Save the Dates! 2021 KMA Annual Meeting, “Better Together: Transforming the Landscape of Care” |
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KMA members are encouraged to save the dates for KMA’s 2021 Annual Meeting, to be held Aug. 27-29. The meeting will be held virtually, while continuing to offer education sessions, elections, as well as the KMA House of Delegates. Some preliminary events, such as reference committees, will be held in advance of the meeting during the month of August.
The theme for this year’s meeting, “Better Together: Transforming the Landscape of Care,” will speak to the challenges overcome by the physician community over the last year, as well as the changes in healthcare that will likely become part of the future of medicine.
KMA officers and trustees for the 2021-2022 Association year will be elected by the KMA House of Delegates during the KMA Annual Meeting. A listing of positions to be filled is available here. Email schott@kyma.org to submit a nomination.
More information on Annual Meeting, including registration, is forthcoming.
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KMA Wraps Historically Successful 2021 Legislative Session |
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Thanks to the advocacy of engaged physicians from across the state, the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) completed one of its most successful legislative sessions in recent history. Despite challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and several inclement weather delays, five KMA priority issues were sent to the Governor’s desk and became law. Members are encouraged to review the full KMA 2021 Advocacy in Action Achievement Report, available here.
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COCA Call Today To Present Latest Evidence on Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) with Thrombocytopenia associated with the administration of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine |
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Due to the recent findings related to a rare adverse event (Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombocytopenia - CVST) associated with the Johnson and Johnson (aka Jansen) COVID-19 vaccine, the CDC is holding a special CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call to inform clinicians about the situation, including detection and treatment guidance for potential cases of CVST. This call will be Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET.
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Members Asked to Complete Meet the Mandates Follow-Up Evaluation |
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KMA members who completed the Meet the Mandates House Bill 1 CME during the 2020 KMA Annual Meeting are asked to complete a follow-up evaluation. The evaluation will help better measure performance and patient outcomes.
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Register for COVID-19 Clinician and Public Health Update Webinar |
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The Kentucky Department for Public Health is announcing the next COVID-19 clinical/public health situation update webinar on Tuesday, April 27 at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm.
During the webinar, KDPH will offer up-to-date information on the COVID-19 outbreak and will cover several current topics of interest to healthcare providers and public health practitioners. Topics will include (but may not be limited to):
- Overall vaccination update
- Johnson & Johnson vaccine update and adverse event reporting
- Variants of concern situation in Kentucky
- Prioritizing requests for sequencing and reporting of sequencing results
- Breakthrough Infection Update
- Surveillance for LTCF outbreaks
- Reinfection Update
- Ebola situation and monitoring update
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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New Information Blocking Rules Now in Effect: What You Need to Know |
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released a final rule on the implementation of the new “information blocking” rules put in place as a result of the 21st Century Cures Act, which requires physicians to comply with new regulations on the access, exchange, and use of patients’ electronic health information (EHI). Information blocking is defined as practices that are likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage the access, exchange, or use of EHI.
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KMA Mourns the Loss of Truman Perry, M.D. |
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Truman Perry, M.D., 57, of Rockholds, Kentucky, passed away on Sunday, April 11, 2021. According to his obituary, he was preceded in death by his parents, Truman Ray Perry and Anna McCraery Perry. Dr. Perry was a US Navy veteran and member of Grace On The Hill Methodist Church. He is survived his children, Ryan Perry and Megan Perry (Devin); sister, Lisa Perry (Ralph J. Jackson); loving girlfriend, Dawn Sizemore; stepdaughter, Kayla Cox and grandchildren, Peyton and Emma. He was a dedicated KMA member, having served on KMA’s board of trustees for 18 years and was a longtime contributor to the Kentucky Physicians Political Action Committee (KPPAC).
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“Take It From Me”: KY Health Groups Encourage Residents to Roll up Sleeves
Changing With the Times: Kentucky "One of the Leaders in the Country" for Telehealth
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Kentucky Hospital Association COVID-19 Dashboard
The latest update of the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) COVID-19 Dashboard is now available here. The dashboard is an effort to provide current information about hospitalizations and ICU bed usage rates due to the novel Coronavirus.
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Karon Recognized as Physician of the Year
KMA member Magalene Karon, M.D., PSC, OB/GYN at Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East, was recognized as their 2020 Physician of the Year.
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Thornbury To Discuss Advances of Telehealth in Kentucky on KET
KMA Board of Trustees Chair William Thornbury, M.D., medical director and CEO of Medical Associates Clinic in Glasgow, Kentucky, and chief of family medicine at T.J. Samson Community Hospital, will appear on KET's Kentucky Health program to discuss advances in telehealth in Kentucky.
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