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March 22, 2013
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| Match 2013: FM makes gains in IL | |
Illinois family medicine residency program directors were smiling wide by Match Day. After combining the NRMP and AOA matches with only a few rounds of the SOAP experience, Illinois Family Medicine Residency Programs filled 100 percent of their available positions by March 15th Match Day. Continuing their upward trends, Illinois FM Residency slots were 96 percent filled through the AOA and NRMP matches. Only three Illinois programs had to take part in the SOAP process and all three quickly found a fit for their remaining slots.
You can link to Illinois Residency program results listed by program
Due to the increases in both the number of residency slots and the number of U.S. medical school graduates, family medicine nationwide did not gain in the goal of shifting more U.S. students into family medicine residencies. In 2013, 46.8 percent of family medicine residency positions were filled by U.S. medical school graduates. Only 8.4 percent of all U.S. graduates matched into family medicine. AAFP details can be found at on their web site.
Numbers are up among Illinois students, but it's actually good for other states!
The percentage of Illinois medical students matching into family medicine increased to 9 percent (99 out of 1,096 graduates), over last year's 8.2 percent. The net increase is largely due to outstanding results at UIC, Loyola and Rush. But Illinois continues to be a family medicine exporter. Although the total number of Illinois students choosing family medicine is up by 13, the number staying in Illinois is not mirroring the increase. Of the 99 who matched into family medicine, only 35 will enter Illinois programs, down one from 2012.
View chart of Illinois allopathic medical schools here
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Register now for Spring into Action
 IAFP's Spring Into Action days will be
April 16, 17, and 18
Come to Springfield and help us introduce family medicine to the many new faces of the Illinois General Assembly! Set aside one day (either April 16, 17, or 18) and meet us in Springfield. We'll provide the background and education on issues winding their way through the process and then take you to the Statehouse to meet with your state representative and senator. You get CME and you'll still be home in time for dinner! Link to a flyer with more information. You can register by sending an email to Gordana Krkic, CAE gkrkic@iafp.com
with your contact information (please use your home/voting address) and the date you'd like to attend.
POLST launches in Illinois
A POLST (Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) movement is underway in Illinois. See the press release announcing this effort.
A "train the trainer" event will be held Wednesday, April 3, 2013 from noon - 3:00 p.m. at the University of Illinois Chicago campus, located at 1740 W. Taylor Street, Chicago. The session is designed for individuals who are trainers and leaders in their health care institutions such as medical doctors who are in the ED/ICU settings.
This session will cover the training resources available through the POLST website. Trainees will have the opportunity to review and discuss the following resources:
* The IDPH DNR/POLST form
* The General Provider 1-hour powerpoint presentation
* The General Provider 20-minute powerpoint presentation (shorter version of above)
* The Emergency Medical Services powerpoint presentation
* The Long-Term Care powerpoint presentation
* The Hospice powerpoint presentation
* The narrated online version of the general Provider program
* The POLST Guidance Document for Illinois
This is a free event for participants. Please RSVP to POLSTillinois@gmail.com by March 29, 2013.
 Get Ready for Baseball Season & the Annual Foundation White Sox game!
Order forms are now available for the 7th Annual Home Runs for Healthy Families White Sox game for the IAFP's Foundation on July 24th vs. the Detroit Tigers. IAFP members and their friends and family can purchase LOWER BOX seats for $35 each (which is less than face value) and $15 of each ticket goes directly to support the Foundation. Link to the order form
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| Develop or Present CME with IAFP | |
IAFP is looking for subject matter experts and speakers to assist with curriculum development and to present at our Annual Meeting, webinars, or other conferences. Our Call for Speakers is now open! Please fill out our online form to indicate your preferred topics and content format.
We are looking for clinical presentations or hands on workshops for the 2013 Annual Meeting. In addition, we are also looking for experts to present quick (15 minute) updates on the latest news regarding hot topics in family medicine. If you are interested in presenting, don't hesitate, fill out the form today! The deadline for Annual Meeting submissions is June 1, 2013.
 Submit your abstract for Family Medicine Midwest 2013 - the call for abstracts is also open for the 2nd annual Family Medicine Midwest conference. There are many opportunities to present seminars, panels and research in tracks dedicated to faculty, residents, students and all of the family medicine community. Read the instructions and then submit your abstract by May 10!
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| State Government Relations | |
Both chambers are on Spring Break the week of March 25th and April 1st. The House returns on Monday, April 8th and the Senate returns on Wednesday, April 10th.
This week was the deadline for bills to get out of committee. Many bills must still pass their originating chamber in order to move on in the process. Below is a list of some of the active bills that IAFP continues to track. Those that make it over to the next chamber could be bills that IAFP members discuss with lawmakers during Spring into Action week, April 16, 17, and 18.
