Original Research: Strategies to Increase Implementation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Primary Care Practices: The PREPARE 4 CGM Study

“Strategies to Increase Implementation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Primary Care Practices: The PREPARE 4 CGM Study”

April 2026

JABFM

A study titled “Strategies to Increase Implementation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Primary Care Practices: The PREPARE 4 CGM Study” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) and features several contributors from the Department of Family Medicine (DFM).

Their work was developed by the Primary Care Education and Practice Adoption Resource Evaluation for Continuous Glucose Monitoring (PREPARE 4 CGM) team, led by DFM faculty Sean M. Oser, MD, MPH, and Tamara K. Oser, MD.

The team examined strategies to expand the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in primary care practices across Colorado, including online educational modules and a virtual CGM initiation service. Clinics that adopted this model demonstrated increased CGM prescribing and improved implementation scores over a 12-month period.

DFM contributors include (names listed alphabetically): Kristin Crispe, MPH; W. Perry Dickinson, MD; Douglas H. Fernald, MA; Tristen L. Hall, PhD, MPH; Bonnie Jortberg, PhD, RD, CDCES; Stephanie Kirchner, MSPH, RD; Sean M. Oser, MD, MPH; Tamara K. Oser, MD; Jessica Parascando, MPH; Chelsea Sobczak, MPH; Kimberly Wiggins, MA, MEd.

Additional contributors include Danika Buss (former DFM Research Services Professional); L. Miriam Dickinson, PhD, (Professor Emerita of Family Medicine); and Mark Gritz, PhD, (Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Health Care Policy and Research).

Read more of this study in JABFM.