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21^st Century Version of the "House Call"

It saves you the patient from long drives, interminable waits, missed work and brief encounters. 

Now Inviting New Patients throughout Texas and Iowa. Additional States will open as soon as we secure similar physician relationships across the USA.

Concept

A diabetes follow up visit conducted in the comfort and privacy of home is now a working reality for families of children and teens with type 1 diabetes. Families only need high-speed internet access, PC or laptop, and an inexpensive webcam to participate in this cutting edge program. With Diabetes HouseCall, families avoid:

1. Driving long distances to diabetes follow-up visits
2. Missing time away from work and school
3. Spending hours in crowded waiting rooms
4. Seeing the diabetes specialist for just a few minutes.

After an initial visit, patient encounters are all held on line via high speed Internet connection and an inexpensive webcam.

What Kind of Patient Uses Diabetes HouseCall?

Diabetes HouseCall is not for everyone. Only families seeking the best possible diabetes care are candidates for this cutting edge approach to 21^st century health care delivery. Start-up costs are minimal. The return is priceless.

Requirements

Each Diabetes HouseCall patient must meet the following eight criteria to be eligible for this program. They must:

1. Express a strong desire to take charge of diabetes and demonstrate that attitude in their self care behaviors.
2. Commit to this method of diabetes care for at least one year.
3. Have access to a primary care provider to manage non-diabetes medical problems.
4. Have high speed internet access and webcam.
5. Use the GlucoMON blood glucose data system to reliably collect, analyze, and distribute blood sugar data to the family and doctor.
6. Use the highly precise Homecheck A1C to obtain hemoglobin A1C results prior to each on-line visit.
7. Make an initial face to face visit with Dr. Stephen Ponder, the developer of Diabetes Housecallto establish a proper physician-patient relationship which will then be carried over to the on-line visits.
8. Keep once yearly face to face encounters with Dr. Ponder for follow up visits which will require diabetes-specific physical examination and routine laboratory studies as needed other than the hemoglobin A1C.

Benefits

Families who participate in the Diabetes HouseCall program will receive:

1. Access to a recognized pediatric diabetes specialist and support team.
2. Thirty minute minimum encounter with the specialist per visit.
3. The most effective home blood sugar data management system on the market (GlucoMON system).
4. The most accurate commercially available hemoglobin A1C system currently on the market.
5. Significant savings in time and money compared to current models of care.

Expense

Diabetes HouseCall is strictly a fee-for-service program at this time. HouseCall users are strongly encouraged to invoice their insurance carriers to set a precedent for reimbursement of this service in the future. Some HouseCall families have successfully obtained funding for their start-up equipment from their flexible medical spending account. All families are encouraged to speak directly with their insurance company's benefits coordinator for more information. View the supported devices certified for patient use in the HouseCall program. Not all devices are included in the starter package and may be purchased or rented separately (ie - Universal Mobile Health Platform /UMHP/ device and optional 3G service).

Practice Endocrinologists:

Stephen Ponder - MD, FAAP, CDE based in Corpus Christi, Texas

Additional endocrinologists are planned to come online late in 2008. If you would like your endocrinologist to offer this service you should have them contact us for more information on this proven advanced diabetes care delivery model for the 21st Century.

Contact

Diabetech manages the technical issues regarding start up and all matters related to the GlucoMON, Homecheck-A1c, reports and web cam certification and support. Diabetech does not offer medical advice. Contact Diabetech to enroll via the annual plan. This product page allows you to subscribe to the monthly payment
plan.

• HouseCall is available for an annual fee of $499 (order here) or through a monthly
  payment plan at $49.95 (order below).
• Both options require the one-time $99 setup
  fee.
• The Diabetech service covers all of the standard technology and HouseCall tools including GlucoMON, HomeCheck-A1c, Internet and video conferencing training, scheduling and program readiness certification.
• The HouseCall service plan also includes one 30 minute education session that allows you be more accurate and have more confidence in your ability to count carbohydrates and match your own body's varying insulin requirements.
• Currently available in Texas and Iowa.  
• Provider fees are billed separately and established by the HouseCall practitioners.

More program information is available for Patients, Doctors and Families