About Us
Biography
Hi, I’m Vivien Hsu. I’m a Credentialled Diabetes Educator and an Accredited Consultant Pharmacist. I can help you in English or Mandarin or Chinese dialects such as Hakka or Hokkien.
I work closely with your doctors (GPs and/or specialists) to help you take control of your diabetes management from lifestyle improvement through to oral and/or injectable medications at any stage of your life.
I also do Home Medicine Review to answer your questions and to help you understand and manage your medications better at home. I work closely with your GP who will receive a report from me with suggestions to achieve optimal treatments for your health conditions.
You can access diabetes education consultations and Home Medicine Review services through referrals from your doctors. I currently provide diabetes education service and Home Medicine Review service for several medical centres and pharmacies.
Qualifications
- Credentialled Diabetes Educator
- Accredited Consultant Pharmacist
- Bachelor Degree of Pharmacy
- Medication Management Review Accreditation
- Post-graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management
- Certificate IV in Weight Management
The Mission
Collaborate with endocrinologists, general practitioners and allied health professionals, to give you the ultimate diabetes care to live well with diabetes!
As a credentialled diabetes educator, I’ll help you to:
- Understand diabetes and how it affects your health
- Make lifestyle choices of healthier food choices and physical activity
- Understand treatment choices and effective and safe use of your medicines
- Learn to monitor and interpret your blood glucose patterns
- Recognise and treat high and low blood glucose levels , ie. hyperglycaemia and/or hypoglycaemia
- Manage your diabetes during illness, ie. Sick Day Management
- Manage possible complications associated with diabetes
- Plan for pregnancy for people with Type 1 diabetes
- Manage diabetes during pregnancy and gestational diabetes
- Travel planning
As an accredited consultant pharmacist, I conduct Home Medicines Reviews (HMR) to enhance quality use of medicines and reduce adverse medicine events and help you to
- Understand your medications and their potential adverse effects
- Ensure the appropriate use of your medications, including complementary medicines
- Demonstrate correct use of medical devices, such as inhalers and blood pressure monitors
- Help remove any medicines that are expired or no longer taken
- Provide advice on lifestyle factor modifications
- Provide advice on safe storage of medicines
