Diabetes - Joslin Diabetes Center
The Joslin Diabetes Center affiliate at St. Mary's provides a comprehensive approach to advanced care for diabetes. The Center is one of 25 nationwide that unites us with a pioner in innovative diabetes research, care and education. Joslin has the largest network of specially-trained Certified Diabetes Educators and board certified physicians dedicated to treating all forms of diabetes.
- Patient education tools are tried and true with the assurance of Joslin.
- Referring physicians and patients benefit from the shared experience of physicians and educators across the nation for best practice and outcomes.
- Referring physicians are kept updated on patient progress and patients are always referred back to their own physician for overall patient care.
Services include:
- Diabetes education/self-management classes
- Gestational diabetes/diabetes and pregnancy instructions
- Teaching on blood glucose monitoring
- Lessons on insulin administration
- Nutritional counseling
- Carb counting and insulin dose adjustment
- Insulin pump training
- Pre-diabetes classes
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