Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?

Glucose Self-monitoring in Non–Insulin-Treated Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care Settings: A Randomized Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)

Editorial: The Need to Test Strategies Based on Common Sense (free)

The JAMA Network – For the Media: Home Monitoring of Blood Sugar Did Not Improve Glycemic Control After 1 Year (free)

Commentary: Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment? – University of North Carolina Health Care, via EurekAlert(free)

Related: Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose – Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (free)

“Another RCT showing no benefit for Glucose Self-monitoring in Non–Insulin-Treated Patients with Type 2 Diabetes” (RT @PaulGlasziou see Tweet)