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My husband was diagnosed as "prediabetic" following a heart attack two months ago. I did some research into that term and learned about "insulin resistance." The symptoms listed for both diseases led me to believe my husband was not prediabetic but rather fell into the category of insulin resistant. Can you tell me more about it, and how to treat each of these conditions?
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Prediabetes is the condition of having abnormal levels of glucose, or sugar molecules, in the blood; insulin resistance refers to the mechanism by which one develops that condition. They're not two different conditions; they're cause and effect — insulin resistance is a prediabetes state.
The human body uses sugar as a fuel (energy) to live, function, and produce. To this end, sugar has to be transported from the bloodstream across cell walls into the cells, where the sugar is actually burned and turned into energy. Insulin is a key hormone produced by the pancreas, primarily as a response to the sugar absorbed into the bloodstream after you eat a meal. Insulin acts on cell walls in such a way that the cells can take up and metabolize sugar. If the cell walls don't allow insulin to do its job, a person is said to have insulin resistance.
Most adults who develop prediabetes have insulin resistance. (A smaller proportion of individuals who have prediabetes have insulin deficiency.) If cells such as those of the liver and muscles are resistant to insulin, then sugar cannot enter cells easily and remains in the bloodstream at levels exceeding normal values — that's prediabetes (or diabetes). Prediabetes is diagnosed when the level of glucose is abnormal but below diabetic values: fasting values of 100 to 125 milligrams per deciliter, and 140 to 199 mg/dl two hours after a glucose load. For diabetes, the cutoff values are 126 mg/dl (fasting) and 200 mg/dl (two hours after a glucose load).
To make things worse, lipid (cholesterol) metabolism is also affected by insulin resistance. To overcome resistance, the pancreas produces more and more insulin — and unfortunately, increased levels of insulin are detrimental to our arteries and are associated with high blood pressure.
The goal of treatment for prediabetes is to prevent or mitigate both the onset of diabetes and the cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) complications that come with it. A research study showed that individuals with prediabetes who engaged in physical activity, consumed a healthy diet, and lost at least 7 percent of their body weight reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 58 percent. The same study showed that taking a diabetes medicine (metformin) reduced the risk by 31 percent.
Ask your husband's doctor for a more tailored approach for your husband — and stay tuned.
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Welcome to Reflective Renewal! The idea behind it is a simple one: if the life lessons we teach children are so fundamental, then they are just as meaningful and relevant to us as adults as well.
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Now, don't get me wrong. The commission should indeed investigate allegations of child sex abuse wherever they may have occurred. But when Opposition leader Tony Abbott and Cardinal George Pell whine about how the Catholic Church is being "targeted" and that the commission should be "wide-ranging" and not "focus solely on the Catholic Church", they are being obscenely disingenuous. Abbott, who is Catholic, and Cardinal Pell are high-status members of a global organisation that has aided and abetted child molesters and sexual predators within its ranks for decades, an organisation that often shows outright contempt for civil laws because it considers itself subject only to the laws of its own theocracy.
As Labor backbencher Senator Doug Cameron observed, if the "extremely powerful and politically influential church was confident abuse was no longer occurring, it had nothing to fear from a royal commission," and also that the church should rightly be the focus of any commission because "that's where the major problem seems to be."
Julia Gillard's assurance that the commission will not discriminate is simply political correctness. Many of us are not fooled by the false equivalence being made. The Catholic Church's role in child sex abuse and its subsequent cover-up is proportionately large enough to warrant a commission of its own. That the government has decided on a more extensive investigation should be considered an undeserved courtesy by petulant Catholics like Tony Abbott and Cardinal Pell.


