About:
The diabetes care center provides medical, educational, nutritional and exercise services to those who qualify.
Eligibility requirements:
CDIB or tribal enrollment card
Active medical chart at Carl Albert Indian Health Facility
Medical services are by appointment and require referral from a CNDH primary medical provider, Same Day Clinic provider, or IHS provider;
patients may not self-refer.
Inpatient medical management requires a physician order.
Home glucose monitoring equipment must be ordered by a medical provider.
Exercise and nutrition services require referral from a medical provider.
*All endocrinology and nephrology services are contract services and require Medisaw approval before and appointment can be made.
*Therapeutic shoes, custom-mold shoes, and orthotics are available only to patients who reside within the Chickasaw Nation Division of Health service area.
The diabetes care center offers the following programs and services:
Medical Services:
- Intensive and routine management of diabetes and pre-diabetes
- Management of gestational diabetes
- Insulin pump management
- Inpatient diabetes consultation and management
- *Endocrinologist management of diabetes and other endocrine disorders three days per week*Pediatric endocrinology every 2 months
*Nephrology once a month
Diabetes Prevention Program:
- 16-session diabetes prevention program
- Group sessions
- Personal lifestyle coach
- Family-oriented approach
- Incentive program
Kids Health and Fitness Program:
- Targets children and adolescents at high risk to develop diabetes
- Family-centered
- 6-month intensive follow-up program: pediatrician, dietitian, exercise specialist and nurse educator
- Case management
Educational Services:
- Individual and group basic diabetes education
- Individual and group comprehensive diabetes education (bi-weekly)
- Distribution and instruction of home glucose monitoring equipment
- Insulin self-administration instruction
- “Health Choices”: one-stop program for annual diabetes education and annual exams (weekly)
- Inpatient assessment and education
Nutrition Services:
- Individual and/or family nutrition counseling
- Weight loss consultation
- Group activities on site and in the community
- Fully equipped teaching demonstration kitchen
- Bi-weekly “diabetes friendly” cooking classes
- Breastfeeding counseling
Exercise Services:
- Supervised exercise facility
- Exercise evaluation and body assessment
- Individualized exercise prescription
REACH US:
- Program to reduce diabetes and heart disease risk factors
- Family-oriented physical activity program
- Free monthly activities
Foot clinic:
- Direct phone number: (580) 421-4527
- Fax: (580) 421-4574
- Diabetic foot screening
- Comprehensive diabetes foot exam
- Basic foot care
- Callous, wound and ulcer care
- *Therapeutic shoes
- *Custom molded shoes
- *Orthotics
Retinal imaging lab:
- Dilated retinal photos
- Visual acuity evaluation
- Glaucoma screening
Dental lab:
- Services available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Routine dental screening by hygienist
- Comprehensive dental cleaning
- Pre-natal education for mothers and infants
Behavioral Health:
- Screening for depression
- Grief counseling
- Alcohol and tobacco counseling
Diabetes Research:
- TODAY study – Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth
- Dr. Kenneth Copeland, pediatric endocrinologist – for youth ages 10-17.
- Once-weekly Byetta study – compares effectiveness of once-weekly dose of Byetta to once-daily insulin glargine in type 2 diabetes
