Improving Insulin Therapy With Enhanced Care Management

participants are paired with another age-matched participation. Paired peer partners were encouraged to talk weekly using a telephone platform that recorded call frequency and duration and provided automated reminders promoting peer contact.

patients are not paired in the NCM arm attended a 1.5 hour session to receive education on care manager services and diabetes educational materials and be assigned to a nurse care manager with whom they were encouraged to follow-up regularly.

Participants in the peer group were also offered three optional 1.5 hour patient-driven group sessions at month 1, 3, and 6