Inpatient Diabetes Self-Management Training
- This is provided as part of routine patient care
- Basic skills are provided including diabetes physiology, medications, glucose monitoring, and nutrition management.
Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Training
- Comprehensive diabetes self-management training is provided including diabetes physiology, blood glucose monitoring, nutrition management, medications, activity / exercise guidelines, short term and long term complications, and the psychology of living with a chronic disease.
- Outpatient diabetes self-management training is provided in classes of less than 10 persons or in specific cases, one-on-one consultations.
- Covered by Medicare and most other insurances. (Patient should check with personal insurance to verify coverage)
- Recognized by the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Program.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Physician's referral required
- Up to 288 blood glucose readings a day – up to 864 readings in a 72-hour time period.
- This diagnostic service gives a better picture of how your blood glucose changes throughout the day
- Covered by Medicare and most other insurances. (Patient should check with personal insurance to verify coverage)
- For more information: Contact the Diabetes Management Center at 601.376.2485.
Diabetes Support Group
Meets third Tuesday of every month 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the CMMC Medical Office BUilding located next to the hospital - 1860 Chadwick Drive, Suite 100.
- Past topics included:
- Super Market Tours (guided tour in a local supermarket to demonstrate label reading and analysis to promote healthy, cost minded food choices)
- Depression and Chronic Disease (presented by our Psychiatric support staff)
- Community Awareness, Recognition and Treatment of insulin resistance to delay onset of diabetes and prevent the onset of complications.
Diabetes Management in Your Community
- Community health fairs (organized through CMMC Marketing Department )
- Senior Health programs (organized through CMMC Marketing Department and Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi )
- School Health programs (organized through CMMC Marketing Department and Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi )
- Camp Kandu and Not a Sweet Subject(organized through Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi ). Camp Kandu is a diabetes day camp for children with diabetes that has a strong education component for parents. While the children play under the direction of volunteer expert diabetes trained staff, the parents learn about the day-to-day living issues of having a child with diabetes. Not A Sweet Subject is an education program for school and / or daycare staff wanting to know more about safety, management, teaching and working with children with diabetes.
- Professional Education and Consultation programs have included:
- Issues in Patient Compliance
- Gestational Diabetes Management
- Implications for the newborn
- Implications for the Post Partum Woman
- Patient Motivation
- Diabetes in Children
- ADA Education Recognition