August 8-14 is National Health Center Week 2010!
August 8-14 is National Health Center Week. The second week of August each year is dedicated to recognizing the service and contributions of Community, Migrant, Homeless and Public Housing Health Centers in providing access to affordable, high quality, cost-effective health care to medically vulnerable and underserved people in the U.S. This year’s commemoration is especially important in Tennessee as we continue to work towards the goals of our Health Care Home Tennessee plan to serve 500,000 people by 2015. Below is a list of events happening across the state…we hope to see you there! (more)
Less Than One Week Left to Apply…Hear Directly from NHSC Clinicians!
Primary care clinicians interested in applying to the National Health Service Corps who are currently employed at an NHSC-approved Site must do so by finalizing their online applications by 5:00 pm ET on July 29, 2010, and submitting all supporting documentation by August 6, 2010. (more)
NRHA Rural Health Policy Institute
Cindy Siler, CEO, attended the 21st Annual Rural Health Policy Institute, which provided the opportunity to meet with key congressional members, members of the Obama Administration, and national health care experts, including Dr. Mary Wakefield (Administrator, HRSA) and Jonathan Blum (Director of CMS Center for Medicare Management).
Dr. Reid Blackwelder Appointed to National AAFP Board of Directors
In October 2009, Reid B. Blackwelder, M.D., FAAFP, a family physician in Kingsport, Tennessee (far right in photo), was appointed by the AAFP Congress of Delegates to the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 94,600 physicians and medical students nationwide. He will serve a three-year term, during which he will advocate on behalf of family physicians and patients nationwide to inspire positive change in the U.S. health care system. He also serves as residency program director of East Tennessee State University Family Physicians of Kingsport and as professor of family medicine at ETSU Quillen College of Medicine. (more)
Summit on the Future of Primary Care in Rural and Urban America
TRP’s CEO, Cindy Siler, attended HRSA’s Summit on the Future of Primary Care in Rural and Urban America August 10-12 in Washington DC. The meeting brought together our nation’s health care leaders to exchange ideas in addressing current and predicted issues on primary care provider workforce. (more)
“First to Contact…First to Contract”
On September 24, more than 70 attendees, from 32 states and Australia, at the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network’s (3RNet) 14th annual conference in Albuquerque contemplated the depth of those words from Jerry Harrison, Ph.D., executive director of New Mexico Health Resources (NMHR). Harrison leads New Mexico’s healthcare provider recruitment and retention efforts. NMHR placed 69 physicians, dentists, and clinicians during fiscal year 2009. (more)
2009 AAFP National Conference
Jackie Cavnar and Susan Kronk attended the 2009 Family Medicine Residents and Students National Conference, sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, in Kansas City, Missouri. Residents and faculty attended from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) division of family medicine, and the University of Tennessee (UT) departments of family medicine from Chattanooga (Erlanger), Jackson, Knoxville, and Memphis (St. Francis) to promote their residency programs to medical students from across the United States. Twelve medical students from Meharry Medical College attended. Additionally, Dr. Lee Carter and Cathy Dyer from the Tennessee chapter of the Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) exhibited at the conference. (more)
ETSU Residents Tour Rural Practice Sites
Twelve second-year residents in the Department of Family Medicine at East Tennessee State University saw first hand the health care benefits that rural and underserved residents in rural Tennessee communities enjoy. (more)
Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Leaves Clinics Short Handed
TRP stipend recipient, Dr. Jana Robinson, was quoted in the July 26, 2009 edition of The Commercial Appeal in the article, “Shortage of Primary-Care Physicians Leaves Clinics Short Handed.” Link to the article by Lindsay Melvin: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jul/26/coming-up-short-handed/?printer=1/
Telehealth technology showcased across the state
The Tennessee Primary Care Association and Community Health Network are teaming up with UnitedHealth Group/ AmeriChoice to showcase telehealth technology across the state. AmeriChoice has a mobile telehealth unit that they will be bringing to three sites in Tennessee and demonstrating the technology. State Commissioners, local officials, state and federal elected officials have all been invited in addition to the media. (more)
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