Real-time Data Collection could Increase Access and Timeliness of Care for Underserved Patients
Professors, students, and staff in the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) are collaborating with other Duke partners including the School of Medicine on an innovative study involving at-home data-collecting and monitoring of patients with Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. DUSON Associate Professor Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, is the principal investigator of the five-year, NIH-funded study called Expanding Technology-Enabled, Nurse-Delivered Chronic Disease Care (EXTEND). He is joined by his Co-Principal Investigator, Matthew Crowley, MD, from the Department of Endocrinology in the Duke School of Medicine. In June, the study enrolled 220 patients from five Duke Health System clinics who will participate in the study for two years with check-ins every three to six months.