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In: International Journal of Dream Research, 3 (2010), Nr. 1. pp. 28-32
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Researchers present evidence in support of a model of consciousness that includes lucid dreaming, witnessing/transcendental consciousness during dreaming and witnessing/transcendental consciousness during deep sleep. Due to the potential for confusion between subjective reports of lucid dreaming and witnessing dreaming or witnessing sleep the authors suggest researchers screen for them all. The authors review electrophysiological findings in the night sleep of subjects reporting a peaceful inner awareness- witnessing/transcendental consciousness during dreaming and deep sleep and the implications for lucid dreaming research. Findings included EEG tracings of theta alpha (7-9 Hz) simultaneously with delta during deep sleep stages 3 and 4, decreased chin EMG, and highly significant increased theta2 and alpha1 relative power during stage 3 and 4 sleep as compared to controls. The authors discuss alpha synchrony during witnessing deep sleep and gamma during lucid dreaming.
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An official with the Indonesian Defense Ministry signed a contract for the purchase of 16 of Korea's T-50 supersonic trainer jets with his Korean counterpart in Jakarta on Wednesday, a spokesman for Korea Aerospace Industries said. The jets, worth US$400 million, will be delivered by 2013.
It is the first sale of the trainer jets overseas. Korea is the sixth country to export supersonic aircraft after the U.S., Russia, the U.K., France, and Sweden.
The contract was signed some 50 days after Indonesia selected Korea as the priority negotiation partner in April, an unusually swift deal in the international arms market, where negotiations normally take at least several months.
South Korea signed a contract Wednesday to export its T-50 trainer jets to Indonesia, a government official said, a deal that will mark the first time for the country to export supersonic jets.
The state-run aircraft maker Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed the deal in Jakarta with Indonesia's defense ministry, the official told Yonhap News Agency by phone. The deal calls for exporting 16 T-50 jets for about US$400 million, sources said.
The contract will take effect as soon as Indonesia's finance ministry and South Korea's Export-Import Bank conclude financial negotiations, the official said. Delivery is expected in 2013, he said.
Wednesday's signing came about a month after KAI was selected as the preferred bidder for Indonesia's trainer jet project on April 12. Since then, the two sides have negotiated on terms of a contract.
The contract marks South Korea's first export of the T-50 "Golden Eagle." It is expected to have positive effects on the country's efforts to export the aircraft to other nations, such as Israel, the United States, Poland, India and the United Arab Emirates.
South Korea first unveiled the T-50 in 2005 after KAI developed the supersonic jet jointly with U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin, making the country the world's 12th supersonic jet producer.
Seoul has tried to export the jet to Indonesia as Jakarta plans to replace its aging Hawk Mk-53 trainer jets that are scheduled to be decommissioned this year.
Indonesian media had reported earlier this year that the country's air force will purchase 16 T-50 jets.
In December, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited Indonesia and agreed with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cooperate closely in such defense industries as trainer jets and submarine production.
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Rob Ford has stated he does "not use crack cocaine, nor [is he]an addict of crack cocaine," but he has smoked a lot of marijuana.
The Toronto mayor, who has been accused of having a substance abuse problem, casually announced he has used the drug as he left a luncheon event today. He is the third Canadian politician in a week to admit to marijuana consumption.
"Oh yeah, I won't deny that. I've smoked a lot of it," he laughed.
Reporters put the question to Ford because earlier in the day Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said she smoked marijuana 35 years ago, before she got into politics.
Wynne addressed marijuana use because her federal counterpart, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, told a reporter a week ago that he had smoked marijuana while serving as a member of Parliament.
Ford's lighthearted confession comes after months of speculation that the mayor may have a substance abuse problem. In March, a video was being shopped around to media outlets that allegedly showed Ford smoking crack cocaine.
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Pakistan Supreme Court orders arrest of prime minister
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Egyptian lawyer gets 5 years, 300 lashes for Saudi drug conviction
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Belgian case might mark where the right to die ends
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Justice Clarence Thomas speaks -- and so do his detractors
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There are seven main Chakras or energy centers positioned between the base of the spine and the crown of the head. Each influences a different area of physical and emotional well-being. Blocked energy within the Chakras can often lead to illness so it's important to keep energy balanced flowing freely in order to maintain optimum levels of health. Our Chakra Yoga, Meditation and Relaxation sessions are perfect to help you cleans and balance your Chakras.
