tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34205572196238710022011-09-28T10:12:39.062-07:00Diabetes Educator - Cyber PancreasRole of the Diabetes Educator in the Management
of Type 2 DiabeteseBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803199504607767995noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420557219623871002.post-61974436961782455912011-06-05T19:58:00.000-07:002011-06-05T20:01:01.134-07:004 Tips for CaregiversCaregivers often report stress, loss of sleep, and poor personal health. Experts suggest these four strategies that can help you take care of yourself, as well as others.1) Take care of your own health. Managing your own health is important to make sure you are healthy enough to help others. Eat properly, get regular exercise, and set aside some time each week to do something you enjoy. Continue eBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803199504607767995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420557219623871002.post-40910919831951408152010-12-30T18:55:00.002-08:002010-12-30T18:57:25.865-08:00Diabetes Educator’s Background And TrainingDiabetes educators come from several different disciplines, including registered nurses, dietitians, physicians, social workers, psychologists, podiatrists, exercise specialists, and pharmacists. We are the only multidisciplinary group of professional health care workers who have attained expertise in diabetes.Many diabetes educators have advanced degrees. All are people who started out as healtheBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803199504607767995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420557219623871002.post-23961408186596500852010-12-30T18:55:00.001-08:002010-12-30T18:55:22.357-08:00How To Become A Certified Diabetes Educator?The eligible person has to take the exam offered by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Education (NCBDE). To take the exam, you must be a health care professional and meet strict criteria set by the NCBDE; for instance, you have to be able to document a minimum of 1,000 hours of experience in diabetes selfmanagement education within the past 5 years. Once you pass the exam and become aeBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803199504607767995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420557219623871002.post-31386244912514178602010-12-30T18:48:00.000-08:002010-12-30T18:50:06.282-08:00How Are Diabetes Educators’ Services Reimbursed?They are not directly reimbursable by Medicare. Most of us are paid by the practice with which we work. But there’s a new ruling by Medicare that only a program that is accredited by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is reimbursable. That will deny access to diabetes educators for many of our patients. About 1,000 programs are currently accredited by the ADA, but it’s going to take a lot ofeBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05803199504607767995noreply@blogger.com0