MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM FOR DIABETES PATIENT EDUCATION

描述（由研究人员提供）：估计有1600万美国人 患有糖尿病及其并发症。每年有16万人死亡。信念是 医学界强烈认为，为了使治疗有效， 必须成为自己健康护理的积极伙伴。近日，除了 自我血糖监测、药物和饮食、患者教育和锻炼 方案得到了重视。不幸的是，时间，距离和经济 约束常常限制患者的依从性和对这些程序的访问。 当大众市场在近十年前接受家庭录像带时， 家庭教育和运动处方通常是基于文本的。RVision 多媒体计算机系统允许临床医生创建高质量， 患者特定的家庭指导录像带，而无需花费时间和费用， 传统视频制作。 在第一阶段，制作了视频片段，并对20名受试者进行了测试。的人 收到的录像带增加了他们的知识和锻炼的时间 与对照组相比，并对磁带进行了高度评价。 RVision公司建议完成-脚本，生产， 并纳入多媒体计算机系统-额外的练习， 1型糖尿病的治疗方法有哪些的 研究将研究使用定制教育的有效性， 将研究这些患者的运动录像带。 拟定商业应用： 一千六百万美国人患有糖尿病。 医疗服务提供者越来越多地寻求 以更低的成本提供高质量的护理。 这是特别真实的照顾 慢性病患者，以及为慢性病患者承担财务风险的提供者， 这种照顾的费用。 全国有1,000多个医疗团体 为5700万患者提供资本化（有财务风险）护理。 超过6600万美国人 参加了管理式护理组织。 这些组织代表了一个巨大的目标 RVision的录像带市场

DESCRIPTION (Provided by investigator): An estimated 16 million Americans suffer from diabetes and its complications. 160,000 die each year. Belief is strong among the medical community that for treatment to be effective, patients must become active partners in their own health care. Recently, in addition to self-glucose monitoring, medications and diet, patient education and exercise programs have received emphasis. Unfortunately, time, distance, and financial constraints often limit patient compliance and access to such programs. While the mass market embraced home videotapes nearly ten years ago, medical home education and exercise prescriptions are usually text-based. The RVision multimedica computer system allows clinicians to create high quality, patient-specific home instructional videotapes without the time and expense of traditional video production. In Phase I, video segments were produced and tested with 20 subjects. Those who received the videotapes increased their knowledge and duration of exercising compared to controls, and rated the tapes very highly. RVision Corporation proposes to complete the development of -- script, produce, and incorporate into a multimedia computer system -- additional exercise and educational segments for patients with Type I and Type II diabetes. The research will study the effectiveness of using customized education and exercise videotapes with these patients will be studied. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Sixteen million Americans have diabetes. Medical providers are increasingly looking for ways to provide high quality care at lower costs. This is especially true for the care of patients with chronic disease, and for providers who have taken on financial risk for the cost of this care. There are over 1,000 medical groups nationally who are delivering capitated (at financial risk) care to 57 million patients. Over 66 million Americans are enrolled in managed care organizations. These organizations represent a huge target market for RVision's videotapes.