| Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Aggressive Case Management and Home Telehealth Monitoring Program for Long-Term Control of A1C. | |
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PMID: 22311240 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:: To describe and assess the effectiveness of a case management and home telemonitoring program for patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING:: Case managers work in a mid-sized medical center for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Patients are veterans who participate in a home telemonitoring and case management program designed to assist with long-term control of serum glucose levels. FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS:: The home telemonitoring/case management program process is shown to be effective in helping patients with long-term control of glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C). When compared with a control group, program participants showed significantly differentiated long-term improvement in A1C levels. IMPLICATIONS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE:: |
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Thomas F Klobucar; Robin Hibbs; Peg Jans; Margaret R Adams |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Professional case management Volume: 17 ISSN: 1932-8095 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-2-7 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101291585 Medline TA: Prof Case Manag Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 51-58 Citation Subset: - |
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Thomas F. Klobucar, PhD, is the Telehealth Evaluation Research Associate for the Veterans Health Administration, Office of Rural Health, Veterans Rural Health Resource Center-Central Region. His current research focuses on how the interaction between telehealth technology, patients, and providers affects health care outcomes. Robin Hibbs, RN, MBA, MSN, CDE, is the Inpatient Diabetes Nurse Specialist at the Iowa City Veterans Administration Healthcare System. She has 14 years of specialized experience focused in diabetes care and education in the inpatient and outpatient clinical care settings. Peg Jans, RN, is the Chronic Disease Case Manager, for diabetes at the Iowa City Veterans Administration Healthcare System. Ms. Jans has 40 years of nursing experience and has for the last 5 years focused her practice in the area of Chronic Disease Case Management for diabetes. Margaret R. Adams, ARNP, BC-ADM, CDE, is the Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Iowa City VA Health Care System. Ms. Adams has 27 years of nursing experience, specializing in the education and care of patients, family, and staff in all aspects of diabetes care in the VA setting. |
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