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May 28, 2010: Agent-Based Modeling for Type-II Diabetes

TRLabs has recently completed a study that modeled the inter-actions between Type-II diabetic patients and their physicians using software agent technology. This study will provide healthcare professionals with the tools to evaluate the short and long term effects of various medical interventions, lifestyles, and frequency of blood sugar testing on the health of patients. Furthermore, this study will allow healthcare professionals to predict the financial cost of the various interventions. With a better understand-ing of the cost and effectiveness of interventions, it is anticipated that healthcare practitioners will be able to reduce cost and improve quality of diabetic treatments.