North Carolina initiative targets CVD and diabetes with telehealth intervention.

A Clinical Pharmacist in Telehealth Team Care for Rural Patients with Diabetes.

Improving diabetes care among low-income North Carolinians: Project IDEAL.

OBJECTIVES Many barriers exist in implementing evidence-based guidelines for diabetes care, particularlyfor low-income patients. To address this, the North Carolina Project IDEAL (Improving Diabetes Education, Access to Care, and Living) Diabetes Initiative was created STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Fourteen programs representing different types of agencies and intervention strategies across the state ...

Use of telepsychiatry to improve care for people with mental illness in rural North Carolina.

Telehealth improves access to medical services, especially for people living in rural areas. In North Carolina, the advantages of telepsychiatry also go beyond improving access. This article describes a diverse program of telehealth and telepsychiatric service delivery and discusses its advantages and disadvantages.

Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in diabetes: a randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement initiative.

OBJECTIVES To describe the management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Australian patients with diabetes; to compare the effectiveness of a quality improvement initiative for people with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subgroup analyses of patients with and without diabetes participating in a cluster randomised trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Indigenous people (≥ 35...

Application of Information Technology: Telehealth Technologies and Applications for Terrorism Response: A Report of the 2002 Coastal North Carolina Domestic Preparedness Training Exercise

Effective response to natural or man-made disasters (i.e., terrorism) is predicated on the ability to communicate among the many organizations involved. Disaster response exercises enable disaster planners and responders to test procedures and technologies and incorporate the lessons learned from past disasters or exercises. On May 31 and June 1, 2002, one such exercise event took place at the ...