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KAFP
It is always exciting to showcase our members! We hope you enjoy this video featuring what is in store for you at the 2017 KAFP Annual Meeting: Chart the Course. If you have not already, sign up today and join us for one of our pre-conference sessions, KSA or SICW on June 7 and the Annual Meeting, June 8-10 at the Wichita Marriott. Register here!
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KAFP
You have until May 8 to cast your vote! Members in districts 1, 3, 5 and 7; and KU School of Medicine faculty received ballots for director elections by U.S. mail. Ballots must be returned with a postmark of no later than May 8, 2017.
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KAFP
This is a great opportunity for you to make your recommendations to KAFP to change or support a topic important to you. Resolutions are the official means by which you as a member have input into the Academy's political process. Resolutions are not difficult to write. If you have a topic or resolution you're interested in writing, but get stuck in the process, please don't stop there — Contact KAFP! We can provide samples from years past, and will be happy to guide you through the process of writing your resolution. We are here to help you!
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KAFP
If your ABFM recertification cycle is coming up this year - you may be particularly interested in this opportunity. This Annual Meeting pre-conference session: KSA Group Learning - Heart Failure is an easy way to fulfill one of your American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) requirements. The Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA), formerly SAM, meets your ABFM's Family Medicine Certification Self-Assessment Activities requirement.
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KAFP
Take advantage of this new pre-conference session: Serious Illness Conversation Workshop (SICW).
Date: Wednesday, June 7
Time: 1:30 to 5 p.m.
Place: Wichita Marriott, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive, Wichita, KS 67207
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KDHE
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reviewed the evidence on PSA-based screening for prostate cancer and has posted its recommendations for public comment. USPSTF is asking for public input on revised guidelines for prostate cancer screening. This is an opportunity for you to help guide decisions about screening for prostate cancer screening. Click here for the draft statement.
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IAC Express
On April 20, 2017, CDC published General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization Best Practices: Guidance of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This guidance is also available as a 194-page PDF document. This document replaces ACIP's "General Recommendations on Immunization," published in 2011.
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Association Now Daily News
In January, Medicare began covering care-planning sessions for patients with cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. In response, the Alzheimer’s Association has created the Cognitive Impairment Care Planning Toolkit to help physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants provide the best care under the new Medicare code.
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AHRQ
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today a final recommendation statement on screening for preeclampsia. The Task Force recommends screening for preeclampsia in pregnant women with blood pressure measurements throughout pregnancy.
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IAC Express
Q: The 2013 ACIP meningococcal ACWY recommendations* list household crowding and both active and passive smoking as risk factors for meningococcal disease. Should I recommend MenACWY vaccine for a nonsmoker living in a crowded household of smokers? *www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6202.pdf
A: Although second-hand smoke and other environmental conditions have been identified as risk factors for meningococcal disease, ACIP does not include them as indications for MenACWY vaccination. Providers are always free to use their clinical judgment in situations not addressed by ACIP.
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