Network Health Plan offers public workshop about Diabetes

Living Well with Diabetes

12 / 22 / 2009

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For more information contact:
Maria Heim, Media Relations
Affinity Health System
(920) 720-1752
(920) 554-0686 (pager)

MENASHA, Wis. - Network Health Plan is offering a free, educational workshop to help people struggling with Type 2 Diabetes. This six-week offering includes topics such as: techniques to deal with pain and fatigue, appropriate use of medication, healthy eating, appropriate exercise and more. Workshops are FREE, with an option to purchase the $20 textbook “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions,” which is loaned out during the class.

The Living Well with Diabetes workshop will take place at the following dates and times:

St. Elizabeth Hospital

  • Thursdays February 4 - March 18, 9:00 – 11:30am, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton, WI
  • Tuesdays February 2 - March 16, 1:00 – 3:30pm, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton, WI
  • Tuesdays February 2, - March 16, 5:30 -8:00 pm, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton, WI
  • Thursdays February 4, - March 18, 6:00 -8:30 pm, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton, WI

Network Health Plan

  • Wednesdays February 3 - March 17, 5:30-8:00 pm, 1570 Midway Place, Menasha, WI

For current information on dates/times, and locations, click here.  Not all classes are available throughout the year.  If you have questions, or if you wish to be placed on a waiting list for the next available class, call Affinity NurseDirect at 1-800-362-9900.

To register for these free workshops, contact Affinity NurseDirect at 920-738-2230 (Fox Cities), 920-231-6578 (Oshkosh) or 1-800-362-9900. Register online by clicking here.


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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a Catholic mission-oriented regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s third largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and is nationally listed among the top 50 hospitals for quality and efficiency (Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare). For eight consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI Health (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation – Affinity ranks no. 29 in the 2009 report. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent among hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It is ranked 31st in the nation, according to the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 22 family practice and specialty clinics – including two fully operational Medical Home models – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.