http://mobihealthnews.com/6373/mhi-medical-minutes-one-incentive-approach/ mobihealthnews - the daily mHealth industry monitor. Subscribe for our free weekly e-newsletter! Wed, 23 May 2012 13:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://mobihealthnews.com/6373/mhi-medical-minutes-one-incentive-approach/comment-page-1/#comment-83928 Revisiting Dr. Katz’s “medical minutes” program | mobihealthnews Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:59:20 +0000 http://mobihealthnews.com/?p=6373#comment-83928 [...] Katz aims to use incentives to see whether inner-city diabetics, an “especially hard-to-reach population,” according to the AP, will better control their blood sugar and as a result save Medicaid dollars. Katz has outfitted the pilot group with Internet-connected mobile phones and a reduced monthly rate that lasts as long as they comply with the program. (For more on Katz, revisit our post from February covering a talk Katz gave on his program.) [...] [...] Katz aims to use incentives to see whether inner-city diabetics, an “especially hard-to-reach population,” according to the AP, will better control their blood sugar and as a result save Medicaid dollars. Katz has outfitted the pilot group with Internet-connected mobile phones and a reduced monthly rate that lasts as long as they comply with the program. (For more on Katz, revisit our post from February covering a talk Katz gave on his program.) [...]

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