Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians E-NEWSLETTER
August 19, 2019

 
UPCOMING:

November 2, 2019
Fall Intensive Focusing on Opioids
Westin Hotel
Jackson, MS

Welcome New Members
Active:
Rommel Awagwara, MD, Jackson
Megan I. McNeil, MD, Long Beach
Jennie T. Stanford, MD, Seminary
Hailey E. Thompson, Philadelphia
Preston Wright, DO, Corinth

Forrest General FMRP:
Terra Cody, DO
Helen Rachael Hudson, MD
John L. Martin, MD
Adam T. Purvis, MD
Christopher R. Rawls, MD
Shomari Thompson, MD
Meghan Webb, MD

North MS Medical Center FMRP:
Nick Bondio, DO
Torey K. Collier, MD
Tyler K. Crosswhite, MD
Maribeth B. Hillhouse, MD
Anthony D. Hurton, DO
Forrest M. Lyon, MD
Falan N. McKnight, MD
Marcus J. Wilson, DO

UMMC Students:
Shivanthidevi Gandhi
Bobby L. May
Lydia Nunes
Jazmyn J. Shaw
Jordan Watts

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Drs. Wes Dean of Tennessee, James Griffin of New Augusta, Bill Grantham of Clinton and John Meigs of Alabama discuss key issues before an advocacy panel.
Grantham, Griffin, Embry Represent MS  at Southeastern Forum
MAFP's three top officers are representing Mississippi at the Southeastern Family Medicine Forum in Asheville, NC, this week. Dr. Bill Grantham, MAFP President, and Dr. James Griffin, President-Elect, join Beth Embry, Executive Director, at the forum to network with colleagues from the Southeastern U.S.

CME sessions, advocacy discussions and national policy updates are on the agenda at the annual event. Family physicians and staff from 12 states attend each year.
Family physicians caucused at the MSMA Annual Meeting in Jackson this past weekend, including (from left) Drs. Carlos Latorre, Melissa Stephens, Katie Patterson, Lee Giffin, Stephen Hammack, Randy Easterling and Emily Landrum.

Reminder to Vote in Runoff Aug. 27
Mississippi's statewide and legislative offices are up for grabs this year. Following the August 6 primary, many offices are undecided and candidates are facing each other in runoff elections Aug. 27. Please vote at your local precinct, and remind others to vote!

Please Help Researchers by Taking Lead Poisoning Survey
Paid Advertisement. FAMILY PHYSICIANS: Mississippi Department of Health and Jackson State University want to know what you have seen in your practice regarding childhood lead poisoning!

Your input will help researchers determine how to improve diagnosis and treatment of lead poisoning in Mississippi's children. Click here to complete this 2-minute survey.
St. Dominic to Host Wound Care Event Aug. 23-24
Paid Advertisement. St. Dominic's Wound Healing Center is pleased to announce our first Wound Care Symposium for primary care practitioners and other specialists who treat patients dealing with the vexing problems associated with  chronic, non-healing or acute wounds. The Wound Care Symposium will take place August 23-24, 2019 at the St. Dominic's Toulouse Building located at 3800 I-55 Frontage Road, Jackson, MS 39216.  

The Symposium offers a wide variety of topics addressing all aspects of wound care treatment including medical, surgical, vascular and pharmaceutical options.  Speakers include local experts who will offer valuable information on symptoms, differentials, work-ups and when to refer. The Wound Care Symposium has been approved for 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Applications for AAFP credit and nursing credit are pending.
 
Registration fees:
MD/DO                       $120
NP/PAs                        $80
RN, Allied Health         $60
 
To register or for more details, click here.

Wellness Wednesdays Session: 'Fixing the Workplace'
All AAFP members may access the  Wellness Wednesday  phone calls for physicians at no charge, and the next one is  Wednesday, August 21 at 11:15 am CST, with the title "Creating a Manageable Cockpit for Clinicians: Fixing the Workplace, Not the Worker."

The webinar speaker is Dr. Christine Sinsky, American Medical Association Vice President of Professional Satisfaction. Dr. Sinsky will discuss the science supporting the quality, safety, and business cases for focusing on creating a manageable 'cockpit' for clinicians. She will also describe practical leadership, workflow, and teamwork interventions that can improve professional satisfaction and reduce burnout. 

After the webinar, those attending will be able to:
  • Articulate the business case for addressing physician well-being
  • Bring home at least one change to improve efficiency in your own practice and
  • Become inspired about the possibilities of reclaiming the joy in medicine.
Physicians Eligible for $40,000 Grant for Scientific Research
Family Medicine Discovers Rapid Cycle Scientific Discovery and Innovation (FMD RapSDI), launching this fall by the AAFP Foundation, is seeking practicing family physicians with little or no research experience to conduct short-term innovative and high-impact projects addressing patient care-inspired or clinical questions or topics.

Two physicians will be selected as 2019-2020 FMD RapSDI Scholars. Each will receive a $40,000 grant for project associated costs and/or to offset time required to conduct research. Scholars have an opportunity to participate in one or more research conferences/meetings and author a manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal.

The application process will be divided into two rounds.  The first application period will be open from October 1-31, 2019. The second application period deadline is March 1, 2020.

Sign Up for a MAFP Committee!
Would you like to dip your toe into the water and get involved in the academy? Read about our 5 committees and decide which one you're interested in. Then complete our 30-second online form to let us know you're interested. It's that simple! Committee members will be notified of their assignments in August for the 2019-20 year.

PRIME Registry: Building the Future of Primary Care
Paid Advertisement. 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. Join PRIME Registry, and help shape the future of primary care.

PRIME Includes
More Measures that Matter-through PRIME's improved array of high-value primary care measures with demonstrated connection to improved outcomes and quality of life.

Doctors and patients agree that Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) is meaningful. The PRO pilot launched in PRIME in April 2019 gives patients a voice, while giving clinicians valuable feedback. The PRO will roll out to all of PRIME later in 2019.

Improved Health for Communities
PRIME's quality dashboard helps identify patients with quality gaps and helps practices see how they are doing compared to their peers.

Reduced Burden for Clinicians
PRIME's quality data tracking and benchmarking, paired with the implementation of more "measures that matter" (comprehensiveness, continuity, PRO, low-value care) enables participating physicians to demonstrate high value in practice which has the potential for a positive affect on payments from both CMS and private payers.

Join one of the twice-monthly PRIME demonstrations here:    https://primeregistry.org/join-a-demo/

The project described was supported by Funding Opportunity Number CMS-1L1-15-002 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS or any of its agencies.