by Kristen Furey | Apr 9, 2020 | Blogs, News and Events, Medical Blog
By: 11 Health Last week, I was privileged to be invited to speak at #DigitalCatalyst19. Hosted by the NIHR Clinical Research Network and AHSN, the event brings together clinicians, academics, and industry to share ideas and solve problems faced by healthcare....
by Kristen Furey | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, News and Events, Medical Blog
By: 11 Health We’ve just done an analysis of overall complications between patients with stomas and patients without. For this, we took National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data and compared outcomes for patients with stomas against those without....
by Kristen Furey | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, News and Events, Medical Blog
By: 11 Health One year ago, I stood up at the New Technologies Symposium at ASCRS. The American Colorectal Society and introduced the Alfred Alert Sensor. A flexible metal strip attached to the outside of an ostomy and provided both patient full-bag alerts and overall...
by Kristen Furey | Apr 8, 2020 | Medical Blog
By: 11 Health At this year’s forthcoming ASCRS conference we will be presenting our data on the use of thermal imaging in monitoring for skin issues in ostomates. Dr Saahil Mehta, a plastic surgeon, provides his analysis here ahead of the conference. Living with a...
by Kristen Furey | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, News and Events, Medical Blog
By: 11 Health It is exciting to see the recently released data from Dr Fearn et al. regarding the quality of life benefits provided to ostomates by 11 Health’s Patient Coach Program. As a nurse and nurse practitioner working with this patient population for over...
by Kristen Furey | Apr 6, 2020 | Blogs, News and Events, Medical Blog
By: 11 Health Suffering from a chronic condition is not easy. All too often we leave patients to navigate the healthcare system and remain surprised when they fall through the cracks. Although it often seems otherwise, today’s health systems are not designed to treat...
