MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM FOR DIABETES PATIENT EDUCATION

描述(由调查员提供)：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 医学界中强烈认为，为了使治疗有效，患者 必须成为自己医疗保健的积极合作伙伴。最近，除了 自我血糖监测、药物和饮食、患者教育和锻炼 这些计划受到了重视。不幸的是，时间、距离和金钱 限制条件往往会限制患者的依从性和获得此类计划的机会。 虽然大众市场在近十年前就接受了家庭录像带，但医疗 家庭教育和运动处方通常是基于文本的。RVision 多媒体计算机系统使临床医生能够创造高质量的、 针对患者的家庭教学录像带，无需花费时间和费用 传统的视频制作。 在第一阶段，制作了视频片段，并对20名受试者进行了测试。那些 收到录像带增加了他们的知识和锻炼的时间 与对照组相比，并给磁带打了很高的分。 RVision公司计划完成--脚本，制作， 并集成到多媒体计算机系统中--额外的练习和 针对I型和II型糖尿病患者的教育部分。这个 研究将研究使用定制教育和 将对这些患者的运动录像带进行研究。 建议的商业应用： 1600万美国人患有糖尿病。医疗提供者越来越多地寻找 如何以较低的成本提供高质量的医疗服务。对于护理来说尤其如此 慢性病患者，以及为 这项护理的成本。全国有超过1,000个医疗团体正在为 向5700万名患者提供(有经济风险的)投降式护理。超过6600万美国人 注册了管理型医疗组织。这些组织代表着一个巨大的目标 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.