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Everyday Health, Inc. iOS Free Note: this app now seems to be entirely without any technical support. (The link provided on the iTunes site leads to another site with absolutely no indication that they support this app, and no way to contact the company to ask them why.) Given this …

This week our Homerun Slides have a dual value to everyone who subscribes to Diabetes In Control. As we know there has been a shift in how we are expected to provide healthcare and for the first time in history we are being graded on how good a job we do …

Susan Collins gives us a quick introduction to herself and SurroundHealth, the online virtual community she is a leader and blogger for. More videos with Susan Collins: How Can Social Media Help a Busy Professional? How to Optimize Your Social Media Use How Can SurroundHealth Help Health Professionals?

  Medical professionals can be overwhelmed by the thought of getting involved in social media to further their patient care and practice, so Susan Collins talks about how she addresses that and gives us a few reasons why getting involved is a good idea. More videos with Susan Collins: Susan …

Medical professionals don’t have a lot of time so Susan Collins explains how to optimize what precious time you do have to get the best results from your social media use, increasing your social media visibility, tracking what your patients are finding out about diabetes, and communicating with your colleagues. …

Susan Collins explains how SurroundHealth works, enabling busy clinicians to gather important resources for patients quickly and effectively, and interact with other equally busy clinicians. SurroundHealth is completely free and is organized as a virtual community where rather than by specialty, discussions are broken into topics, inviting a more collaborative …

      There are three components of a physical fitness program: cardiopulmonary endurance, flexibility and strength training.

  In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we wrap up this short series on glycemic control in hospitals with some guidelines on how to ensure your patients are at their optimum BG levels during their stay and even after they’ve been discharged….

Diabetic patients treated by healthcare professionals who had poor communication skills were less likely to refill their cardiometabolic medications by more than 30% than those whose doctors were good communicators….