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The February issue of the JHCPU issue is available online 
The February 2013 issue of the JHCPU focuses on Black History Month. View the table of contents online. Full text is available to ACU members.
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Clinicians CAN Affect Gun Violence
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With a growing national debate on gun violence, you may wonder what you as a clinician can do. Last month we featured a column on Clinicians and Gun Violence: What to Know and What to Do by Dr. Annie Sevarese with recommended tools for screening and counseling at-risk patients.
In this interview, Dr. Ricky Choi says that hearing and being a part of his patients' powerful stores has motivated him to speak out about gun violence. "Clinicians under-recognize the amount of influence and power that they have," said Choi, "whether it be on the individual patient level or engaging city councilmen, local legislators, state and even at the national level, we have the stories, the medical training, the data and knowledge that give us an incredible amount of credibility."
Listen to the full interview here. This is the latest entry in the ACU Members Audio Story Bank. If you have a story to tell, email us at [email protected].
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Asthma Training On Demand
ACU and the Clinical Directors Network (CDN) will present a live webcast on Building a Comprehensive Asthma Care Home: Engaging Clinicians, Patients and Caregivers in Comprehensive Asthma Management on April 25, 2 - 3 p.m. ET. Registration is free and the webinar has been approved for 1.0 prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. ACU trainers Lois Wessel, FNP-BC and Anna Gard, FMP-BC, have trained more than 1,675 clinicians in the three years they have been offering the course. "We are constantly updating the material and tailoring it to new audiences," Ms. Wessel said. "Living with asthma requires constant vigilance; when patients, their families and clinicians work together, there is a lot we can do to improve their quality of life and decrease their medical costs."
Thanks to our partnership with CDN, following the webcast, the ACU course will be available on demand for clinicians to watch for continuing education credit. |
Call to Action on Walking
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Surgeon General issues Proposed Call to Action on Walking.
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U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin has issued a Proposed Call to Action on Walking, and she wants to hear from you. The public comment period on "Walking as a Way for Americans to Get the Recommended Amount of Physical Activity for Health" is open from April 1 - 30. Details are available at Everybodywalk.org/takeaction [Read more...]
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Welcome New Members!
ACU is pleased to welcome 86 new members who joined in March:
Joni Adamson, Monica Almeida-Mercon, Jose Alvarez, Ilana Ambrogi, Adam Baus, Patricia Bax, Anna Beitin, Nickisha erlus, Anne Biernacki, Daria Boccher-Lattimore, Mindy Brittner, Bill Brody, Valerie Brown, Marco Buhlmann, Diane Chang, Samuel Cohen, Elana Craemer, Peter Cucchiara, Monika Cynar, David Dayan-Rosenman, Swana De Gijsel, Jeremy Espino, Nathan A Favini, Tai Felger, Sandra Fernandes, Kevin Fiori, Marie Flores, Adrian Furman, Abigail Gallucci, Jonathan M Giftos, Eileen Gleason, Mary Gover, Judith Griffin, Magni Hamso, Meghann Hardesty, Henry Heather, Elizabeth Howell, Liz Jansky, Danielle Jenkins, Nicole Jepeal, Micah Katz, Sylvia Kehlenbrink, Pamela Keller, Christine Kennedy, Justin Kopa, Helene Kopal, Graham A Krishika, Shannon Lecomte, Tom Long, Mayce S Mansour, Adam Marou, Katherine McLeod, Margaret Meador, James Meyers, Laura Michalski, Mari Millery, Noriyuki Murakami, Lauren Myahla, Kimberley Neroda, Oladimeji Oki, John Okrent, Jacqueline Olayiwola, Sabrina Parker, Amit Patel, Neil Pessin, Jennifer Rasanathan, Robin Reister, Sana Rezai, Jonathan Ross, Nicole Sabel, Maki Sato, Eugene Schiff, Bill Shearer, Gabriel Silverman, Tamy Skaist, Marcia Smith, Daniel Solis, Kate Sparich, Sarah Stumbar, Kristin Swedish, Martha Trimbur, Julia Tse, Maryen Vemuri, Karin Vennaro, and Lawrence Walters.
Welcome all!
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Member Benefit - Free Tuition
ACU will award up to 20 scholarships to members to attend the IHI Open School for Health Professions online courses free for one year. The IHI Open School is an inter-professional educational community that empowers you to become a change agent in health care improvement. Courses focus on skills like quality improvement, patient safety, teamwork, leadership, and patient-centered care. Courses are open to health professionals in nursing, health administration, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, policy, and other health professions.
The usual cost to attend the IHI Open School is $250 per year. The selected ACU members will receive a unique code to use to register free. To apply, please complete the ACU application form. This is a pilot program, so we encourage you to apply early. Visit the IHI Open School website to learn more about the courses. |
New Tool on Behavioral Health Integration
The Center for Integrated Health Solutions has published a new framework that describes six levels of integration of primary and behavioral healthcare, from collaboration through increasingly sophisticated levels of integration. Healthcare organizations can use A Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Health Care for planning purposes, to create a common language for discussing levels of integration, support efforts to assess and benchmark integration efforts, and clarify difference in vision between partnering organizations, among other uses. More information and resources on integrated healthcare are available from the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions. |
Take charge of your career. See what opportunities await you in the ACU Career Center
. Employers, check out the talent. Post your positions in the ACU Career Center today. ACU members receive a 20% discount on all career center postings. Use promo code ACU20.
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Conferences and E-Learning
April 12 - 14, Annual Global Health and Humanitarian Summit, at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, a two-day forum for in depth talks, workshops, exhibits, and film screenings. Attendance is free for all participants.
April 25, 2 - 3 p.m. ET, Building a Comprehensive Asthma Care Home: Engaging Clinicians, Patients and Caregivers in Comprehensive Asthma Management, a live webcast presented by ACU and the Clinical Directors Network. Registration is free and the webinar has been approved for 1.0 prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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June 18 - 20, Transforming the Primary Care Practice, offered by the Institute for Healthcare improvement in Denver, CO. ACU members - a limited number of scholarship are a available for you to attend this meeting. Apply here.
July 15 - 18, 38th Annual National Wellness Conference in Stevens Point, WI. Presented by the National Wellness Institute, the conference includes more than 70 sessions for professional development and personal renewal, intensive/certification programs, networking and CEC opportunities, and more. Scholarships are available to those serving communities in need - apply by May 1, 2013.
August 9 - 11, IM4US presents Taking Integrative Medicine out of the Boutiques and into the Streets, its third annual conference on Integrative Medicine for the Underserved in Santa Clara, CA. Call for speakers available online. Submission deadline: May 1, 2013.
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Programs in Primary Care Behavioral Health
The Center for Integrated Primary Care at the U. of Mass. Medical School offers three web-based programs in primary care behavioral health. The programs are offered in person or through distance learning via webinars:
- Primary Care Behavioral Health - for mental health and substance abuse clinicians working in primary care.
- Integrated Care Management - for medical or behavioral health care managers working in an integrated setting (web-only).
- Intensive Training in Motivational Interviewing - for anyone on the treatment team who helps promote healthy behavior.
More information, including course descriptions, schedules, continuing education and fees, is available online.
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