You can go to www.ilga.gov for the synopsis, full text, and/or other details, such as bill sponsors and chamber actions on each of the bills.
HB 188 - banning tanning beds for people under age18 has passed the House and awaits committee assignment in the Senate (support)
HB 61 - Communicable Disease Disclosure passed the House and awaits committee assignment in the Senate (support)
HB 1017 - mental health confidentiality passed the House and awaits assignment in the Senate (support)
HB 2685 - certifying lay midwives remains in House committee after a failed vote (oppose)
HB 1546 - food handling sanitation certification may be voted out of the House and move to the Senate (support)
HB 2675 - comprehensive sex education may be voted out of the House and move to the Senate (support)
SB 26 - expanding Medicaid eligibility in order to fully implement the Affordable Care Act passed the Senate and remains to be heard in the House (support)
SB 1168 - licensing naturopaths under the Medical Practice Act was placed in subcommittee and will be discussed at public hearings this summer (oppose)
SB1217 - dentists administering vaccines was gutted in committee and now only addresses clean up language in the Dental Practice Act (oppose)
SB 2202 - banning smoking on college campuses may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (support)
SB 2187 - psychologists prescriptive authority may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (oppose)
SB 2321 - reducing the amount of PE a student in show choir would require may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (oppose)
SB 2366 - insurance coverage for telehealth may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (support)
IAFP signs on to IAPO letter supporting obesity treatment
IAFP was one of 15 organizations to sign onto an Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity letter to Illinois Dept. of Health and Family Services director Julie Hamos urging Medicaid to provide beneficiaries with access to interventions to treat pediatric overweight/obesity. You can view the letter here.
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| CME - www.iafp.com/education | |
Grab your staff, grab some lunch and join us once a month!
IAFP Lunch and Learn CME Webinar
Preparing for Transition to ICD-10-CM
Barbara J. Hohenstein, RN, CCS, CCS-P, FCS, PCS, CPT, President, Owner, Medical Management Resources
Thursday, March 28, 2013, 12:00-1:00pm CST
CMS announced that the shift to ICD-10 codes will continue without additional delays, meaning providers must begin using the new codes Oct. 1, 2014.
Get ahead of the process and log-in to our webinar to:
- Understand how to assess and prepare practices for the transition to ICD-10-CM.
- Discover how to use strategic planning to prepare a less than 2 year implementation plan.
Register Online
Health Information Exchange webinar from HITREC
Thursday, March 27, 2013 Stage 2 Meaningful Use: Core Measures Webinar
Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. CST
The Stage 2 webinar offers attendees supportive information to help them prepare for the second stage in Meaningful Use.
Summit for Healthcare Providers: Strategies for Pediatric Obesity Prevention and Control
Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 7 - 10 am (Presentation is 7:30-9am)
Hotel Arista, 2139 City Gate Lane, Naperville, IL (corner of I-88 and Rt. 59)
Free CME and Breakfast Provided
The presentation will cover the impact that physicians can have on obesity prevention and treatment, local childhood obesity resources, how to build capacity for learning collaborations for practice changes, the local prevalence of childhood obesity, and at risk populations. Local clinical and community resource providers for pediatric overweight or obese patients will be present. Please see the flyer for more details.
Register for this free CME event at www.dupagehealth.org/summit.
For more information, contact FORWARD at forward@dupagehealth.org or (630) 221-7037.
Certificate Program in Uses of Literature & Narrative In Health Professions Education
This program is designed for people who have little experience using literature or personal writing in their teaching but would like to learn some basics about the range and methods that are being used in health professions education. The program will be offered in one week-long and one 3-day follow-up session (all-day, intensive format) on June 17-21 and July 11-13, 2013. The program is being taught by Dr. Suzanne Poirier and IAFP member Dr. Susan Arjmand. For more information, visit www.uic-dme.org/certificate
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| News You Can Use |
 Provider Survey on Adolescent Immunizations Please fill out the survey below, which will take five minutes to complete. Everyone that completes the survey will be eligible to win Panera bagels for a year or a $25 gift card to a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant. The Chicago Area Immunization Campaign is working with partner organizations to create materials for providers on the importance of adolescent immunizations. Please complete the survey by April 5, 2013.
To take the survey, click here. If you have any questions, contact Kelly McKenna at kmckenna@ilmaternal.org or 312-491-8161.
AAFP Seeks Office Champions for Child and Adolescent Immunization Project
AAFP is recruiting 20 family medicine practices for a performance improvement project designed to help practices improve child and adolescent immunization rates. The AAFP Child and Adolescent Immunization Office Champions Project will provide tools and effective strategies for developing a culture that promotes the importance of vaccines. This project is supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc. Each participating practice will designate an office champion to lead the project, as well as a family physician that will ensure the office champion receives the support he or she needs. Practices that complete the project will receive $3,000 to cover administrative costs, plus materials for patients and recognition for their practice.The deadline to apply is April 1. For full participation requirements and application information, please visit the AAFP Child and Adolescent Immunization Office Champions Project website.
