service system (registration, subscription etc), the care system and the product system and … Continue reading
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Diabetes Service
I imagine system for the individual diabetic – much like the mobile phone – that arrives at the home. Is accessed from the home, the person of the diabetic, at a price similar to that of mobile phone provision – … Continue reading
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E Health classification
eHealth – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia eHealth (also written e-health) is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice which is supported by electronic processes and communication. The term is inconsistently used: some would argue it is interchangeable with health care … Continue reading
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Designing new health services
Designing an improved health service – Press releases – NESTA Designing an improved health service03/08/2005 “Designers have mindsets that are constantly seeking ways of creating something new.” The companies, who have been supported by NESTA’s Creative Pioneer Programme, have now … Continue reading
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