Diabetes counselling provides comprehensive advice and support to people with diabetes. The metabolic disorder diabetes mellitus includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and other rare forms.
Knowledge and skills are needed in order for diabetes treatment to be successful and to lead a life with as few restrictions as possible.
The diabetes team will be happy to help you in safely and autonomously handling the metabolic disorder diabetes mellitus.We individually tailor the consultations to your needs.
Following a referral from your family doctor, the consultations are covered by your health insurance fund. Your family doctor remains responsible for any drug-related treatment.
You can contact us by phone Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Phone 031 335 33 84 Fax. 031 335 37 33
With our diabetes counselling services at the Bern Hirslanden hospitals Beau-Site, Permanence and Salem-Spital, we offer comprehensive advice and care for patients with diabetes mellitus. The aim is to ensure optimal care so that a stable and healthy metabolic status can be maintained. Diabetes counselling is offered on an inpatient basis and, if prescribed by a doctor, also on an outpatient basis. We also support our patients with questions concerning the use of technology-based treatment methods.
Outpatient diabetes counselling
Outpatient diabetes counselling focuses on maintaining and/or improving glucose metabolism and optimising therapy. Imparting knowledge and promoting understanding of the disorder is also an issue in the context of outpatient care.
Close collaboration with the nutritional advisers is always ensured, both for inpatients and outpatients.
A medical prescription is required for outpatient diabetes advice. If a medically prescribed diabetes counselling is needed, the costs will be covered by basic health insurance.
Technological aids
Therapy for persons with diabetes mellitus is benefiting increasingly from advances in technology. Technological aids are intended to make it easier to manage the disorder in everyday life and improve the quality of treatment. In diabetes counselling, we help our patients find out whether options for technology-assisted diabetes treatment are feasible for them, and if so which ones.
We offer advice on the following options for technology-assisted diabetes therapy:
- Flash glucose monitoring (FGM)
- Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) – all providers
- Insulin pump therapy – all providers
- Bolus advisor
- Questions about diabetes apps
Team
Benjamin Koehler
Inpatient diabetes counselling
During their hospital stay, we provide our patients with comprehensive care to ensure optimal blood glucose control. In order to optimally support the healing process, we work closely with the nutritionists and specialists.