Public Invited to Diabetes Presentation

Spectrum Health Healthier Communities is recognizing American Diabetes Month (November) by inviting community members to learn more about controlling their diabetes.

Seth Bernstein, an A1C Champion from California, will share his personal experience living with diabetes on Monday, November 9, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 8811 of the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center, 100 Michigan St. NE.

Bernstein will discuss achieving good glucose control, effective self-management of diabetes, and how to develop a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Reservations are still available for this free event. Please call (616) 267-2626, option 4, or (877) 495-2626.

The A1C Champions® Program, sponsored by sanofi-aventis U.S., is a patient-led approach to diabetes education. A1C Champions® are people with diabetes who share diabetes self-management and lifestyle strategies based on extensive training and their personal experience.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan that offers a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, a collection of seven hospitals and more than 140 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and mmpc, multispecialty physician groups with more than 400 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with nearly 500,000 members. Spectrum Health’s 16,000 employees, 1,500 medical staff members and 2,000 volunteers are committed to delivering the highest quality care. The organization provided $111.1 million in community benefit during its 2008 fiscal year. As a system, Spectrum Health has earned more than 100 awards during the past 10 years.