With November being National Diabetes Month, Hamilton Medical Center is promoting awareness of the disease within the area. The inpatient diabetes service line at Hamilton focuses on identifying, developing and implementing programs to enhance and improve the care of patients with diabetes. Rebecca Hurst, diabetes coordinator, works with interdisciplinary teams to assure that patients with diabetes are provided with excellent care. She also works directly with patients to provide initial skills education for newly diagnosed patients prior to hospital discharge, coordination of hospital follow-up appointments, help with managing insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, and provides consultations with patients who are having difficulty maintaining target blood glucose levels. Diabetes affects about 37 million Americans. It is a disease that occurs when someone’s blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Diabetes can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves and heart, and is linked to some types of cancer.