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Pneumococcal Vaccine Update for Physicians and Clinicians – April 30

Please join us for a pneumococcal vaccine update webinar on Tuesday, April 30, noon - 1:00 p.m. and hear from Lynn Fisher, MD, family physician and Gretchen Homan, MD, pediatrician, who will provide updates impacting adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adult and pediatric patients, respectively and Monica Pando, RN, VFC coordinator, who will discuss navigating these updates from a clinic perspective.

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KARQM Education Program - May 2

The Kansas Association of Risk and Quality Management was created to promote the delivery of quality health care and the practice of risk management in Kansas health care facilities. Membership includes risk and quality management professionals in health care facilities or health-related organizations.

Educational Webinar: How Do Your Hospital Finances Measure Up? – May 2

Join Healthworks and KHA for an educational session at 2:00 p.m. on May 2 to learn how to utilize QHis financial benchmarking tool effectively. Shannan Flach, vice president health care finance and reimbursement and Sally Othmer, vice president data and strategic analytics will be joined by Wes Garrison, founder, Databasically to walk through the tool including the easy-upload process, reviewing the QHi financial measures available and to demonstrating how to run and schedule reports.

Opioid Educational Webinar: Partnering to Increase Access to SUD Treatment – May 3

Please join us on May 3 to hear how hospitals and communities are partnering to increase access to substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction. The program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing nursing education and pending approval for 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education. There is no charge to attend as this program is funded through a grant from our partners at DCCCA.

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Introduction of Bills

Kansas Seal (Mar. 19, 2024) – Senate Bill 554 – Concerns health and health care; relating to certain definitions; provides that a fertilized human ovum or embryo existing outside of the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child or human being
–By Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Senate Bill 555 – Concerns health and health care; relates to medical cannabis; creates the Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act; authorizes the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to enter into contracts for the limited cultivation, processing and distribution of medical cannabis for patient use upon a physician's recommendation; imposes terms and conditions for such contracts; establishes requirements for physician certifications recommends medical cannabis use; levying an excise tax on the retail sale of medical cannabis; establishes the Medical Cannabis Refund Fund and the Medical Cannabis Research and Education Fund; creates the crime of unlawful storage of medical cannabis; makes exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances
–By Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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