Evaluating the effectiveness of an aggressive case management and home telehealth monitoring program for long-term control of A1C

Professional Case Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Klobucar, Thomas F ^a   Hibbs, Robin ^b   Jans, Peg ^c   Adams, Margaret R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Diabetes; Home telemonitoring; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84858640301     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCM.0b013e31823ba3cb     Document Type: Article

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