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IT-Enabled diabetes management can improve care and savelives, says report.

Publication: Managed Care Outlook
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Information technology-enabled diabetes management (ITDM) can improve care processes, delay Type-2 diabetes complications, and save hundreds of thousands of lives, according to a recent report by the Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL),

In the report, The Value of Information Technology-Enabled Diabetes Management, CITL, a nonprofi t research center based at Partners HealthCare System in Boston, presents its fi ndings on the benefits, costs, and effectiveness of ITDM. Of existing technologies, electronic diabetes registries used by providers, followed by clinical decision support systems (CDSS) for providers, showed the greatest improvement in clinical outcomes.

"This research project demonstrated the potential benefi...

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