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text: [Federal Register Volume 68, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2003)] [Notices] [Pages 41134-41135] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 03-17425] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than August 2, 2003. A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034: 1. Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc., Lebanon, Missouri; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Heritage Bank of the Ozarks, Lebanon, Missouri, a de novo bank. 2. Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., Quincy, Illinois; to acquire up to 48.73 percent of the voting shares of Mid--America Bancorp, Inc., Leawood, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Heartland Bank, Leawood, Kansas. 3. Peoples Bancshares Corp., Boonville, Indiana; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, Boonville, Indiana. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Richard M. Todd, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. Tomah Bancshares, Inc., Tomah, Wisconsin; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Wabeno Bancorporation, Inc., Venice, Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Timberwood Bank, Wabeno, Wisconsin. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (James Hunter, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. Coffeyville Bancorp, Inc., Coffeyville, Kansas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of CSB Bancorp, Inc., Coffeyville, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Community State Bank, Coffeyville, Kansas. 2. Lauritzen Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; to acquire up to 28 percent of the voting shares of First National of Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First National Bank of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, First National Bank & [[Page 41135]] Trust Company of Columbus, Columbus, Nebraska, First National Bank, North Platte, Nebraska, First National Bank South Dakota, Yankton, South Dakota, Platte Valley State Bank & Trust Company, Kearney, Nebraska, Fremont National Bank & Trust Company, Fremont, Nebraska, First National Bank of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas; First National of Colorado, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, First National Bank, and thereby indirectly acquired shares of Fort Collins, Colorado; First National Bank of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Union Colony Bank, Greeley, Colorado, First National of Illinois, Omaha, Nebraska, and Castle Bank N.A., Dekalb, Illinois. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 3, 2003. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 03-17425 Filed 7-9-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S


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This is another one of those free-yourself-from-repetitive-tasks scripts.
Customizable Cplanes allow for complex forms and creations in Rhino. Imagine a series of gateways arrayed along a serpentine perimeter. While the concept may be parametric, the process for each gate is often individual and incremental. By giving up grasshopper, I am forced to painstakingly create a Cplane for each gateway alternate between them via NamedCplanes. There's got to be a better way!
Actually, rhino has the ability to create a cplane from a single crv/srf. But what about an object? a bunch of objects? or just about anything?
Well, here is the script. Just save it as an .rvb file, and create an alias/macro for it. (macro <_Cplane _world _top> will reset the cplane)


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Question: What advice do you have for an admin who is new to supervising others? -- Anonymous
Spend time with each person getting to know their strengths and weaknesses. They each also get to know your strengths and weaknesses. Focus on the the positives and guide your team.
I became a first time supervisor about 10 months ago. Take advantage of all the inhouse training that is hopefully available. If there is none, then seek out training options in your area for first-time managers, communication skills, handling conflict, and team building. Books are good resources, but there is no substitute for talking with and hearing from others who can share their experiences. Good luck!
I would suggest you have a meeting with all your "new staff". Let them ask you questions about yourself, etc. Let them get to know you (don't let it get too personal) Then ask them what they expect of you and what were their issues with their previous supervisor. Then listen! Lastly, let your staff also know what it is you are expecting of them. Be clear and precise. Then discuss any issues or concerns they may have at that time. This will start things off on the right foot, so to speak. Good luck and stay positive in all matters.
As a first time supervisor who did not succeed at the position, here are some things I learned the hard way:
> Listen to the staff on their expectations of you as well what they like in a supervisor.
> Make sure that they understand you are approachable regarding any issues that they may have - whether it is giving you constructive critism or dealing with other staff members.
> Schedule some time with your staff that can be a get-to-know-each-other event or lunch that allows you to be relaxed without fear of being judged.
> Be honest, and own your mistakes. Make sure they understand you are working to eliminate them as best as you can.
> Learn what they do on a daily basis so they know they can trust you to do their job if something were to happen that keeps them out of the office for a couple of days. Showing them you are team player is probably the best thing you can do for your new staff and yourself.
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With a stay at Aparthotel Puerto Azul in Marbella (Marbella Seafront Promenade), you'll be minutes from Fontanilla Beach and close to Marbella Marina. This beach aparthotel is within close proximity of Venus Beach and Orange Square.
