Exploring the cost and clinical outcomes of integrating the registered nurse-certified diabetes educator into the patient-centered medical home.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate a care delivery model integrating the registered nurse-certified diabetes educator into the patient-centered medical home to assist in achieving positive clinical and cost outcomes in diabetes care.

Methods: A 1-group pretest-posttest research design was used. Patients were recruited from 2 patient-centered medical home designated/nominated primary care offices.