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Testing Enrollment Methods on Participation in Behavioral Economic Interventions for Diabetes Care: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

The investigator plans to assess enrollment rates among two different enrollment methods, while providing a behavioral economic intervention to enhance the uptake of home-health monitoring devices to lower hemoglobin A1C among patients with uncontrolled diabetes. The study is focusing on enrollment methods since the standard randomized control trial only reaches 15% of the population. The study is seeking to understand the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention, when rolled out in a larger population.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adults between 18 and 80 years of age
2. Primary care patients at the Division of General Internal Medicine clinics at the University of Pennsylvania
3. Hemoglobin A1c measured within the last 8 weeks greater than 8.0% OR no measured Hemoglobin A1C measured in the last two years
4. A confirmed diabetes diagnosis
5. Planning to stay in area for study duration (6 months)
6. Can understand and communicate fluently in English

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unable to read and give consent
2. Suffer from an uncontrolled psychiatric disease