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Diabetes Connect: Patients and Providers Use of a Secure Website for Blood Glucose Monitoring in Type-2 Diabetes

NCT00812539 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Currently, diabetic patients who receive their care at the diabetes clinic self monitor their blood glucose using a portable glucometer, under the direction of care providers at the clinic. We propose to conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of the "Diabetes Connected Health" tool, which is a secure website shared between patients of Type-2 Diabetes and their providers and displays (subjects') blood glucose values in graphical format. The study will be carried out through multiple primary care practices within the Partners/PCHI Network. We hypothesize that implementation of the Diabetes Connected Health Tool will result in overall better Diabetes Care, in terms of improved patient-provider interaction, and better patient satisfaction towards their care.

Conditions

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

OTHER

Subject/Provider Portal "Diabetes Connected Health" tool - Deluxe

Subjects enrolled into the "Deluxe"intervention will use a glucometer, a modem to upload the blood glucose readings to a secure, web-based portal ("Diabetes Connected Health" tool) where they can view detailed graphical representation of their blood glucose levels over time, educational material regarding diabetes management and receive personalized tips and feedback from their physicians (who will also have access to their subjects' information on the web portal and contact them by an embedded messaging system). Subjects with new high or low readings will be flagged. Providers can initiate messages to subjects regarding symptoms or medications. A medication summary and log of all readings uploaded with date/time will be displayed on the website as well as a graphical display of all uploaded glucose readings over time and will allow subjects to enter comments regarding each critical reading.

OTHER

Subject only Portal "Diabetes Connected Health Tool" Basic

Patients enrolled in the Diabetes Connect "Basic" intervention will use a glucometer, a modem which will upload the blood glucose readings to a secure, web-based portal (the "Diabetes Connected Health" tool) where they can view their readings in a less detailed/journal fashion. No detailed graphical representation of their blood glucose levels over time is available to this group, nor is any educational material regarding diabetes management. Their physicians will not have access to these subjects' information on the web portal and will not have the ability to contact them by an embedded messaging system.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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