title: Increasing patient empowerment and improving diabetes care by utilizing a computer-based patient "roadmap".
abstract: The 20.8 million Americans with diabetes are at risk of amputation, kidney failure, blindness, and death which could be decreased if glucose control were better. Patients need motivation and empowerment to perform the daily management of diabetes. We are using informatics to help them organize their questions for providers and to generate "road maps" of their progress and future directions of care.
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Circe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caudle
authors.forename: Noveta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: Faye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dames
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Killian
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ziemer
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface