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2011 GRHA Board of Directors
Nannette Turner
Greg Dent
Sallie Barker
Denise Kornegay
Sheila Freeman
Deidre Howell
Ann Addison
Carla Belcher
Laura Bland Gillman
Johnny Grant
Sue Nieman
Charles Owens
Chris Parker
Rhett Partin
Caroline Holley Womack
Matt Caseman |
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"Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities: A Guide for Preventing Childhood Obesity in Georgia"
This resource was developed by Rodney Lyn, PhD; Joyce Maaloup, MS; Tobey Davis, JD; Sarah Connell, BA; and Megan Smith, MPH, and Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University on behalf of the Philanthropic Collaborative for a Healthy Georgia. |
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2011 Legislative Tracking Reports and Session Updates | |
Final 2011 Legislative Session Reports coming soon!
GRHA Members can log onto our website, grhainfo.org//legislation.htm and view up to date Legislative Tracking Reports and Session Updates for the 2011 General Assembly. All you have to do is click on 2011 Legislative Tracking and enter your username and password. We also have the 2011 Legislative Agenda on the website. |
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GRHA Welcomes New Members
Corporate Sponsor
Georgia Association for Primary Health Care, Inc.
Organizational Member
Colquitt Regional Medical Center
Appling Health Care System
Nurse Family Partnership
Georgia College of Emergency Physicians
Individual Membership
Teresa Bryant
Student Membership
Joseph Lowry |
For those of you who want to stay up to date through social networks, please join the Georgia Rural Health Association Facebook page and follow us on Twitter!   By joining our social media sites, you have the ability to stay updated on the latest rural health information in Georgia. Please help us spread the word! Thank you for your support and feel free to contact us with any questions. |
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MAG/GMGMA WORKSHOPS
The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) in partnership with the Georgia Medical Group Management Association (GMGMA) will condut innovative CME-accredited workshops across the state in 2011.
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Georgia Rural Health Clinic Conference
May 24, 2011
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
South Georgia Technical College
There is still time to get your seat at the first Rural Health Clinic Conference. This conference is designed especially for Rural Health Clinics and we believe everyone attending will benefit.
Please visit our website for the agenda and registration information. |
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Coming Soon!
Georgia Rural Health Association Annual Conference
September 19 - 21
Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain, GA
GRHA is celebrating its 30th Anniversay
Information on conference registration will soon be available in the newsletter and on the webite. |
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GRHA Job Board
To help improve Georgia's rural healthcare workforce, GRHA is developing a job board. This job board will feature both paid and nonpaid positions. Members will be allowed to post and search for jobs while students will be given an opportunity to search for internships in rural Georgia. Employment opportunities received will also be announced in our weekly newsletter. The job board will be developed and displayed on the website during the next couple of weeks. But in the meantime, to help GRHA get this service up and running, if you would like to announce job or internship opportunities, email info@grha.org or let us know on GRHA's Facebook Page. |
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Georgia College of Emergency Physicians
Presents
The Emergency Procedure Course
Juner 12, 2011
Contact: Tara Morrison, GCEP Executive Director at 770-613-0932 or tara@theassociationcompany.com
The Emergency Procedure Flyer
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Legislative checkup: How health care issues have fared
By: Andy Miller
Published: Apr 13, 2011
As it closes this week, the 2011 General Assembly will rank as one of the most important legislative sessions for health care in recent years.
That's not only because of the bills that passed. Even defeated proposals drew high-octane debates over significant health issues.
Georgia's Legislature typically deals with scores of health care bills, but this year, the legislative lineup appears to have more oomph.
The topics covered the waterfront: health care reform, aging, public health, prescription drugs, insurance, fraud, driving safety, medical providers, and conditions such as mental illness and HIV.
To read the entire article click here. |
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 The Kaiser Family Foundation's next live, interactive webcast in its Today's Topics in Health Disparities series on Monday, April 25, at 1 p.m. ET will examine the new Department of Health and Human Services' Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
The program will address the contents of the strategy and its timeline for implementation as well as its implications for providers. The panelists will also discuss how the new strategy relates to other federal efforts and to health reform implementation.
The panelists will take questions from viewers, which may be submitted before or during the live program to
ask@kff.org.
WHO: Cara James, Ph.D., Director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation will moderate the discussion with:
Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Herbert Smitherman, Jr., MD, MPH, FACP, Assistant Dean of Community and Urban Health, and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and President and CEO, Health Centers Detroit Foundation, Inc.
WHEN: Monday, April 25th, 2011, at 1 PM EST.
 Add this program to your Outlook calendar.
WHERE: Join the live webcast.
If you have never viewed a webcast before, please test your media player in advance of the live webcast.
Today's Topics In Health Disparities is a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion features a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers.
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing and communicating the best possible information and analysis on health issues.
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Mark your Calendar
Rural Health Clinic Conference
May 24, 2011
South Georgia Technical College, Cordele, GA
Registration
Putnam General Hospital's Health Fair 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Eatonton, GA
If interested in a booth, please call Heather Thrift at 706-923-2028
"Getting the Funding You Want for the Transportation You Need"
Policy Briefing Luncheon/ Samuel R. Staley
Noon, Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Georgian Club, 100 Galleria Parkway, Ste. 1700, Atlanta
Directions: http://tinyurl.com/4cf9yy2
52nd Annual Archbold Auxiliary TeaSpring Creek Farms, Boston, Georgia
Wednesday, April, 20, 2011
3:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.
Event is free and open to the public with donations accepted.
Contact Archbold Marketing & Public Relations @229-227-5140 for more information
PCCN-Primary Care Clinical Network
Quality Initiative Collaborative Learning Session & PCCN Continuing Education Conference
April 27-30, 2011
Legacy Lodge and Conference Center
Lake Lanier Islands, Georgia Register Now
American Telemedicine Association
ATA 2011 16th Annual International Meeting & Exposition
May 1-3, 2011, Tampa, FL Registration
NRHA's Annual Rural Health Conference
May 2-6, 2011, Austin, TX
Registration Information
Georgia Nonprofit Summit
May 9-10, 2011
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta
Details and Registration
National Health Services Corps
Application Cycle Now Open - Ends May 26, 2011
More Information
State Medical Education Board Scholarship Program
Deadline: June 1, 2011
SMEB Medical Student Scholarship Application |
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