title: Implementing a personalized portal combined with workflow management tools used in diabetes care.
abstract: Diabetes care is one of the most important medical care works in nowadays. However, the dispersal of current diabetes medical practice leads to an uncoordinated work flow. Lacking of personal health information makes patients hard to implement self-care and medical providers have to deal with lots of paperwork. Information technology has mobile characters to assist medical providers collecting and managing patient data conveniently. Using customized and accessible web technology to promote patient abilities of self-care as well as to help care providers plan patient-oriented care. Automatic workflow applied to care guidelines could reduce workload and improve work efficiency of care provider. Make the most out of information technology to build an integrated "Diabetes Care System". Thus we can provide complete disease management service which should be the most useful solution to meet the challenges of conventional care.
authors.forename: Chien Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Chin Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guo Hang
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Polun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D003199:Computer Systems; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012648:Self Care; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted