21.7.10

Team Contagion! In Sticker Form...

Swag from #casualconnect.

Far left, for Keith, analyst and Chief Science Officer: The "Looky Lou" Middle, for Jen, CEO and soc-me demon: "Blogmuncher" Far right, for Andrey, CTO and dev wizard: "The Web Ninja"

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17.7.10

"I'm on a cart - hiyahhh!"

 

Someone should do an Old Spice "I'm an entrepreneur" spoof. Chris Sacca, consider yourself hereby nominated...

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16.7.10

CHRISTUS CABRINI HOSPITAL ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL DIABETES CONTEST WINNERS | CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini

We're thrilled to be a part of CHRISTUS Health’s’ commitment to compassionate care, and to bring this social focus to such a worthy goal.” "We are committed to finding ways to make healthy daily decisions ‘contagious’. We believe your health is in your hands, and the pursuit of better health is a social activity. Who better to support you in this effort than family and friends?

Contagion took 2nd prize!

Now the *real* work begins.

I'm thrilled and yes, a bit frightened by the scope and opportunity we've been presented with here.

Even though we all tell ourselves we start companies with the noblest of intentions, it's not everyday a scrappy startup gets a chance to ACTUALLY save the world, or - at the very least - improve the state of healthcare for folks with diabetes in the state of Louisiana.

This is the kind of opportunity I go to bed dreaming about and wake up to find - amazingly - we have in front of us.

I am so grateful to be called to doing this kind of work, and to have the resources appear, sometimes through sweat, blood, and tears, sometimes through absolute luck, to make this happen.

Thank you - everyone - for your support and love and encouragement.

Your enthusiasm and belief in Andrey and I is contagious.

It is palpable. It allows us to keep reaching for goals that seem unobtainable.

Please...keep it coming. We'll need it more than ever in the year ahead.

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12.7.10

Emailing Docs is Good for You (and Them) - Who Knew? Kaiser, Apparently...

Patients who take advantage of secure patient-physician email options offered by their doctor are more likely to experience healthy outcomes, according to a recent study published in the journal Health Affairs. In a study of their own electronic health records system, Kaiser Permanente researchers found that patients suffering from diabetes and hypertension who emailed their doctors had higher quality of care scores than those who do not use such technology. 

A similar study, published simultaneously in Health Affairs, found that primary-care physicians must improve their communication skills in order to deliver "patient-centered care."



Read more: Patients who email their doctors are healthier, Kaiser study finds - FierceHealthIT http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/patients-who-email-their-doctors-are-healthier-kaiser-study-finds/2010-07-12?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal##ixzz0tUwekYJb 
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Patients who email their doctors are healthier, Kaiser study finds - FierceHealthIT

Patients who take advantage of secure patient-physician email options offered by their doctor are more likely to experience healthy outcomes, according to a recent study published in the journal Health Affairs. In a study of their own electronic health records system, Kaiser Permanente researchers found that patients suffering from diabetes and hypertension who emailed their doctors had higher quality of care scores than those who do not use such technology. 

A similar study, published simultaneously in Health Affairs, found that primary-care physicians must improve their communication skills in order to deliver "patient-centered care."

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5.7.10

Dinner #getupandmove!

I will grate cheddar for an awesome spinach dinner salad if you will...?

Getupandmove.me/Cabot

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The PHR: Uber-Simple Definition

Toss this to your friends when you start making med-record-acronym-salad all up in ur social networks....

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Reason #42 to Get Up and Move...

By the power of Greyskull that is a lot of money but I admit to being in desperate need of increasing my body strength. My ten year old child often turns the taps off in the bathroom very tightly and I have to go several days without washing. I feel bad constantly having to ask the lady from next door to come over and loosen them for me, what with her arthritis and limited wheelchair access to my apartment.

To be honest, I originally joined your gym with full intentions of attending every few days but after waiting in vain for someone to offer me steroids, I began to suspect this was not going to happen and the realisation that I may have to exercise instead was, quite frankly, horrifying. My aversion to work, along with the fact one of your employees, Justin, was rather rude, telling me to 'lift this', ''push that' dulled my initial enthusiasm of becoming muscular and I stopped attending.

If your aversion to working out is as strong as David's, consider increasing your body strength with a sweet lil' situp challenge.

Join 5 of us here: http://getupandmove.me/shazow/2234

Our new nifty groups feature is sort of like Evite for healthy actions

Who do you think needs to get a move on? Invite them to work off that 4th of July bar-b-q, courtesy of Team Contagion.

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