American Diabetes Association
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Amazon’s Automatic Coupons for Diabetes Products While “Incremental” Will Still Be a “Gamechanger,” Experts Say
Amazon Pharmacy announced Tuesday that it is launching automatic coupons for more than 15 insulin and diabetes care brands. The move, while incremental, solves a major pain point for consumers with diabetes, as many struggle to afford insulin products.
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Eli Lilly’s Triple Mechanism Sets New High Mark for Weight Loss Drugs
Eli Lilly’s retatrutide led to an average weight reduction of 24.2%, or 58 pounds, after 48 weeks of treatment in Phase 2 testing. Based on these results, Lilly now plans a comprehensive Phase 3 program that will evaluate the once-weekly injectable drug in weight reduction as well as various complications of obesity.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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American Diabetes Association launches 3-year alliance to reduce amputations
The American Diabetes Association recently launched the Amputation Prevention Alliance — a three-year effort to decrease the number of diabetes-related amputations in the country — along with five partner organizations. The organizations will work together to advocate for policy changes, increase clinician education about caring for diabetic complications, and improve patients’ awareness of warning signs to watch out for.
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How Tandem Diabetes Care found its way back from near-bankruptcy
The San Diego-based company has is in the midst of one of the most precipitous turnarounds in the medical device industry and is well positioned to grow alongside the expanding insulin pump market.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Artificial Intelligence
Powered by AI, Medtronic’s Sugar.IQ diabetes assistant shows better outcomes
Medtronic announced data at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association on Monday that shows that people using its AI-powered Sugar.IQ diabetes assistant have better control of their blood glucose levels.
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Quick comparison of Medtronic, Abbott, Dexcom, Senseonics CGMs from ADA 2019
At the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association meeting last week, a diabetes epidemiologist compares and contrasts competing CGMs both based on features and accuracy.
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Can changing rebate rules stop the ‘carousel’ of insulin pricing hikes?
At an event during the annual American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, representatives from PBM, health plan, drug manufacturing and patient advocacy groups came together to discuss the causes of increasing insulin prices and potential solutions to the problem.
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Eight advocate groups to Senate: AHCA would harm patients
As the healthcare debate continues in Washington, a number of patient, provider and consumer advocate organizations — including AARP, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association — have banded together to encourage the Senate to consider the impact of the AHCA on patients.
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IBM Watson Health to help ADA with diabetes research, education
IBM Watson Health and the ADA also will be running a challenge to spur the development of apps to support people living with or at risk for diabetes.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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American Diabetes Association acquires quality improvement organization
The ADA has worked with iMD for five years to develop Diabetes INSIDE, a quality improvement initiative that works with healthcare systems, educators and patients to improve health outcomes for diabetics.
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CVS diabetes program recalls ill-fated AMA-Sunbeam deal
Because I’m old and possibly disturbed, I felt déjà vu all over again.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
