Genesys Conducts Diabetes Care seminar

Grand Blanc, MI – “Achieving excellence in diabetes care,” a one day seminar offered by Genesys on Wednesday, Nov. 10, is designed for nurses, physicians and other health care providers who manage patients with diabetes.

This full day of lectures by specialists in the field of diabetes takes place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Genesys Conference and Banquet Center in Grand Blanc Township.

Goal of the seminar is to provide clinicians with additional tools to manage patients with diabetes by using safe practice strategies, incorporating microvascular and macrovascular prevention and treatment strategies, and implementing strategies that support patient adherence to medical recommendations.

A total of 6.25 CME credits are available.

The course schedule includes the following:

Inpatient management: RIP sliding scale insulin
Jamal Hammoud, MD, chief of Endocrinology at Genesys

Outpatient insulin management
Lowell Schmeltz, MD, chief of Endocrinology at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in West Bloomfield

Special management conditions
Michael Valitutto, DO, internist and diabetes specialist at Borgess Center for Diabetes Care in Kalamazoo

Preventing macrovascular and microvascular complications

Speakers TBA.

Cost of the seminar is $75 for physicians; and $50 for retired physicians, nurses and other health care providers.

To sign up for “Achieving excellence in diabetes care,” call Genesys at 810-606-6527 or register online at www.genesys.org/CME.

Genesys Conference and Banquet Center is located on the Genesys Regional Medical Center – Health Park campus in Grand Blanc Township (Holly Road at Baldwin).

Genesys Announces New Physicians on Medical Staff

Grand Blanc, MI - Kenneth Steibel, MD, president of the Genesys Regional Medical Center medical staff, announces the appointment of two family practice physicians to the medical staff:

Marcos Machado, MD, completed his family medicine residency at Genesys Regional Medical Center. He obtained his medical degree at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri, and his undergraduate degree from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

He is board certified in family medicine.

Dr. Machado is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and the Michigan State Medical Association.

Dr. Machado opened a practice at 10019 Miller Road in Swartz Creek. He is accepting new patients. To make an appointment, call 810-635-4476.

Ariel Ponce, DO, MPH, completed his family medicine residency and his internship at Genesys Regional Medical Center. He obtained his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and his undergraduate degree from the University of Detroit-Mercy.

Prior to joining Genesys, he worked as a family medicine physician in Shelby Township, and as a staff physician in Flint.

Dr. Ponce is board certified in family medicine.

He is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Michigan Osteopathic Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

He practices at 4075 S. Center Road in Burton. To make an appointment with Dr. Ponce, call 810-743-4120.

Genesys Forms Free Stroke Support Group

Genesee County, MI – Genesys announces a kick off meeting for a free community stroke support group Thursday, Jan. 7, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., in the atrium conference room of Genesys Regional Medical Center’s Health Park campus.
This group provides an opportunity for stroke survivors and their families to exchange ideas, support and encourage each other, and learn more about their medical condition. Each meeting will include an educational component as well as information on resources available in the local community for stroke survivors.

This support group – now forming – will meet the first Thursday of every month.  Genesys Inpatient Rehabilitation Center sponsors the new service.

To obtain more information, or to register for the first meeting, call the Genesys Inpatient Rehabilitation Center at 810-606-6520.

Genesys Health Works Awarded Two-Year Grant

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (BCBSM)
awarded Genesys HealthWorks a two-year grant for $176,356 to further develop
health navigator services within the patient-centered medical home, in
partnership with the Genesys Physician Hospital Organization (PHO).

Genesys HealthWorks navigators are members of a primary care provider’s team.
They support patients in adopting healthier lifestyles and obtaining
recommended screenings to help prevent disease. This process begins with
patients working with their physician and setting attainable goals for
lifestyle changes. The health navigator follows up with patients to help
identify and overcome obstacles so goals can be reached and maintained.

The Genesys HealthWorks health navigator service is unique in that it is part
of the patient-centered medical home, a model of care aimed at enhancing
primary care services; and placing a greater emphasis on chronic care, disease
prevention, a strong physician-patient relationship, and patient
self-management, explains Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, FACPM, medical director of
Genesys HealthWorks.

The purpose of this initiative is to improve health outcomes for the leading
causes of death in Michigan – heart disease, cancer and stroke – which are
directly linked to unhealthy behaviors, Dr. Torres reports.

“Our goal is to make health work for the people we serve by focusing on health
rather than just disease,” Dr. Torres emphazsizes.

The health navigator service in the patient-centered medical home is one of
many Genesys HealthWorks initiatives aimed at improving health, reducing costs,
and improving the patient and provider satisfaction experience.

“Our goal through HealthWorks is to make health work for the people we serve,”
Dr. Torres adds.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation is dedicated to improving the
health of Michigan residents through the support of research and innovative
programs.