Our NEW comprehensive Diabetes Management Program is designed to improve your self management skills to control your diabetes and prevent any diabetes-related complications. The program will:

• Provide tips to better control your diabetes;
• Improve your knowledge on diabetes and its effects;
• Provide information on your current diabetes medications and insulin pumps;
• Facilitate education classes offered through In-Network Diabetic Education Centers; and
• Work closely with your doctor to enhance your care

To register or for more information, please call 415.972.4241.


Diabetes Education Centers:

California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC): Center for Diabetes Services
Recognized by the American Diabetes Association, this program provides comprehensive education to adults and children with Diabetes Type 1 or Type 2. The program offers classes and individual counseling sessions to people with diabetes to obtain information, tools, and strategies to self-manage their diabetes and prevent or delay the onset of complications. Additionally, the Center for Diabetes offers prevention classes for people with pre-diabetes as well as a pediatric program. All classes, provided by certified diabetes educators, range from the basics of diabetes to intensive management and insulin pump training. Support groups and counseling are also available. Staff speaks English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Chinese.

Call 415.600.0506 for more information.

St. Luke's Hospital: Diabetes Education Program
Offers a self-management training program recognized by the ADA as a center for excellence. Certified diabetes educators work to help patients develop healthy lifestyle choices, set and achieve goals, and teach patients how to prevent serious complications from diabetes. The staff is bilingual (English and Spanish).

Call 415.641.6826 for more information.

St. Mary's Medical Center: Diabetes Services
American Diabetes Association (ADA) certified education center focuses on the need for individual education. The nurse diabetes educator or dietitian offers individual appointments. Additionally, St. Mary's educators facilitate group education classes held on Friday afternoons. Members can attend classes on a drop in basis.

Call 415.750.5513 for more information.

UCSF: Diabetes Teaching Center
This ADA-recognized program provides two- and four-day workshops for patients on various topics, including oral agents, insulin-management seminars, insulin pump classes, as well as individual counseling sessions. The teaching center holds a support group for young adults. Staff speaks English, Russian, and some Asian dialects.

Call 415.353.2266 for more information.

California Pacific Medical Center - Community Health Resource Center (CHRC)
Quarterly classes on blood sugar monitoring, diet, and exercise are critical in the control of your diabetes. Take control of your health by learning more about diabetes at this refresher/introductory class. Taught by certified diabetes educators. Suitable for Type II diabetics.
Dates TBA, held on a quarterly basis.
Community Health Resource Center
10:30 a.m.- Noon

Call 415.923.3155 to register or for more information.