Electronic health care records provider unveils $25 million online program linking diabetic children with doctors

Electronic health care records provider unveils $25 million online program linking diabetic children with doctors: "Gabe Mathews felt funny at school last week, so the 9-year-old went to the nurse, who discovered the diabetic boy's blood sugar was very low. Later that night, his mother tested him again -- only to find it was much too high.
Such swings are common for children with Type I diabetes, the rarer form of the disease, which affects 206,000 people under the age of 20.
Notifying a child's doctor of such rapid changes can help determine a cause and quickly change an insulin regimen. The problem: Doing so quickly, said Gabe's mother, Michele Kilo, a physician at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
Cerner Corp., one of the country's largest providers of electronic health care records, on Wednesday announced a $25 million plan to provide a Web-based system connecting all children with Type I diabetes with their physicians for free. "