Interventions

Who is the intervention targeting?

Minority patients with Type 2 diabetes

What intervention is being evaluated?

Intervention participants will transmit glucose levels via telephone to a central server, which will alert the patient’s nurse if the level is out of physician-prescribed range. 

Where is this intervention taking place?

A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Mobile, Alabama

Partnering Organizations
Mobile County Health Department
University of South Alabama

Why might this approach work?

Real-time glucose tele-monitoring allows physicians to quickly adjust therapy from a distance which limits clinic visits (important to disadvantaged and rural groups for whom transportation costs are often a barrier).

How will this intervention be evaluated?

A randomized intervention study within the construct of the National Health Disparities Collaborative, a HRSA-sponsored program promoting quality of care measures in chronic disease management, is being conducted.  The project will evaluate whether intervention participants will achieve better long-term glucose control (HbA1c status) compared to controls on a self monitoring regimen. It will also evaluate the cost and acceptance of this intervention in a primary care setting.

Principal Investigators:

Bernard H. Eichold, MD, DrPH, FACP
Mobile County Health Department

Martha I. Arrieta, MD, MPH, PhD
University of South Alabama, Center for Healthy Communities

Errol Crook, MD
University of South Alabama, Center for Healthy Communities

For More Information

Please Contact:
Dr. Martha I. Arrieta
marrieta@usouthal.edu