1. Family Tree Medical Associates- A Patient-Centered Medical Home
2. Meet One Patient-Centered Medical Home - Children’s Medical Group of Saginaw
3. A Self-Management Support Example Using Office Based "Care Managers"
4. Demonstration project using a certified diabetes educator within the patient-centered
medical home
From Sandy, a nurse whose mother and grandmother died from complications of their uncontrolled diabetes. Neither of them had access to diabetes education and she is sure that if they had received such education they would have done much better and lived much longer:
“I have found Diabetes Self-Management Education to be supportive, informative and lifesaving."
"I felt as a nurse I should have known better and I cried because my mother had such a horrible time with her diabetes."
"Learn what you can, make the changes you need a step at a time, and surround yourself with the support that’s right for you.”
“The people start to interact and ask questions of each other, giving each other tips on
how and where to find answers to their questions. They don’t want the workshop to
end!”
“Class has taught us how to maintain our health.”
“This course gave me self-management tools I didn’t realize I had. I was not as helpless
as I had imagined.”
“Everyone at the class shared words of kindness and encouragement to get each other
motivated. It was really worthwhile.”
“Different foods were presented during breaks in the class that I had never tried
before. You see all of these healthy alternative foods at the store and wonder if they
really taste good. I found out they actually do!
“Thankful for class because now I’m motivated to do things that I know can help me.”
“I can get back on track with eating and physical activity…and meeting another person
from class who motivates me…”
“I realized two important things: I was not alone, and that if I didn’t start moving, the
consequences would be more than I was capable of dealing with.”