In addition to providing posiive reinforcement for concrete actions,incentives might also help patients make health a high priority.A frequent challengs described by our participants,both patients and providers,was the difficulty of keeping to the regimented diabetes-imposed schedule,such as checking giucose level or eating at the appropriate times.Both patient and provider participants expected incentives to add value to diabetes self-management tasks and goals,and help them take time to take care of themselves.