Carolinas Primary Care
Anson Community Hospital
Carolinas Healthcare System
919 East Caswell Street
Wadesboro
North Carolina
Phone: 704-694-DOCS
www.carolinashealthcare.org
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Appointment Hours:
Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm
Accepting new patients
Walk-ins welcome
Same day sick
visits available
Services provided:
- Routine Office Care
- Women's Health
- Immunizations
- Sports Physicials
- Worker's Compensation visits
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Diabetes/Diabetes Prevention Participants are, front row from left, Lois S. Cox, Vivian Kellock-Huntley and Sarah W. Byrd. Shown in the back row from left are Steve
Ricketts, Cynthia Furr (Diabetes Program Coordinator), and Darena Hamilton. |
ACH Diabetes Education Program Recognized
(July 23, 2010) -- The Anson Community Hospital Diabetes Self-Management Education Program has been awarded continued Recognition from the American Diabetes Association. The program was originally Recognized in July 2007 after one full year of providing high quality diabetes education classes and support.
The American Diabetes Association Education Recognition effort, begun in the fall of 1986, is a voluntary process which assures that approved education programs have met the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs. Programs that achieve Recognition status have a staff of knowledgeable health professionals who can provide state-of-the-art information about diabetes management for participants. The diabetes program at Anson Community Hospital is the only ADA recognized program in Anson County.
Self-management education is an essential component of diabetes treatment. One consequence of compliance with the National Standards is the greater consistency in the quality and quantity offered to people with diabetes. The participants in the ACH ADA Recognized program will be taught, as needed, self-care skills that will promote better management of his or her diabetes treatment regimen. Topics included in the ACH program include: diabetes disease process; nutritional management; physical activity; medications; and preventing, detecting, and treating acute complications. Anson Community Hospital also offers a support group for those with diabetes. The group meets monthly at the Episcopal Church in Wadesboro.
Assuring high-quality education for patient self-care is one of the primary goals of the Education Recognition program. “The process gives professional a national standard by which to measure the quality of the services we provide”, commented Dr. Fred Thompson, ACH President. “And, of course, it helps our patients and participants to identify these quality programs.”
For more information on the ACH Diabetes Self-Management Education Program, contact Cynthia Furr at 704.695.3405.
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