Diabetes Care and Treatment Program: A Joslin Telemedicine Initiative
Abstract
The major goals of this continuing project are the establishment of a telemedicine system for comprehensive diabetes management and the assessment of diabetic retinopathy that provides increased access for diabetic patients to appropriate care, that centralizes the patients in the care process, that empowers the patient to better manage their disease, that can be performed in a cost effective manner, and that maintains the high standard of care required for the appropriate management of diabetic patients. The aim of this program of research will be to perform the appropriate clinical validation, cost efficiency, and risk benefit studies associated with the use of the recently developed Comprehensive Diabetes Management Program (CDMP) and the Joslin Vision Network (JVN) Eye Health Care Program that is now a module of the CDMP. These research studies and the implementation of CDMP were originally planned at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in Honolulu, HI. Because the decision was made at TAMC to accelerate the adoption of a new electronic medical record (AHLTA), implementation of the CDMP was delayed indefinitely. Consequently, alternative sites were chosen for these research studies and the implementation of the CDMP: Waianae Coast Community Health Center, Waianae, HI; The Physicians Center at Mililani, Mililani, HI; and the Molokai General Hospital, Kaunakakai, HI.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA544554
Entities
People
- Dale S. Vincent
- Deborah Birkmire-peters
- Joseph Humphry
- Kari-jo Parisi
Organizations
- University of Hawaiʻi System