Selected practices will be contacted in April, and project implementation and evaluation will take place from June 2013 through March 2014. Contact Sandy Sheehy at 800-274-2237ext.3141 with questions.
New School Requirement for Tdap Vaccination
Illinois Department of Public Health recently amended the Child Health Examination Code Part 6651 to require students in the sixth through twelfth grades to show proof of recent pertussis vaccination. The revised rule requires that all students entering, advancing, or transferring into 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades show proof of receiving one dose of Tdap vaccine (defined as tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) regardless of the interval since the last DTaP, DT or Td dose.
Illinois Department of Public Health issued a Letter to Health Care Providers outlining the new rule and acceptable documentation.
An updated Provider Checklist for the 6th - 8th grade requirement has been developed by the IAFP, ICAAP & the Chicago Area Immunization Council (CAIC). A letter explaining the new requirement and accepted documentation for parents is now available in English and Spanish.
County Health Rankings now available
Ever wonder how the health of your county ranks with the rest of the state? The annual county health rankings are out. See how your community ranks and the study methodology at: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
Sign up for ILHIE Direct by June 30 for HIPPA-compliant communication
Did you know that exchanging protected health information via email and fax may not be HIPAA compliant? That's why thousands of healthcare professionals in Illinois are exchanging electronically with ILHIE Direct. They are also improving patient care coordination, saving administrative time and reducing their costs.
The Illinois Health Information Exchange (ILHIE) is now offering ILHIE Direct at no cost through June 30, 2013. More information is available here.
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| Dinner Seminar on Breastfeeding | |
The Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition is pleased to invite you to the Physician and Nurse-Practitioner Dinner Seminar on April 25, 2013 at 6:00PM - 8:30Pm, on Thursday April 25th at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 W. Dempster, Park Ridge, IL 60068. For more information or to register please visit the website at www.ChcagoAreaBFC.org, or contact Deborah Schy at 847-940-7459.
View the brochure
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| Members in the News | |
If you would like a copy of any of the items below, or have a news item to share, email it to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com.
IAFP was mentioned for our opposition to a bill in the state legislature that would give dentists authority to administer flu shots and other vaccinations in a Crain's Chicago Business article on March 14.
Northwestern McGaw resident Tina Wheat, MD is the featured doctor (and mom!) in a March 14 Lincoln Courier story on disposable vs. cloth diapers.
Neni Prasad, MD paid tribute to colleague and IAFP member Paul Smelter, MD in a March 14 Letter to the Editor in the Illinois Times. Smelter is relocating to Texas.
Kohar Jones, MD of Chicago authored a striking column in the March 15 Chicago Sun-Times illustrating how gun violence impacts the health of families and entire communities, well beyond the person who took the bullet.
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| Employment Opportunities |
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN VI-MED SURG/CERMAK HEALTH SERVICES Job Number: 00114309 Cermak Health Services Closing Date: Mar 27, 2013, 11:59:59 PM JOB SUMMARY Under the direction of the chief medical officer or associate medical director, provides medical services in accordance with established professional standards, within the scope of approved clinical privileges at locations in both Cook County Jail and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Must possess a medical or osteopathic doctor's degree to practice medicine. Must be licensed as a physician in good standing in the State of Illinois. Must be board certified or board eligible in either internal medicine or family medicine. Must successfully meet the credentialing standards established by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System to include a State of Illinois MD license and any other training, specialized training, etc. no later than two (2) weeks prior to the candidate's start date. Link to the application
CHICAGO - University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) /Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Family Medicine Residency seeks a full time Family Medicine Faculty Physician for our 24 resident program located in a lively, diverse north-side Chicago neighborhood. Our community based program with dual allopathic and osteopathic accreditation offers an opportunity to work with strong residents and skilled colleagues dedicated to excellence in residency education. All faculty teach in the Family Medicine Health Center located at 4600 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL 60640 and supervise the inpatient team at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, as well as provide medical care for their own panel of patients. Additional responsibilities include supervision of the residency home visit and nursing home program. Working with our team of dedicated physician educators, the selected candidate will be Board Certified in Family Medicine with astute clinical skills; at least two years of post residency clinical experience or fellowship are essential. Interest and experience in one of the following areas is highly desirable: geriatrics, nursing home care, inpatient care. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit cover letter and curriculum vitae to Roberta E. Renaldy, Physician Recruiter, at Roberta.Renaldy@advocatehealth.com. For additional information please visit our web site at: www.advocatehealth.com or http://amgdoctors.com/ |
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