We don?t simply want to fight diabetes. We want to stop diabetes.
With more than 25.8 million people living with the disease, and another 79
million at risk, your job as a health care professional grows more important
every day. You play a significant role in the lives of your patients who have
diabetes, and it?s only natural that you might want to do more.
Get involved in this year?s Step Out?: Walk to Stop DiabetesSM, the fourth
annual family-friendly 5K fundraising walk of the American Diabetes Association
(ADA). IBC is proud to once again be the presenting sponsor of the walk on
Saturday, October 1, 2011. Participation shows your patients how much you care,
promotes diabetes awareness and the benefits of living a healthy, active
lifestyle, and helps provide needed funding for the ADA.
Walk with Your Doc
Walk with Your Doc is a program that encourages health care providers and their
office staff to create a walking team for Step Out and to recruit their
patients to join the team. Get started today ? create a team by following these
simple steps:
- Go online to www.diabetes.org/stepoutphilly
to register your team.
- Name your team. The name should begin with ?Walk with Your Doc? (e.g., Walk
with Your Doc ? Diabetes and Endocrinology Associates).
- Once your team is registered, you can begin recruiting patients and staff
to your team. This is when the fundraising begins! Materials are available on
the website listed above.
Not just for doctors
Walk with Your Doc isn?t just for doctors. We want to encourage all concerned
members of the health care community to form teams ? nurses, physician
assistants, diabetes educators, and support staff too. Everyone should join in
the fight to stop diabetes.
All funds raised through Step Out are used to support the ADA?s ongoing
research, education, and advocacy efforts. This includes the ADA?s investment
of $300 million dollars in diabetes research aimed at preventing and curing
diabetes and helping people with diabetes live longer and healthier lives. In
addition, the ADA offers education and other informative materials such as
annual scientific sessions, medical care guidelines and recommendations,
diabetes patient education program accreditation, and a Provider Recognition
Program. Find out more at www.diabetes.org.
We?ll see you there!
So gather up your colleagues, patients, family, and friends; grab your walking
shoes; and head for the Philadelphia Museum of Art on October 1. By raising
awareness of diabetes and helping to raise diabetes research funds, together we
can strive towards eliminating diabetes. Don?t forget to register at www.diabetes.org/stepoutphilly or by calling
1-888-DIABETES.