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Practical Telemedicine to Improve Control and Engagement for Veterans With Clinic-Refractory Diabetes Mellitus (PRACTICE-DM)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating PRACTICE-DM and Standard VA Home Telehealth for Telemedicine. Completed, enrolled 200 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
Diabetes generates significant morbidity, mortality, and costs within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Veterans with persistently poor diabetes control despite clinic-based care are among the highest-risk diabetes patients in VHA, and contribute disproportionately to VHA's massive burden of diabetes complications and costs. VHA critically needs effective, practical management alternatives for Veterans whose diabetes does not respond to clinic-based management. The proposed study will address this need by leveraging VHA's unique Home Telehealth capacity to deliver comprehensive telemedicine-based management for Veterans with persistently poor diabetes control despite clinic-based care. Because this intensive intervention is delivered using only existing Home Telehealth workforce, infrastructure, and technical resources - which are ubiquitous at VHA centers nationwide - it could represent an effective, practical approach to improving outcomes in Veterans with PPDM, potentially translating to a substantial reduction in VHA's diabetes burden.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Five-component diabetes intervention: 1) telemonitoring; 2) self-management support; 3) diet/activity support; 4) medication management; and 5) depression support.
Standard VA HT care coordination and telemonitoring.