Make yourself at home in one of the 61 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens. Rooms have private balconies. Flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected. Conveniences include safes and refrigerators, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional features include wireless Internet access (surcharge) and tour/ticket assistance.
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Crispy Baked Chicken
This baked "fried chicken" recipe has been a will-power saver for years. When you are craving something deep-fried and crunchy, it's crispy baked chicken to the rescue.
So… You've only been dieting for eleven days and already you're craving fried chicken.
You probably haven't had fried chicken for months, maybe years, but now that it's officially off limits, it's all you can think about.
You lay in bed at night with a pinch in your stomach and crispy little drumsticks dancing in your head.
Happens to me All. The. Time.
I can't remember the first time I made "healthy" fried chicken, but I'm pretty sure it was right after the first time I discovered I needed to shed a few pounds.
That must have been 20+ years ago. Jeeeeeze!
This crispy baked chicken recipe has come in handy on many occasions. It's an easy meal that comes together in minutes and the potential serving methods are endless.
I often serve crispy baked chicken over salads, yet even there, think of the options: Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad, Crispy Baked Chicken Taco Salad, Baked "Fried Chicken" over Southern Slaw, Baked Chicken Cutlets over Field Greens with Fresh Berries and Goat Cheese…. I could go on.
I like to prepare baked chicken cutlets instead of whole chicken breasts for two reasons:
1. They cook faster.
2. Cutlets offer automatic portion control.
One cutlet is essentially half a large chicken breast, so they satisfy a craving and keep the calories on the down-low.
Also try using this healthy fried chicken recipe in lettuce wraps!
Crispy Baked Chicken
Yield: 6-8 servings
Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:15 minutes
A healthy "fried chicken" recipe, baked in the oven.
- 2 pounds chicken cutlets (usually 8 cutlets)
- 1 1/2 cups panko bread crumbs
- 3/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, (1 tsp. dried thyme)
- 1/3 cup light mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper
- Move one oven rack to a low position. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line and baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil liberally with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Set out two medium bowls. In one bowl, mix the mayo, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. In the other bowl, mix the panko, parmesan cheese and thyme.
- Place the chicken cutlets in the mayo mixture and toss to coat. Then one at a time, press each cutlet into the panko mixture on both sides to coat. Lay on the baking sheet.
- Bake in the lower part of the oven for 15 minutes. (Cooking low in the oven helps the bottoms to crisp up.)
- If the tops haven't browned, move the baking sheet to a higher rack and turn on the broiler on for 1 minute. Watch to make sure they don't burn. Serve warm.
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Health-care organizations in 2016 will be focused on improving cybersecurity and preparing for changes to Medicare's quality incentive programs, industry observers told Bloomberg BNA.
Health-care organizations became a major target for cybercriminals in 2015, a trend that will likely force hospitals and providers to spend an estimated $1 billion on cybersecurity measures in the coming year. Four of the five largest breaches in the HHS Office for Civil Rights database of health data breaches occurred in 2015.
In addition to cybersecurity, the meaningful use program will continue to be a top health IT concern for health-care organizations.
Industry groups are expected to continue to lobby for changes to the federal electronic health record program, particularly for a delay to Stage 3 and blanket hardship exceptions for the health-care providers and hospitals that failed to meet the program's requirements in 2015.
Cyberattacks on health-care organizations reached an all-time high in 2015 and aren't expected to slow down in 2016, Harry Greenspun, director for Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions, told Bloomberg BNA.
The value of health information for hackers is set to rise even as the value of other types of personal information falls in the coming year, Greenspun said. This will create an incentive for cybercriminals to continue to target health-care institutions, he said.
"As the black market value of health information continues to rise, so will attempts to hack into those systems," Greenspun said. "With expanding networks and partnerships, new vulnerabilities will appear, requiring companies to redouble their efforts and adopt new, more agile ways of protecting data. Those that lag behind face significant financial and reputational risk."
