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 Great American Smokeout: Nov. 15
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Coming Soon: ACU App on Tobacco
 ACU will launch a new smartphone app on tobacco use just in time for next week's Great American Smokeout on Nov. 15. The app will help you access a patient's nicotine dependence and tailor your advice to them. Watch your email for details next week!
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Register Now and Save
 Early registration discounts are available for ACU's first-ever conference on Health Information Technology (HIT) and the Underserved, March 7-8, 2013 in Poughkeepsie, NY. The conference is intended for clinicians from private and public systems, quality improvement and health IT staff, public health workers, faculty, researchers, students and government officials.
Whether you are a veteran or recent adopter, you will take away something new to help you harness the power of Health IT for your patients. Visit the conference website for details and hotel information. Early registration discount, ACU member rate, and group discounts are available. Information for sponsors and exhibitors is available online.
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It's Back - Second Annual iPad Giveaway
 Here's an opportunity too good to miss. All you have to do to enter our iPad giveaway is renew your ACU membership (or join ACU as a new member) by December 1. That's it. Members whose 2013 dues are paid by December 1 are eligible to win. The winner will be selected at random and will receive an Apple gift card valued at $499 in time for the holidays. You can join online or by calling 1-800-548-1784. To renew by mail, please print and return this form.
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Welcome New Members!
ACU is pleased to welcome three new members who joined in October: Jennie Garmon, H Jack Geiger, and ACU's founding executive director, Larry Brandt. Welcome all!
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ACU NE Regional Conference Dec. 1
 Join ACU for a luncheon with Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall, Pfizer's Chief Medical Officer and an ACU Charter member on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, NY. Two continuing professional education sessions will be available after the luncheon: Samara Gabree, ANP-BC, AAHIVS, ACRN from Albany Medical Center will present HIV Testing: The Law in New York and Elizabeth Phillips, MPH, MCHES from Hudson River Healthcare will present It's About Us: Your Patients & Our Community: Health Literacy Matters. Registration required. |
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Featured Jobs in the ACU Career Center
Nurse Practitioner - Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD. FT and PT positions available in our three adult primary care health centers, medical home model, for uninsured/underserved patients.
Staff Physician - Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD. FT and PT positions available in our three adult primary care health centers, medical home model, for uninsured/underserved patients. |
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Conferences and E-Learning
Nov. 8, 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET, Emerging Tobacco Products, a 90 -minute webinar with CME/CEUsponsored by the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and Legacy.
Nov. 13, 4 - 5 p.m., Post-Election Perspectives, Possibilities and Predictions for Health Reform and Reducing Diabetes Disparities. Leading health policy experts will discuss the election results and what's next for health reform. Sponsored by the Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes.
Nov. 14, 2 - 3 p.m. ET, Strategies to Help a Smoker who is Struggling to Quit, an Author in the RoomŪ Teleconference presented by JAMA and IHI. Free, registration required.
Nov. 29 - 30, Scalable Innovations for Health Centers and Public Housing, in Philadelphia, PA, sponsored by the national Nursing Centers Consortium.
Nov. 29, Spit it Out! West Virginia Conference on Smokeless Tobacco, a one-day conference in Roanoke, WV, sponsored by the W.V. Division of Tobacco Prevention. Free, registration required.
Call for Presentations and early registration: HIV/AIDS 2013: the Social Work Response, May 23-26, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Sponsored by the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. |
New Patient Resource on Cholesterol
 Lowering the Fats in Your Blood: A Patient Resource Guide is a new addition to ACU's patient education materials. It is written in simple language to help patients understand "good" blood fats and "bad" blood fats and how they affect risk for heart disease and stroke. The booklet is available in English and Spanish in both an audio and print format. Other titles in the series are Managing Your Pain and Managing Your Type 2 Diabetes. ACU participated in the development of the booklet on blood fats, along with the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and Krames Staywell.
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HRSA Award for Interprofessional Ed
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Dr. Barbara Brandt
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The Health Resources and Serviced Administration (HRSA) recently selected the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center to lead a new coordinating center to promote interprofessional education and collaborative practice in health care. The center will receive $4 million over five years. ACU member Barbara Brandt, PhD is Associate Vice President for Education at the academic health center. Congratulations, Barbara!
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Thank You, Sandra Leal
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The ACU Board of Directors extends its thanks to Sandra Leal, PharmD, FAPhA, CDE, a past president of ACU, who stepped down recently after serving nine years on the Board. Sandra has been an active participant in many ACU initiatives focused on advocacy, diabetes, hypertension, cultural competence and access to pharmacy services. She also developed ACU's involvement in social media as a means to connect with a larger audience of clinicians serving the underserved. Sandra is a tireless advocate and we appreciate all she has done and will continue to do. Thank you, Sandra.
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Students: Get Involved!
Calling all ACU student members! We value your commitment to becoming part of the health care workforce of the future. Please take a few minutes to respond to our online survey about ACU's student member benefits and opportunities. We really want to hear from you!
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Flip Camera Winner
Ms. Jen Lau, of Forest Hills, NY, was the winner of our Flip Video camera. Jen renewed her ACU membership in response to our promotion and she was selected at random from among those eligible. Congratulations, Jen.
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