Logon and Learn for Diabetes

Currently, 1,300 King County employees and their family members are being treated for Diabetes and more than 150 are projected to contract diabetes this year. Your involvement in decisions regarding your health care can impact your out of pocket expenses, the quality of care you get and the quality of life you will continue to enjoy. The county has free online tools to help you make the best decisions about diabetes prevention and care.

Here are some online tools that can help you make the best choices for your health:

The Puget Sound Health Alliance Community Check-Up Report can tell you what medical science says is the most effective treatment for diabetes and which hospitals and clinics in our region are following these guidelines.

MyGroupHealth.com helps you keep track of your blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure by automatically graphing your results.

Aetna KingCare^SM lets you create a personal health record to track your medical treatment and lab results including blood glucose.

Aetna SmartSource^SM makes it easy to find personalized health information on many conditions. Search on dibetes and results will link you to: doctors in your area that treat diabetes, what the symptoms are, how it is diagnosed and treated and the estimated cost of care for treatment. SmartSourceSM pulls information from the most credible medical web resources to provide you with the answers to questions you want to know.

For more online tools go to Logon and Learn