Health Education and Outreach at the health department is partnering with worksites, community planning groups, after school programs, and Youth in Action Teams to promote healthy eating, physical activity and access to community resources. Through pre- and post-testing (although currently hindered by COVID-19), we measure BMI and blood pressure…[Read more]

Mountain Laurel Medical Center would choose our DSME (Diabetes Self Management Education) program as a tracking measure. We already track patient successes and report them yearly to the AADE. Our clinical goal for this year is that all patients who complete the 10 class DSME program will lower their fasting blood glucose level 5%.

Absolutely Shelley. Resources are available to hold the classes. Referrals are what we need.

Shout out to Mitzi and Victoria from the Diabetes program at GRMC who let us know that they are actively holding classes (evidence- based lifestyle change programs) various target populations and what they need most are physician referrals!  Anne Langley’s next meeting isn’t until next week so please jump on and let us know your thoughts.

An HSCRC diabetes measures workgroup has been organized by Anne Langley, JD, MPH from the Center for Population Health Initiatives.  Our job is to identify the measures, milestones, and targets that will be used by CMS to evaluate Maryland’s performance in the Diabetes priority area under Total Population Health.  Critical questions for the g…[Read more]

Plan -> https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/CCDPC/Pages/diabetes-action-plan.aspx

A new category listing for diabetes prevention and management has been added to the resource guide at: https://mygarrettcounty.com/resources/categories/diabetes. This will allow us to create embedded resource applications as the group continues to expand and launch new initiatives. Thanks!