Cost of an informatics-based diabetes management program.

Objectives: The relatively high cost of information technology systems may be a barrier to hospitals thinking of adopting this technology. The experiences of early adopters may facilitate decision making for hospitals less able to risk their limited resources. This study identifies the costs to design, develop, implement, and operate an innovative informatics-based registry and disease management system (POPMAN) to manage type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting.

A controlled trial of population management: diabetes mellitus: putting evidence into practice (DM-PEP).

Objective: Population-level strategies to organize and deliver care may improve diabetes management. We conducted a multiclinic controlled trial of population management in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: We created diabetic patient registries (n = 3,079) for four primary care clinics within a single academic health center.