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Time Spent on Health Care Bills
I was going to post this article two weeks ago and decided to wait. In that time I’ve spent (no joke) 5 more hours on the phone with my health insurance company and with my provider’s billing office. Insurance people … Continue reading
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EHR disappointment
Recently I read this article about electronic health records (EHR). In case you don’t have time to read it, the article discusses the problems and risks associated with EHRs. There have been other articles in the past that have said health care providers don’t … Continue reading
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Quality Improvement Project
Recently I wrote about diabetes as a daily experiment. Soon after I realized it’s also like a quality improvement project. In QI there are lots of words and abbreviations. In QI they use words like adopt, adapt, and abandon. Every day, … Continue reading
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Happy (Diabetes) Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who are also taking care of someone with diabetes. That could mean managing their own diabetes every day, while being a mom, or it could mean taking care of their child(ren) with diabetes. … Continue reading
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Healthy choices in traditional cultural diets
CRS Q/A Question: Hopefully you have a unique perspective. Given the rapidly changing demographic profile of Texas specifically, and the US in general (namely significantly increasing Hispanic population), how do you approach the importance of the lifestyle modification (specifically dietary) … Continue reading
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mySugr and me
This post, mySugr and me, was sponsored by mySugr. I tried something new over the past few weeks! Yay me, because I tend to get stuck in my diabetes ruts. This time I tried an app for glucose monitoring. The app … Continue reading
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The most important thing in diabetes
I cannot tell you what it is. I do know that it varies from person to person. What do you consider the most important thing in diabetes? Prevention? Accurate information on the street (in media)? Access? Insulin for all? Better … Continue reading
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The “ic” word
Time to discuss the “ic” word (diabetic) again. I’ve discussed this with many people, and it is safe to say that about half of people (based on several surveys) with diabetes either refer to themselves as diabetics, prefer to call themselves … Continue reading
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Proper use of an oxygen mask
Yesterday I traveled by airplane early in the morning and then back last night. On one of the legs the flight attendant announcing safety instructions made a big deal about putting the oxygen mask over both mouth and nose, not … Continue reading
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Nothing New
I am constantly saying that what we know about diabetes changes all the time; there’s something new to learn every day. While that may be true, there are certainly days when it seems like same old, same old. I’ve had … Continue reading
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