WCHC+Patient+Education

Shirley(Dan Xu) and Yahya(Yahya Abdolcader) provide patient education at WCHC. Who: All patients seen in the West County clinic

Referral: REMEMBER WHEN YOU MAKE REFERRAL in ccLink TO PATIENT ED: PLEASE WRITE DOWN THE SPECIFIC TOPICS WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TEACH TO THE PATIENT:

Topics: 1. Type I and Type II Diabetes 2. Asthma and the usage of inhaler 3. Epogen Management ordered by Nephrologist 4. All self injected medication 5. Medication reconciliation 6. CHF 7. Pre Diabetes 8. Smoking Cessation 9. Pediatric Obesity 10. Treat to Target(T2T)

WHEN YOU REFER TO T2T CLINIC, PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

1. When you do referral please use smartset called .t2t order (Owner Dr. Glatt) which includes the following: A. specific type of Insulin B. starting dose for patients C. hypoglycemic precautions D. insulin adjustment based on sugar levels

2. Remind your nurse to double book patient because teaching takes an 1hour.

3. Please order supplies prior to visit: (needles, insulin, pens, lancets, strips) because our protocol has not allowed us to order any of these at this moment.

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