If you have diabetes, you know how difficult it may be to manage. To lower your risk of problems, you should eat a healthy and balanced diet, get sufficient exercise, monitor your blood glucose (sugar) throughout the day, and take your medications as directed. It may feel daunting at times, but diabetes can be managed successfully, and our registered nurse diabetic education expert can assist you.

HomeMD offers comprehensive patient education where our clinical team work with you or a loved one to build a treatment plan that best suits your lifestyle, values, and culture as a part of your diabetes care team. They’ll show you how to utilize equipment like meters, insulin pens, pumps, and continuous glucose monitoring devices and how to analyze data from these devices and your lifestyle to spot patterns and areas for development.

You’ll collaborate to come up with solutions to your most urgent problems. For example, our diabetes educator may also work with your HomeMD Housecall Services provider to arrange for diabetic shoes and continuous glucose monitoring devices, cellularly connected to our electronic medical record, courtesy of your health insurance carrier.

Health education from a diabetes specialist can assist people with all forms of diabetes in effectively managing their blood glucose, establish coping skills to deal with the disease’s daily struggles, reduce the risk of complications, save money by reducing or eliminating the need for medications and emergency room visits, and locate and access cost-saving programs.