Re: NY Monitoring Diabetics

[Guest guest]

I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now monitoring BG levels in

diabetics. The city is requiring labs to report results of all A1c tests to the

health department within 24 hours. This is SUPPOSED to improve care for

diabetics. This has already started.

Personally, I don't like it. What are they going to do with this info? And,

one thing we all know is that all diabetics are not the same but we will get

lumped into one category. I think this is an invasion of privacy and I am just

blown away by this article.

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/17/2006 12:01:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

onelvlady@... writes:

I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now monitoring BG

levels in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to report results of all A1c

tests to the health department within 24 hours.

This sounds like invasion of privacy to me. I thought this was the purpose

of HIPPA

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Eunice

[Guest guest]

This sort of thing serves a legitimate public health interest when

applied to infectuous diseases, but not to something like diabetes. NY

has a VERY active ACLU chapter, which will be all over this like, to use

the old country expression, a duck on a june bug.

That being said, the thought of diabetes FINALLY being taken seriously

as a public health matter by SOME authority is certainly gratifying at

some level, even if they are taking such a wrongheaded approach.

Re: NY Monitoring Diabetics

I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now monitoring BG

levels in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to report results of

all A1c tests to the health department within 24 hours. This is

SUPPOSED to improve care for diabetics. This has already started.

Personally, I don't like it. What are they going to do with this info?

And, one thing we all know is that all diabetics are not the same but we

will get lumped into one category. I think this is an invasion of

privacy and I am just blown away by this article.

[Guest guest]

Hmmm...I guess I would also like to know what reasoning is behind this. It's

not like we have a sexually transmitted disease, some of which have to be

reported by law. And we are not contagious! Hmmmm..let us know what more you

find out about this.

Tucson Kitty

Re: NY Monitoring Diabetics

I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now monitoring BG levels

in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to report results of all A1c tests to

the health department within 24 hours. This is SUPPOSED to improve care for

diabetics. This has already started.

[Guest guest]

I don't agree with this either. This will just keep some people who

are worried about their privacy from having their a1c tested.

Mindy

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> I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now

monitoring BG levels in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to

report results of all A1c tests to the health department within 24

hours. This is SUPPOSED to improve care for diabetics. This has

already started.

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[Guest guest]

About NY monitoring, the article stated and I quote:

" The NY effort marks the first time any government has required routine

reporting of laboratory tests for a major chronic noninfectious disease so that

government officials can scrutinize how well doctors and patients are treating a

disease. "

I find this intrusive. What are they going to do with the information - will it

be used if you apply for a job? Will they come to your home and tell you what

to eat, how to exercise or threaten to cut off your insurance if you don't get

your A1c down?

As was mentioned, I would not go for my A1c test if I thought the results were

going into the government's hands. I would buy the home kit and do it in the

privacy of my home.

JMHO

Re: NY Monitoring Diabetics

I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now monitoring BG

levels in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to report results of all A1c

tests to the health department within 24 hours. This is SUPPOSED to improve

care for diabetics. This has already started.

[Guest guest]

I would venture a guess that they are not recording your name, just

the number when they send in the stats.

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> About NY monitoring, the article stated and I quote:

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> " The NY effort marks the first time any government has required

routine reporting of laboratory tests for a major chronic

noninfectious disease so that government officials can scrutinize how

well doctors and patients are treating a disease. "

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> I find this intrusive. What are they going to do with the

information - will it be used if you apply for a job? Will they come

to your home and tell you what to eat, how to exercise or threaten to

cut off your insurance if you don't get your A1c down?

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> As was mentioned, I would not go for my A1c test if I thought the

results were going into the government's hands. I would buy the home

kit and do it in the privacy of my home.

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> JMHO

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> I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now

monitoring BG levels in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to

report results of all A1c tests to the health department within 24

hours. This is SUPPOSED to improve care for diabetics. This has

already started.

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[Guest guest]

You know , I get the feeling it goes deeper than just gathering info. They

already have the stats on diabetes and that is why they are so concerned. It

also states that some managed health care plans have begun gathering info about

chronic diseases and notifying doctors and patients when care could be improved.

I think the govt is worried about this disease and the huge costs involved.

Again, JMHO. If I had a scanner, I would scan it in, but I don't and it is too

long to type.

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> I just read an article in our local paper that NY is now

monitoring BG levels in diabetics. The city is requiring labs to

report results of all A1c tests to the health department within 24

hours. This is SUPPOSED to improve care for diabetics. This has

already started.

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