October Partner Spotlight

Diabetes Educator Links NDEP’s Diabetes HealthSense to Improved Patient Outcomes As National Diabetes Month Approaches, Diabetes Educator Debbie Zlomek lives the National Diabetes Education Program’s (NDEP) 2015 campaign message—Diabetes Education and Support: Everyone Has a Role. What’s Yours?—through her work at Pottstown (Pa.) Medical Specialists Inc. (PMSI) with help from the NDEP’s Diabetes HealthSense. Zlomek serves more than 900 patients at PMSI, a privately owned physician practice with seven sites that serves a tri-county region in Eastern Pennsylvania. She began her work there in 2009, the same year she discovered NDEP’s resources, which she says she likes because they are free, hands-on, and available in a variety of learning styles for patients. Each year PMSI identifies an area to improve patient outcomes. In the last year, this quality improvement project centered on increasing physical activity in patients and assessing the effect of that activity on A1C levels and weight. About Deb Zlomek, RN, MSN, CDE, BC-ADM: A 26-year resident of Sanatoga, Pa., Zlomek earned her nursing degree from Montgomery County Community College. Earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Arizona Earned the level of BC-ADM (board certification in advanced diabetes management) from the American Association of Diabetes Educators in August 2015 Was named the 2015 winner of the ...
Source: National Diabetes Education Program - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news