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Mobile app shows drastic drop in blood glucose levels
Successful diabetes management, and the potentially drastic cost savings that come with it, is achievable through cell phone use, a new study testing WellDoc's DiabetesManager solution determines.
Patient-centered medical homes improve diabetes care
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) reduced mortality rates and improved outcomes in diabetes patients, according to a recent study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and
Study: Early insulin use for Type II diabetics is safe for patients
Type 2 diabetics have traditionally resisted taking insulin until the last possible minute, figuring that they'd end up with low blood sugar, weight gain or a worse quality of gain. Doctors have been
Study: Value-based insurance design improves diabetes medicine use
A new study has concluded that a value-based insurance program--in this case, meaning one that lowers prices for procedures or medications meeting evidence-based criteria for benefit--can
CVS Caremark accused of violating patient privacy
A few weeks ago we told you that the cost of diabetes care had skyrocketed in recent years. Now pharmaceutical benefits manager CVS Caremark is accused of doing their part to make the trend worse.
Cost of diabetes care has nearly doubled in six years
Over the course of the last six years, the cost of diabetes medicine in the U.S. has nearly doubled, from $6.7 billion in 2001 to $12.5 billion in 2007, according to a new study that appeared in the
