Diabetes
Conditions
Keywords
Diabetes, Computerized clinical decision support, shared care, patient self-monitoring, quality of care, complex interventions, composite outcomes
Brief summary
This study will evaluate whether the use of an electronic diabetes tracker by both patients and family physicians in Ontario improves diabetes outcomes, satisfaction with care and with technology and health data privacy issues. As part of the study, the investigators will be able to test whether practices that use computers perform any better than practices using paper. The investigators also will be developing the first Canadian computerized chart summary for each patient that can be communicated securely in emergencies (the Emergency Health Record) and read by all current electronic systems.
Interventions
OTHERElectronic disease management decision support
A Diabetes Tracker embedded in a Core Data Set (DT/CDS) supported by an automated telephone reminder system (ATRS)
Sponsors
Health Canada
McMaster University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult, cognitively intact, consenting people with diabetes within enrolled practices
Exclusion criteria
* Non-english speaking * Cognitively impaired
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of change in diabetes quality of care between intervention and usual care group. | 6 months follow-up |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in diabetes risk factor variables, satisfaction with care and technology, quality of life and health care utilization, health data privacy issues. | 6 months |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed