Entries by Jesse Soyez

Performance Improvement Activities Approved for ABFM Continuing Certification Credit-20 Points

ABFM The ABFM’s PRIME Support and Alignment Network, in collaboration with the University of Colorado-Denver, Department of Family Medicine’s e-Learning team have leveraged the power of Bodenheimer’s 10 Building Blocks of Primary Care and best practices from the landmark, federal Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative to help you improve in three areas: Person- and Family-Centered Care […]

KMUW Radio Commits to Media Sponsorship

  KAFP-Foundation The KAFP-Foundation is thrilled to announce that KMUW Wichita 89.1 Radio is the official media sponsor for Let’s Move, Kansas 5K Run/1.5 Mile Walk. Join us on Saturday, October 19 at Sedgwick County Park, Wichita beginning at 8:30 a.m. It is a great way to support your Foundation’s programs for residents and students […]

Hep A and Meningococcal Vaccines to be Required for 2019-20 School Year

KDHE Two new vaccines will be required for school-age children for the 2019-20 School Year: Meningococcal and Hepatitis A. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment proposed changes to the vaccine requirement regulations earlier this year and held a public hearing, concluding a 60-day public comment period in June. The regulations were approved by KDHE […]

Live Well, Lead Effectively – Register Today!

KAFP Join us for the last webinar in our RISE Webinar Series on July 24 at 12:15 pm. Dr. Amaryllis Sanchez Wohlever will inspire you to live well and lead effectively! Nurturing a Heart of Service without Burning Out, Amaryllis Sanchez Wohlever, MD Learning Objectives Identify at least three specific ways to nurture a servant […]

Teams Forming Now!

  KAFP-Foundation Get your office team registered for the Let’s Move, Kansas run/walk on Saturday, October 19 at Sedgwick County Park, Wichita. Proceeds benefits your KAFP-Foundation. It is a great way to support your Foundation’s programs for residents and students while living a healthy lifestyle and sharing it with friends, family and colleagues! Register by […]

Resident International Scholarship Award Applications Close August 15

KAFP-Foundation Attention all second-and third-year Kansas family medicine residents: The KAFP-Foundation’s, (KAFP-F) “Carol A Johnson MD (CAJ) Family Medicine International Scholarship” application deadline is Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019.  If you have a passion for international health care missions and a story of your mission work to share, don’t miss this opportunity!

Get Your Practice Improvement Work Recognized by Aug. 1

AAFP There is still time to apply for two awards offered in connection with the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s 2019 Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement — the FPM Award for Practice Improvement and the H. Winter Griffith Resident Scholarship for Excellence in Practice Improvement and Patient Care. Apply by Aug. 1.

CDC and WHO publish “Genetic Characterization of Measles and Rubella Viruses Detected Through Global Measles and Rubella Elimination Surveillance”

CDC CDC published Genetic Characterization of Measles and Rubella Viruses Detected Through Global Measles and Rubella Elimination Surveillance, 2016–2018 in the July 5 issue of MMWR (pages 587–591). On the same day, WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record published a similar article titled Genetic Characterization of Measles and Rubella Viruses Detected Through Global Measles and Rubella Elimination Surveillance, 2016–2018. […]

PRIME Registry: Building the Future of Primary Care

ABFM The PRIME Registry is unleashing the potential of patient and community data to build better primary care, helping shift the focus beyond individual disease diagnoses to measuring what really matters to patients and clinicians. PRIME Includes: More Measures that Matter—through PRIME’s improved array of high-value primary care measures with demonstrated connection to improved outcomes […]

5K Run & 1.5 Mile Walk to Benefit KAFP-Foundation

  KAFP-Foundation Get your office team registered for he Let’s Move, Kansas run/walk on Saturday, October 19 at Sedgwick County Park, Wichita. Proceeds benefits your KAFP-Foundation. It is a great way to support your Foundation’s programs for residents and students while living a healthy lifestyle and sharing it with friends, family and colleagues! Register by […]