Abstract: A personal, evidence-based, self-care information system for the management of diabetes, executing on a computer, receiving data input from a user, processing the data, and outputting results to the user, including a settings module; a glucose module; and a patterns module. A mobile device for the management of diabetes, including a memory, a processor, an input device, an output device, and a computer program executing on the processor, the computer program including a settings module, a glucose module, and a patterns module, and the glucose module receiving blood glucose measurement data input from a user through the input device, the patterns module analyzing the blood glucose measurement data in real time and outputting results of the analysis of blood glucose measurement data to the user.