November 7, 2005
St. John’s Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Program has received the prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes program. The program at St. John’s was the first to be awarded the recognition in the Four State area back in June 1999. This year’s honor runs until June 2008. ADA believes that this program offers high-quality diabetes self-management education that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment.
Programs apply for recognition voluntarily. Programs that achieve Recognition status have a staff of knowledgeable health professionals who can provide participants with comprehensive information about diabetes management. Education Recognition status is verified by an official certificate from ADA and is awarded for three years.
According to the American Diabetes Association, there are 18.2 million people or 6.3% of the population in the United States who have diabetes. While and estimated 13 million have been diagnosed, unfortunately, 5.2 million people are not aware that they have this disease. Each day approximately 3,560 people are diagnosed with diabetes. Many will first learn that they have diabetes when they are treated for one of its life-threatening complications – heart disease and stroke, kidney disease, blindness, nerve disease and amputation. About 1.3 million people will be diagnosed with diabetes this year. Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States and it has no cure.
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