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Dec. 16, 2015 | Issue 128 |
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Government Affairs and Practice Advocacy
Pa. House Speaker to Address PAFP in Pittsburgh
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Pa. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Turzai, will speak at this year’s PAFP Annual Business Meeting, held in conjunction with the joint PAFP/UPMC Pittsburgh CME Conference. The business luncheon meeting is Friday, March 11, at the Marriot City Center hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Turzai, a Notre Dame and Duke law school graduate, has been in office since 2001, ascending to House Leader in 2011, and now Speaker of the House. The husband of a pediatrician, Turzai’s health care policy accomplishments include major medical liability reforms.
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Education
Think Warmer Weather: CME Cruise, July 2-7, 2016!
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With the holidays upon us and colder weather moving in, it's the perfect time to start thinking about tropical climates … and your CME needs! Get a big dose of both on a CME cruise to Bermuda! Visit www.pafp.com/cruise for details and registration for the PAFP's second CME cruise to Bermuda, July 2-7 from the Port of Baltimore.
Registration is now open for the combined PAFP CME Conference and UPMC's 43rd Refresher Course in Family Medicine (including Research Day), March 10-13 at the Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh. Reserve your spot today – some course spaces may be limited!
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Public Health
Two New Webcasts on Pain Management Available
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Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement in CRC Care Linked to Lower Costs
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As America shifts to value-based health care, new research is being conducted on how a focus of quality improvement in health care will be followed by cost reduction. A recent study by Johannes Govaert, MD of Leiden University Medical Center focused on investigating whether improving quality of surgical colorectal cancer (CRC) care, by using quality improvement initiatives, would lead to a reduction of hospital costs. The study yielded surprisingly positive results and further solidified the international trend of the transition from quantity to quality health care.
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Residents and Students
Resident and Student Leadership; Research Day
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Call for abstracts!
PAFP Research Day, March 12, Pittsburgh
Submit your abstract via the online registration and abstract submission form to ensure you’re a part of this annual event promoting original research: QI projects, community health projects, case studies. Cash prizes! Submission deadline Feb. 10.
Related: AAFP National Conference Poster Competition - call for submissions for this national forum in Kansas City; deadline April 1.
Call for nominations!
PAFP Exemplary Teaching Award
Nominate an influential family physician mentor who helped support you along the path to become the family physician you aspire to be. Nomination deadline Feb. 5.
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Are You or a Friend 'Family Physician of the Year' Material?
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You are a family physician – the person patients trust most when they’re not feeling well, when they have questions about their health, when they need everything from vaccinations to prescriptions. There are thousands of excellent family physicians in Pennsylvania, and we want to hear why you think you or a colleague is the best of all – maybe you’ll be chosen as the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians’ 2016 Family Physician of the Year!
Jan. 15, 2016 is the deadline for entries to the PAFP’s 2016 Family Physician of the Year contest – be sure to read the contest rules on www.pafp.com/topdoc.
PAFP Moving to 'Virtual Office' Jan. 4, 2016
We previously announced the PAFP would be moving to a "virtual office;" beginning Jan. 4, 2016, PAFP staff will be telecommuting Monday through Friday. Member services will continue uninterrupted.
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