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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile healthcare companies can increase adoption of the new technology by understanding their customers' "activation levels" in light of a newly released Harris Poll showing strong physician and consumer interest in the emerging industry. Conducted in partnership with CTIA (Cellular Telephone Industry of America), the poll gauged the attitudes of consumers and physicians toward mobile healthcare services such as smart phones, wearable bio-sensors and...
ATLANTA, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today announced the launch of an Atlanta-based program aimed at improving self-management of diabetes among minority populations. In partnership with Emory University's Latino Diabetes Education Program and the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute, the program aims to advance diabetes education in Hispanic and African American populations and to improve clinical and behavioral outcomes. The announcement...
NCOA survey of Americans with chronic conditions points to need for cost-effective self-management programs and support as part of comprehensive health reform WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health leaders and policy experts joined the non-profit National Council on Aging (NCOA) on Capitol Hill today for a briefing on the state of chronic care in America and how health reform can improve a bleak and broken system for millions of Americans suffering from a variety of chronic...
Pain, the most common reason for adults to visit a primary care physician, and depression, the most frequent mental complaint requiring a doctor's appointment, occur together as often as half the time.Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute report in the May 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that a strategy they developed of closely monitored antidepressant therapy coupled with pain self-management can produce...
In honor of November being National Diabetes Month, American Diabetes Wholesale, the leading discount retailer of diabetic supplies, will be launching DIY Diabetes, a new component to the company's education portal DestinationDiabetes.com. In addition, ADW will also be giving away free one-year subscriptions to Diabetes Self-Management magazine to customers who order from the company's website before November 30, 2008. "Our goal is to help our diabetes customers get the information they need...
By Skelly, Anne H Leeman, Jennifer; Carlson, John; Soward, April C M; Burns, Dorothy Purpose: Development of a conceptual model and description of its use to guide the content and format of a community-based intervention. Conceptual Model: We developed a symptom-focused model for type 2 diabetes for older African American women based on the UCSF symptom management model. Key concepts in this model are symptom experience, symptom management, and health outcomes. Methods: Review of...
BRUSSELS and DALLAS, Texas, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund a diabetes self-management education study in Dallas. Self-management education is an important component in diabetes care and designed to help people with diabetes to gain and maintain control of their condition. The Baylor Healthcare System (BHCS) project will add a motivational interviewing component to the diabetes education program to...
Ileana Welte has been named Vice President of Sales of Health Hero Network and has become a member of the company's executive team, led by CEO Derek Newell. The appointment of Ms. Welte, a registered nurse with over 25 years of clinical, technology, and sales experience, is intended to accelerate the market leadership of the company, recently acquired by the Germany-based Bosch Group. Health Hero Network markets the Health Buddy System, a technology platform that enables clinicians to...
By Damush, Teresa M Plue, Laurie; Bakas, Tamilyn; Schmid, Arlene; Williams, Linda S Physical activity after stroke may prevent disability and stroke recurrence; yet, physical impairments may inhibit post-stroke exercise and subsequently limit recovery. The goal of this study was to elicit barriers to and facilitators of exercise after stroke. We conducted three focus groups and achieved content saturation from 13 stroke survivors-eight men and five women-85% of whom were African American and...
By Kumar, Coleen P PURPOSE. This paper aims to illustrate the process of theory- based nursing practice by presenting a case study of a clinical nurse specialist's assessment and care of a woman with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN. Orem's self-car e deficit theory and standardized nursing language, NANDA, NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification), and NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classification), guided assessment and the identification of outcomes and interventions related to the client's management of...
