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KAFP
The KAFP Annual Meeting brings this educational session: "Human Trafficking Education for the Healthcare Professional." You will learn about the scope and general characteristics of human trafficking and how to recognize the red flags and indicators and take the proper actions if a human trafficking situation is suspected.
The 2016 KAFP Annual Meeting, "Kansas Grown: Strong, Healthy & Caring" scheduled for June 9 -11, 2016 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Overland Park, welcomes speaker, Nicole Ensminger, Via Christ Health's Human Trafficking Program Manager.
Nicole Ensminger has a great passion for the fight against human trafficking. As Via Christi Health’s Human Trafficking Program Manager, she works to educate healthcare professionals and the public about a crime that happens in communities across the United States. While obtaining her masters in healthcare leadership, Nicole discovered the great need for healthcare professionals to be educated on how to recognize victims of human trafficking and how to safely and effectively provide assistance. She had a vision of creating an education program and an identification assessment tool for healthcare professionals.
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KAFP
This week we thank Drs. Michael Engelken (Topeka), Wendy Biggs (Kansas City) and Lynn Fisher (Plainville) for "Making a Difference" by volunteering this week to serve as Family Doctor of the Day.
We have the following dates to fill – please check your calendars, especially those who volunteered for days when the sessions were cancelled.
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KAFP
Plan to attend the Expanding KanCare Forum on Wednesday, March 2, from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Maner Conference Center in Topeka. The Kansas Community Panel has a dynamite lineup, which includes Rob Freelove, M.D., CEO and Medical Director, Salina Family Health Care. If you cannot attend the forum in person, you may view it on a live feed at: www.viachristi.org/kancare.
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AAFP
In April 2015, the President signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (HR 2, also known as MACRA). This law repealed the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that calculated payment cuts for physicians. MACRA establishes an alternative set of predictable annual baseline payment updates and two payment tracks: the alternative payment model (APM) track and the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track.
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Immunization Action Coalition
Almost 600 organizations are now enrolled in IAC's Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll. The honor roll recognizes hospitals, medical practices, professional organizations, health departments, and government entities that have taken a stand for patient safety by implementing mandatory influenza vaccination policies for healthcare personnel.
Since Jan. 20, when IAC Express last reported on the Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll, six additional healthcare organizations have been enrolled.
KAFP congratulates Fredonia Regional Hospital, Fredonia, for being one of the six newly added healthcare organizations in the country. Here is a listing of all honorees by state.
RE-POWER
Did you know - Individuals living in rural communities have higher rates of obesity and obesity related illnesses than their urban counterparts? Family practices operating in rural Kansas are on the front lines of combating this illness. With increasing obesity rates, there is an ever growing need for primary care providers to be equipped with evidence-based resources and interventions to best serve their communities.
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of death from cancer. Colorectal cancer affects all racial and ethnic groups and is most often found in people ages 50 and older.
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TFW
Tobacco Free Wichita (TFW) is conducting a series of Neighborhood Conversations around issues regarding tobacco retail advertising and marketing programs, especially those appealing to children. TFW will ask the members of the public who are directly affected to weigh-in on strategies such as: reducing the amount of retailers in priority areas identified through previous TFW research, limiting the distance of tobacco retailers from schools to 1000-feet, limiting the space allowed for all exterior advertising at retail establishments, and regulating flavored tobacco products. Invite your patients to attend if they live in these areas in Wichita. Here is the schedule:
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Office of Minority Health
Please join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health for the first webinar in a series on the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (National CLAS Standards). Culturally and linguistically appropriate services means that services are respectful of and responsive to individual cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy levels and communication needs.
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KDHE
The Chronic Disease Alliance of Kansas Patient Management Committee invites you to an upcoming Webinar highlighting evidence based programming in Kansas. The Webinar will specifically highlight the Stanford University self-management education programs and the Diabetes Prevention Program. Register for Improve Health In Your Community With An Evidence Based Approach March 16 at 2 p.m. at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/759990506521462787
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