Diabetes – Page 2 – NCAL Research Spotlight

Targeted outreach can increase use of mail order pharmacies by people with diabetes

October 1, 2020
Behavioral health, Delivery Science, Diabetes, Uncategorized
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New Kaiser Permanente study found a targeted outreach campaign to people with type 2 diabetes encouraged them to use mail order pharmacy services and improved their medication adherence.

5 Questions for . . . Esti Iturralde

September 1, 2020
5 Questions, Behavioral health, Delivery Science, Diabetes, Health maintenance, Podcast, Uncategorized
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Clinical psychologist and mental health services researcher Esti Iturralde, PhD, aims to improve the overall health of people with mental illness.

Work-based diabetes prevention programs in San Francisco show promising results

May 28, 2020
Diabetes, Press Release, Prevention, Telehealth, Uncategorized
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A Kaiser Permanente randomized controlled trial comparing an in-person diabetes prevention program with an online version found both helped San Francisco City and County employees at risk for developing diabetes to lose weight.

Telephone coaching helped pregnant women with overweight or obesity manage gestational weight gain

May 20, 2020
Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Maternal/infant health, Perinatal health, Press Release, Women’s health
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Pregnant women with overweight or obesity better controlled their weight gain and improved health behaviors when they received a series of telephone sessions with a registered dietician, a new study from Kaiser Permanente finds.

Blood test to identify risk for diabetes after pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes now one step closer

May 20, 2020
Behavioral health, Breastfeeding, Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Maternal/infant health, Uncategorized, Women’s health
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New findings from Kaiser Permanente Division of Research SWIFT Study in PLOS Medicine advance a potential blood test to predict which women with gestational diabetes will go on to develop type 2 diabetes.

Patients with diabetes who used online tools managed their disease better

Patients with diabetes who used the Kaiser Permanente patient portal and mobile phone app improved their diabetes management outcomes, according to an analysis published Feb. 19 in JAMA Network Open.

The New Faces of Research

January 16, 2020
Delivery Science, Diabetes, Feature, Health maintenance, Informatics, Uncategorized
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Diabetes, medication safety, and understanding chronic conditions are just some of the research areas a new class of postdoctoral fellows at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research will support. The 3 early-career researchers began their appointments this past year.

Chronic disease prevalence varies by Asian subgroup, Kaiser Permanente research finds

November 25, 2019
Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Disparities, Health disparities, Press Release
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Asian-Americans from different parts of Asia have very different cardiovascular risk factors and chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, Kaiser Permanente research concludes.

Can a mobile app help women stay healthy during pregnancy?

October 24, 2019
Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Maternal/infant health, Perinatal health, Women’s health
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Monique Hedderson is heading a five-year project to test whether a mobile phone app could help overweight and obese women avoid excess weight gain, and the accompanying health risks, while pregnant.

Personalizing care for older patients with diabetes

October 10, 2019
Aging, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Uncategorized
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Kaiser Permanente investigator Andrew Karter and colleagues will receive $3.2 million over 5 years from the National Institute on Aging to study what older patients with diabetes want from their treatment.