BERLIN – The National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE) has announced that John Motsko, Diabetes Resource Pharmacist at Apple Discount Drugs, achieved Certified Diabetes Educator® (CDE®) status by successfully completing the Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators.
Candidates must meet rigorous eligibility requirements to be able to take the examination. Achieving certification status demonstrates to people with diabetes and employers that the health care professional possesses distinct and specialized knowledge, thereby promoting quality of care for people with diabetes. Currently, there are over 16,600 diabetes educators who hold NCBDE certification.
“This certification adds value and credibility to the diabetes counseling and services John provides to our customers and the community,” said Jeff Sherr, president of Apple Discount Drugs. “John has truly become a valuable resource to those suffering from diabetes. He has literally saved lives through his one-on-one counseling sessions.”
Motsko started working for Apple in 2009, after a 35-year career with Eli Lilly in the company’s diabetes division. He spearheaded the formation of Apple’s Diabetes Resource Center in 2009. The center provides basic diabetes instruction for meal planning and exercise. Patients can also receive injection instruction and medication management as well as confidential one-on-one counseling and monthly supports groups.
Starting in early 2011, Apple will expand diabetes services to offer nutritional counseling by a registered dietician, medication therapy management and monthly comprehensive group classes.
Title Company Comes To Shore
BALTIMORE – Real Estate Title & Escrow (RETE), a full-service residential and commercial title company and a division of The Strata Group, has expanded to Maryland’s Eastern Shore with the opening of a new office at 600 E. Main Street in Salisbury.
This location brings to six the number of full-service offices positioned throughout the central Maryland and Delaware marketplaces managed and operated by Real Estate Title & Escrow. The company will also open its seventh office at 6200 Coastal Highway in Ocean City before the end of 2010.
Licensed in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., RETE has hired Devin Holland to manage the new Salisbury and Ocean City locations.
“We see growing demand for our suite of services and tremendous opportunities brewing in the Eastern Shore marketplace and the Salisbury and Ocean City areas in particular,” said Peter Burstein, principal and CEO of Real Estate Title & Escrow who, together with Billy Yerman, founded the company. “In our selection of Devin Holland, we have attracted a professional that brings a strong track record of success and well-developed real estate contacts to our team. These offices are strategically positioned to achieve rapid and sustained growth,” he said.
Deal Inked To Carry Cakes
WEST OCEAN CITY – The Original Smith Island Cake Company, specializing in the multi-layer Smith Island Cake, the state dessert of Maryland, is proud to announce a partnership with Giant Food. Giant Food will be carrying mini Smith Island Cakes in 29 stores all over Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. The cakes can be found at Giant Foods locally in Salisbury and Easton as well as Rehoboth Beach, Millville and Long Neck, Del.
Hospital A Top Performer
SALISBURY – Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland has been named a top performer in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Premier healthcare alliance value-based purchasing (VBP) project that rewards hospitals for delivering high quality care in six clinical areas.
Based on fifth-year results from the HYPERLINK "http://www.premierinc.com/quality-safety/tools-services/p4p/hqi/index.jsp" Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration™ (HQID) project, Peninsula Regional received two awards for Top Attainment Performance in the clinical area(s) of AMI/Heart Attack and Surgical Care.
“Providing outstanding patient care has always been our primary mission,” said Peggy Naleppa MS, MBA, Dr.M, FACHE, and President/CEO. “Our continued successes in this project are a testament to our ongoing efforts to improvement the quality of care we offer our patients and to provide them an overall exceptional experience.”