AAFP The AAFP has released resources to educate family physicians and patients about a new brand of e-cigarette known as JUUL, which is popular among adolescents and young adults. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb pledged to expand the Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan to include efforts to stop young people from using tobacco products, focusing on e-cigarettes […]
Please spread the word that Let’s Move, Kansas 5K run / is open and accepting registrations and sponsorship opportunities. Join us in celebrating health for all Kansans and supporting the KAFP-Foundation on Saturday, October 20. For more information visit www.kafponline.org/lmk. Download the flyer and post in your office! Thank you in advance for your help.
KAFP/AAFP The AAFP’s National Conference of Family Medicine Residents & Medical Students in Kansas City was held August 2-4. The three-day conference features workshops, social and networking events, an expo featuring representatives from hundreds of family medicine residencies and the resident and student congresses. The 2018 conference set new attendance records once again. According to preliminary […]
KDHE You are invited to join the Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health for the latest webinar in the Navigating Rural Health Resources series! When: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. This webinar will highlight information and resources about: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Click here […]
Kansas Health Institute In January 2018, the federal government officially signaled its willingness to approve the implementation of work requirements in the Medicaid program. As a result, states now have a new Medicaid eligibility option that previous administrations, both Republican and Democratic, were unwilling to approve. The option is based on Section 1115 of the […]
KDHE In this newly released policy brief, researchers at the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center looked at nationally-representative data on social habits of older Americans to learn more about social isolation and its impact on health outcomes in rural communities. Read Gender Differences in Social Isolation and Social Support among Rural Residents.
KAFP Register for the RISE Webinar on Wednesday, August 29 – featuring Terry “Lee” Mills, MD, FAAFP (former KAFP member), who will present Increasing Joy in Practice, Avoiding Burnout, Building Resilient Practices and Careers. Sign up today! Join us for the third webinar in the KAFP RISE Webinar Series, interact with Dr. Mills and learn about […]
KAFP KAFP is offering a Health Behavior KSA Group Learning Session on September 14 in Dodge City. Review 60 core competency questions with experienced family physician faculty. Discuss and learn the best answers with your colleagues. The KAFP reports your answers directly to ABFM on your behalf. Earn 8 live credits of CME immediately. Following your completion […]
AAFP The AAFP’s national public service announcement campaign (PSA) continues in August with a segment on shingles. Watch the PSA about the shingles vaccine. Each PSA educates the audience about an issue and urges them to visit familydoctor.org for more information. Please help educate your patients by referring them to the familydoctor.org website. Below is the […]
KDHE The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is reporting two cases of neuroinvasive West Nile virus (WNV) disease in individuals who reside in Johnson County. Four regions of the state remain under a high-risk warning for WNV, including north central, south central, northwest, and southwest Kansas. Northeast and southeast regions are at moderate […]