Diabetes studies on the positive effects of online diabetes management

There have been at least 16 scientific studies done over the last few years showing the positive affects that an online diabetes management system like SugarStats.com would have on diabetics. These studies have been published by prestigious organizations such as the NIH, JAMA, Diabetes Care(American Diabetes Association), and several others. The following are some of the studies we’ve found, enjoy :-)


  1. De Leo G,Krishna S,Boren S,Fato M,Porro I,Balas EA.Web and computer telephone-based diabetes education: Lessons learned from the development and use of a call center. Journal of Medical Systems.29(4):343-355.

  2. Jay A. Johnson, MD, FACC, attending staff physician with Stanford University Rahul Singal, MD 2005. Impact of a Web-Based Diabetes Program and Personal Health Record on Diabetes Quality of Care, Journal of Managed Care Medicine Vol. 9, No. 2

  3. Baker AM, Lafata JE, Ward RE, Whitehouse F, Divine G. 2001 A Web-based diabetes care management support system. Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA. 2001 Apr;27(4):179-90
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  4. McKay HG, Feil EG, Glasgow RE, Brown JE. 1998. Feasibility and use of an Internet support service for diabetes self-management. Diabetes Educ. 1998 Mar-Apr;24(2):174-9.

  5. Bell JA, Patel B, Malasanos T. 2006. Knowledge improvement with web-based diabetes education program: brainfood. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2006 Aug;8(4):444-8.

  6. Deo SS, Deobagkar DN, Deobagkar DD. 2005. Design and development of a web-based application for diabetes patient data management. Inform Prim Care. 2005;13(1):35-41. Inform Prim Care. 2005;13(1):42-4.

  7. Kwon HS, Cho JH, Kim HS, Lee JH, Song BR, Oh JA, Han JH, Kim HS, Cha BY, Lee KW, Son HY, Kang SK, Lee WC, Yoon KH. 2004. Development of web-based diabetic patient management system using short message service (SMS). Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2004 Dec;66 Suppl 1:S133-7. PMID: 15563964

  8. Ferrer-Roca O, Franco Burbano K, Cardenas A, Pulido P, Diaz-Cardama A. 2004. Web-based diabetes control. J Telemed Telecare. 2004;10(5):277-81. PMID: 15494085

  9. Riva A, Bellazzi R, Stefanelli M. 1997. A Web-based system for the intelligent management of diabetic patients. MD Comput. 1997 Sep-Oct;14(5):360-4. PMID: 9308344

  10. James B. Meigs, MD, MPH1,2, Enrico Cagliero, MD3, Anil Dubey, MD4, Patricia Murphy-Sheehy, MPH1, Catharyn Gildesgame, MBA2, Henry Chueh, MD2,4, Michael J. Barry, MD1, Daniel E. Singer, MD1,2 and David M. Nathan, MD3. 2003. A Controlled Trial of Web-Based Diabetes Disease Management. The MGH Diabetes Primary Care Improvement Project. Diabetes Care 26:750-757, 2003 © 2003 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.

  11. Christopher D. Saudek, MD; Rachel L. Derr, MD; Rita R. Kalyani, MD. 2006. Assessing Glycemia in Diabetes Using Self-monitoring Blood Glucose and Hemoglobin A1c. JAMA. 2006;295:1688-1697.

  12. Does Diabetes Disease Management Save Money and Improve Outcomes? Diabetes Care 25:684-689, 2002 © 2002 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc. Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research

  13. Glasgow RE, Strycker LA. Preventive care practices for diabetes management in two primary care samples. Am J Prev Med 2000;19:9—14.

  14. Chien-Tsai Liu, PHD1, Yu-Ting Yeh, RN2, Ting-I Lee, MD3 and Yu-Chuan Li, MD, PHD1© 2005 Letters: Observations on Online Services for Diabetes Management by the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Care 28:2807a-2808, 2005

  15. Hyuk-Sang Kwon, MD1, Jae-Hyoung Cho, MD1, Hee-Soo Kim, MD1, Bok-Re Song, RN2, Seung-Hyun Ko, MD, PHD1, Jung-Min Lee, MD1, Sung-Rae Kim, MD, PHD1, Sang-Ah Chang, MD, PHD1, Hee-Seung Kim, RN, PHD2, Bong-Yun Cha, MD, PHD1, Kwang-Woo Lee, MD, PHD1, Ho-Young Son, MD, PHD1, Jin-Hee Lee, MS3, Won-Chul Lee, MD, PHD3 and Kun-Ho Yoon, MD, PHD1. © 2004 by the American Diabetes Association. Establishment of blood glucose monitoring system using the Internet. Diabetes Care. 2004;27:478-483

  16. Graham T. McMahon, MB, BCH1, et al. 2005. Web-Based Care Management in Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes. Diabetes Care 28:1624-1629. © 2005 American Diabetes Association, Inc.