Patient portals are online programs that can provide a number of functions for patients, among them:
* Ability to request appointments, referrals, and medication refills;
* Ability to send secure electronic messages to medical staff, and to receive replies;
* Access to the medical record;
* Disease management
We are comparing two patient portals with different sets of features to determine if personalized information and guidance can improve self-care and measures of diabetes-related health. Self-care measures will be assessed using standardized questionnaires at baseline, 3, and 6 months. Chart review will be used to assess measures of diabetes-related health.