In response, health-care organizations are expected to spend more than $1 billion on cybersecurity preparation in 2016, according to a survey of health-care executives by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
The survey found that more health-care companies than ever are preparing for cyberattack. Nearly 90 percent said information security had become a critical business priority for them.
Federal lawmakers are also expected to take more interest in cybersecurity, particularly related to health-care and medical identity fraud, in 2016.
The 2016 federal budget requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create a taskforce to analyze how industries other than health care have combated cybersecurity threats. The group would be required to publish a report on these threats one year after the bill is passed.
The bill also requires the HHS to work with homeland security officials to create a set of "industry-led guidelines, best practices" and processes for improving health-care organizations' cybersecurity.
Samantha Burch, senior director of congressional affairs for HIMSS, told Bloomberg BNA that the cybersecurity provisions of the budget bill aren't a "silver bullet solution" to the cybersecurity issues health-care organizations face. Rather, she said, the bill will focus HHS and industry efforts.
"I think a major benefit will be having a single pipeline for sharing cyberthreat data," Burch said.
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Republican and Democratic leaders of the committees on Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions questioned HHS officials in November about how they're tracking medical identity theft reports and supporting law enforcement agencies in responding to instances of medical identity theft. The lawmakers also questioned how current federal privacy laws combat medical identity theft. (see previous article)
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Burch said Congress is increasingly taking an interest in health IT issues because lawmakers are starting to see the technology as critical to health-care reform.
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The American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, which collectively represent the bulk of the country's doctors and hospitals, asked the CMS in December 2015 to shorten the meaningful use program's reporting periods and remove its "all or nothing" approach.
The AMA told Bloomberg BNA it plans to continue its Break the Red Tape campaign, focused on getting support from federal lawmakers to delay the final stage of the meaningful use program, set to begin in 2017.
One key AMA request—that the CMS be empowered to grant blanket hardship exceptions for providers who failed to meet the requirements of the meaningful use program—was granted late in 2015 (see previous article).
Congress Dec. 18, 2015, passed the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, which gave the CMS the ability to create automatic exceptions from Medicare penalties for failing to comply with the meaningful use program. Currently, the CMS can only approve hardship exceptions on a case-by-case basis, making it difficult for providers and hospitals in the program to know ahead of time whether they'll be hit with a Medicare penalty.
A blanket hardship exception would allow providers that struggled to meet requirements of the meaningful use program in 2015 to avoid a Medicare reimbursement penalty, the AMA said.
Oakes said there's not enough support in Congress for other major changes to the meaningful use program. However, he said he expects lawmakers to "exhibit more and more concern" about the meaningful use program to pressure the CMS to make changes.
This concern is likely to be prompted by an expected increase in dropouts from the meaningful use program, Oakes said.
Industry groups, such as the AHA and Medical Group Management Association have warned that many hospitals and providers still aren't ready to meet the requirements of Stage 2 of the meaningful use program and are likely to file for hardship exemptions to avoid Medicare reimbursement penalties for failing to comply with program requirements (see previous article).
Participation in the meaningful use program peaked in 2014, with 305,018 providers and 4,379 hospitals collecting Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments through the program (see previous article).
However, industry researchers said participation only surged because CMS late in 2014 issued a final rule that allowed providers and hospitals to stay in Stage 1 of the program. Many have said there's little evidence that providers and hospitals will be better prepared to tackle the challenges of Stage 2.
While hospitals push to lessen the requirements of Stage 2 and delay Stage 3, consumer advocates will counter with a push to keep the meaningful use program's patient and consumer engagement requirements.
Shannah Koss, a health policy consultant and president of Koss on Care LLC, told Bloomberg BNA that this "continued watering down of consumer engagement" would be the only major change for the program.
The CMS's final rule establishing Stage 3 requirements also eased a controversial requirement that hospitals and health-care providers in Stage 2 of the meaningful use program get a portion of their patients to download a copy of their health record through a patient portal.
Stage 2 originally required providers and hospitals to get 5 percent of their patients to download a copy of their health record through a patient portal. The CMS's final rule dropped that requirement to just a single patient in 2015 and 2016 but restored it to 5 percent of all patients for 2017.
