Diabetes Services
Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center offers comprehensive Diabetes care and education for inpatients and outpatients. The Medical Center's Diabetes Patient Education Program has been awarded Recognition by the American Diabetes Association in accordance with the National Standards for Diabetes Patient Education Programs.
Diabetes services include:
- Consulting Endocrinologist/Diabetologist
- Nutrition and meal planning
- Medication management
- Blood glucose monitoring
- How to reduce complications by recognizing early signs and symptoms
- Exercise
- Stress management
- Skin and foot care
Our multidisciplinary team includes:
- Doctors
- Certified Diabetes Educators
- Nurses
- Registered Dietitian
- Social Worker
- Registered Pharmacist
- Exercise Therapist
Special features include:
- Spiritual Services Chaplain
- Foot Care Specialist
- Diabetes support group
- Diabetes nurse-educator helps patients who qualify to obtain glucose meters and supplies
- Telephone follow-up
- Multilingual one on one teaching offered several times a week (Spanish, Polish, Ukranian, Korean, Tagalog, Hindi)
