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Columbia University's Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) Project: rationale and design. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2002;9(1):49-62

Date

12/26/2001

Pubmed ID

11751803

Pubmed Central ID

PMC349387

DOI

10.1136/jamia.2002.0090049

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0036178167 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   131 Citations

Abstract

The Columbia University Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) Project is a four-year demonstration project funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the overall goals of evaluating the feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine in the management of older patients with diabetes. The study is designed as a randomized controlled trial and is being conducted by a state-wide consortium in New York. Eligibility requires that participants have diabetes, are Medicare beneficiaries, and reside in federally designated medically underserved areas. A total of 1,500 participants will be randomized, half in New York City and half in other areas of the state. Intervention participants receive a home telemedicine unit that provides synchronous videoconferencing with a project-based nurse, electronic transmission of home fingerstick glucose and blood pressure data, and Web access to a project Web site. End points include glycosylated hemoglobin, blood pressure, and lipid levels; patient satisfaction; health care service utilization; and costs. The project is intended to provide data to help inform regulatory and reimbursement policies for electronically delivered health care services.

Author List

Shea S, Starren J, Weinstock RS, Knudson PE, Teresi J, Holmes D, Palmas W, Field L, Goland R, Tuck C, Hripcsak G, Capps L, Liss D

Author

Paul Knudson MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Case Management
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Diabetes Mellitus
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Feasibility Studies
Hospital Information Systems
Humans
Internet
New York
New York City
Patient Education as Topic
Patient Satisfaction
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Software
Telemedicine
Universities