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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:321.

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Diabetes mellitus is a complex disease that requires both the patient and the family to focus on many medical management tasks such as checking blood glucose (BG) levels and administering insulin. Careful adherence to these tasks can often result in better outcomes.¹ Several studies have shown that the use of emerging technologies by adolescents and youths can have a positive impact on diabetes care² and reduce healthcare utilization without adversely affecting outcomes.³ It is becoming increasingly important to explore both interest in and usability of patient-centered implementations using new tools to determine how best to engage hard-to-reach populations such as youths, especially with the proliferation of wireless transmission technologies.

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are considered to be promising tools for diabetes management.⁴ Successful implementation of a diabetes mellitus management tool on PDAs has been difficult; a recent study using PDAs in children with diabetes mellitus had to be stopped early . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

David A. Hanauer, MD; Katherine Wentzell, BA; Allison Tovar, BS; Jessica Zeuhlke, BS; Vikram Kumar, MD; Lori M. B. Laffel, MD, MPH