Columbia University's Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) Project: rationale and design.
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2001-12-25
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The Columbia University Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine IDEATel Project is a four year demonstration project funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the overall goals of evaluating the feasibility acceptability effectiveness and cost effectiveness of telemedicine in the management of older patients with diabetes The study is designed as a randomized controlled trial and is being conducted by a state wide consortium in New York Eligibility requires that participants have diabetes are Medicare beneficiaries and reside in federally designated medically underserved areas A total of 1 500 participants will be randomized half in New York City and half in other areas of the state Intervention participants receive a home telemedicine unit that provides synchronous videoconferencing with a project based nurse electronic transmission of home fingerstick glucose and blood pressure data and Web access to a project Web site End points include glycosylated hemoglobin blood pressure and lipid levels patient satisfaction health care service utilization and costs The project is intended to provide data to help inform regulatory and reimbursement policies for electronically delivered health care services