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2011 GRHA Board of Directors
President
Nannette Turner
Immediate Past President
Greg Dent
President Elect
Sallie Barker
Vice President
Denise Kornegay
Treasurer
Sheila Freeman
Secretary
Deidre Howell
Board Members
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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NOTICE
To make hotel reservations at Callaway Gardens Lodge & Spa you will need to call this number: 706-489-3300 and ask for reservations. You will need to tell the reservation agent you are booking a room with the Georgia Rural Health Association Annual Conference and want the group rate. |
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GRHA Welcomes New Members
Individual
Sally vander Straeten
Gena Agnew
Student
Jeffrey Lee |
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Georgians for a Healthy Future
Georgians for a Healthy Future has a new fact sheet called Pathways to Coverage. It's a very basic one-page overview of where and how you can access health insurance in Georgia today, aimed at a general consumer audience.
Pathways to Coverage |
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Putting Ethics in Advance Care Planning (CURE Archived Webinar)
Larry Robinson, DMin, MFT
Info & Registration: http://sowega-ahec-cure11a.eventbrite.com/
Genetics in Family Medicine (CURE Archived Webinar)
Speaker: David Flannery, MD
Info & Registration: http://sowega-ahec-cure14a.eventbrite.com/
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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 ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
GRHA- KEEPIN' IT RURAL: 30 YEARS & COUNTING
Call for Abstracts -
Students Poster Session
Speaker Sessions
Deadline Extended
Georgia Rural Health Association 2011 Awards of Excellence
Please visit our website for award descriptions and a Nomination Form. Completed nominations must be received by August 15, 2011.
Links are on our Homepage under Save the Date or
Call the GRHA home office- 478-552-3620 and request a form |
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Rural Health Clinic Conference Video Presentations are now available on the GRHA website!
Southwest Georgia AHEC has done a wonderful job preparing the videos. GRHA appreciates all the hard work and support they have given us in preparing for this conference.
Rural Health Clinic Conference 2011 Archived Flyer |
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Dear GRHA Members,
Hope everyone is having a great summer and finding ways to stay cool.
Things are heating up with GRHA and I wanted to provide you an update. Since this past January our organizational membership has grown from 159 to 183. Thank you for all your help.
In May we had our first and quite successful Rural Health Clinic Conference in Cordele. The event was held at the South Georgia Technical College with over 60 in attendance.
Speakers included the following: Rhett Partin, Georgia Hospital Association, Director of the Center for Rural Health - potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on Rural Health Clinics; Cindy Dupree, Draffin & Tucker - Accountable Care Organizations impact on Rural Health Clinics; Charles Horne, Draffin Tucker - Cost Reporting; Teresa McMillan, MAG Mutual - Risk Management; Dr. Dominick Mack, Morehouse School of Medicine - Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use; Paula Guy, Georgia Partnership for Telehealth - Telemedicine; Melody Brown, Georgia Medical Care Foundation - QI and implementing QA performance measures; Charles Owens, Director of the State Office of Rural Health - Rural Health Clinic Assistance; Lana Dennis, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - CMS Update; and Donna Crews, Director of the State Office of Primary Care - Primary Care Office Programs specific to RHCs.
Pam Reynolds, with the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center, had staff professionally video record the day which can be viewed on our website. To build on this momentum, plans are in the works to provide a Rural Health Clinic Track at the annual conference.
Speaking of our Annual Conference, this year we are looking forward to gathering at beautiful Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia September 19-21st. Register before Augusta 20th and get a better room rate! We are working on a great agenda and have already lined up State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens to speak with us on Tuesday, September 20th at 3:00 pm on the impact of the Affordable Care Act for rural Georgia. More speaker confirmations will be announced soon. But in the meantime, if you are interested in submitting an abstract for a speaker session, please go to www.grhainfo.org and follow the instructions. A formal conference agenda should be release the middle of July.
Sincerely,
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July is UV Safety Month! Summer is the perfect time to remind viewers about the dangers of exposure to ultraviolet
(UV) radiation, and how to protect themselves in the sun. Learn more about UV Safety and find the UV forecast at
EPA's SunWise Program Web site - www.epa.gov/sunwise.
How does UV radiation affect you?
Overexposure to UV radiation has negative health effects which range from short-term effects, such as sunburns, to long-term affects, such as skin cancer. Every year in the United States over one million people are diagnosed with skin cancer and as a result of skin cancer, one person dies every hour. Over exposure to UV radiation can also cause eye cataracts, eye damage, skin aging, growths on the skin, and suppression of the immune system.
Who is at risk?
Although the sun can adversely affect everyone, some people are at a higher risk for skin cancer when overexposed to UV radiation. People who are at the highest risk for skin cancer are those who spend excessive amounts of time in the sun, as well those who get sun burns easily or frequently. Even though the risk of skin cancer is not equal for all people, everyone should take precautions. It is also important to remember that everyone is equally at risk for eye damage due to overexposure to the sun's ultra violet radiation.
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What's Up Doc? What You Need to Know About Med School
LIVE Webinar for Those Interested in Applying to a Georgia Medical School
July 21, 2011 2:00PM Info & Registration: http://healthtecdl.org/events/details/Whats-up-Doc.cfm
NRHA Quality and Clinical Conference
July 20-22, 2011Rapid City, S.D
Registration Information
ATA Policy Summit/ in cooperation with The Continua Health Alliance
July 27, 2011
The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center
Info and Registration
Fifth Annual National Conference on Health Communications, Marketing, and Media
August 9 - 11, 2011
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Information
Georgia Rural Health Association Annual Conference
September 19-21,2011
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA
ANNA FALL MEETING 2011
For Nephrology Nurses, Managers, and Advanced Practice Nurses
September 24-26, 2011
Hilton Atlant
Atlanta, GA
Register by August 12, 2011 to take advantage of reduced rates |
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