A consortium of patient advocacy groups will work in 2016 to ensure the CMS doesn't continue to reduce this requirement.
The Consumer Partnership for eHealth told the CMS in a Dec. 15, 2015, letter they're concerned about the "chilling effect" of lowering patient engagement requirements.
The group said these requirements are "critical to prepare for an effective transition into new models of payment and delivery in 2018."
"Patients need tools to set health care goals, make informed decisions and communicate with providers and this is where health IT makes a critical difference: It helps connect 21st century patients with 21st century care," Deborah Ness, president of the National Partnership for Woman & Families, said in a statement.
However, Greenspun told Bloomberg BNA there remains a gap between health-care organizations with the resources to install these new technologies and those that do not. He said wealthier organizations will adopt new technologies and payment models faster and thrive under Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the meaningful use program.
"The adoption of population health and value-based care is pretty spotty around the country," Greenspun said. "I think in the next couple of years, starting next year, we'll see pockets of great alignment and adoption and some pretty drastic misalignment with meaningful use."
The CMS expects 30 percent of Medicare payments to be linked to "alternative payment models," namely accountable care organizations, the agency announced early in 2015. However, the CMS does expect 85 percent of all its fee-for-service payments to be based on the quality of efficiency of health-care delivery in 2016.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has pointed to 2016 as a pivotal year in its effort to improve the interoperability of health IT systems.
Karen DeSalvo, the national coordinator for health IT, said Dec. 8, 2015, she wants to connect the more than 50 regional health information exchanges around the country to facilitate the nationwide exchange of patient records.
Paul Uhrig, executive vice president and chief administrative, legal and privacy officer for health IT developer Surescripts, told Bloomberg BNA that private exchange efforts will likely lead the charge on improving the interoperability of electronic health records in 2016. Surescripts operates the country's largest electronic prescribing network, connecting roughly 900,000 health-care providers.
Surescripts, along with EHR giants Epic Systems and Greenway, plan to premiere a record locator service early in 2016. The service will allow doctors to more easily find patient records held by other doctors, he said.
"This is capability we have in our network we're looking to expand," Uhrig said.
The CommonWell Health Alliance, a coalition of EHR vendors Cerner, athenahealth and others, also opened record-sharing services at 1,200 health-care organizations in 2015 and hopes to expand to 6,000 in the coming year, the group announced Dec. 17, 2015.
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A beautiful teacup and such pretty handmade coasters.
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How lovely design and great finish Sheryl. It's really beautiful. And you have received wonderful teacup and goodies.ReplyDelete
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Oh, such a lovely pincushion, Sheryl--I love that you found the pattern in an old magazine at the library. I'm sure you'll find many other delightful ideas in the back issues, as well...
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I'm interested to know are you taking advantage of FREE events in the area you live in? What about packed lunches? Do you find yourself going to events with your own food or buying something there because bringing your lunch is too hard or maybe you want to support small local businesses?
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Hi - missed your blog, xxxx nice to hear you've been having such a good time xxReplyDelete
Is that actually a picture of Dolly at the Easter egg hunt? Terrific photo!ReplyDelete
Unfortunately, there are not a lot of FREE events in my small town.
Hi Frugal Queen, Thanks for your kind comment. I've been having insomniac nights and not able to get a good routines going as my mind is foggy and over active at present.ReplyDelete
Hi Caroline, Yes that's my Dolly eating her homemade sandwich at the Easter Egg Hunt and Activities. I can't take the credit for the lovely shot - my partner took it. It's too bad about not having many Free activities in your town. Our town is gearing up for the dry season - so they will increase with free outdoor movies, festivals and exhibitions. In June, July and August it's overwhelming as there is so much FREE things to do it's hard to choose what to do.
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That is a really cute picture of Dolly.
We usually go to most events but usually there are drinks and food provided usually because everyone brings a plate or dish of food.ReplyDelete
I have no children at home now, so going out for coffee is not too expensive at $2 for a Seniors coffee at our local shopping centre. I take full advantage of my local library where I can sit and listen to speakers, for free.ReplyDelete
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