The Mobile Insulin Titration Intervention (MITI) for insulin adjustment in an urban, low-income population: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Levy, Natalie ^a,b   Moynihan, Victoria ^a,b   Nilo, Annielyn ^b   Singer, Karyn ^c   Bernik, Lidia S ^d   Etiebet, Mary Ann ^b   Fang, Yixin ^a   Cho, James ^a,b   Natarajan, Sundar ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Gouverneur Diagn/Treatm Ctr B H   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Health care disparities; Insulin; Long acting; Patient centered care; Remote consultation; Telemedicine; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE;

BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL PHONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84938566526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4716     Document Type: Article

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