MGMA Summit: Moving Healthcare Forward June 6-8
The MGMA Summit was the annual meeting for the Kansas Medical Group Management Association (Kansas MGMA), which is the state affiliate of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). The organization is "dedicated to developing solutions to the problems facing medical group practices." The attendees featured lots of folks who work on the business and administration side of health care in Kansas. Kari and Wyatt presented two sessions. The first was titled "A Changing Kansas: Access to Care in Rural Kansas" and explored both the challenges and the paths forward for rural health policy. The second session was titled "Resource Sharing: Lessons from Public Health" and explored the benefits, success factors and key learnings from a decade of experience helping public health and healthcare partners share resources to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their services. Say, CHEESE! :)
Tatiana and Sheena Lead Workshop in Arma
On May 24, Tatiana and Sheena completed the HiAP Workshop in Arma. Live Well Crawford County organized the event where they delved into integrating health into zoning, planning and budgeting.
KHI Travels to Dallas to Visit Bonton Farms
In May, Ithar and Samiyah joined Kansas Health Foundation and Stand Together, in Dallas, to check out Bonton Farms, one of the largest urban farms in the U.S. The farm is empowering residents with personal and professional training programs.
NNPHI 2023 Conference May 9 - 12
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) Annual Conference was held May 9-12, in Washington, D.C., and included KHI presentations. Since 2001, the NNPHI Annual Conference is the only national meeting that supports and highlights the work of the nation’s public health institutes. NNPHI members lead conference programming that explores fresh concepts and strategies for supporting healthy communities at the local, state, and federal levels.
Hina presented Making Change Happen: Examining the Effectiveness of Process Facilitation to a full ballroom of colleagues from other public health institutes. A KHI video featuring Kevin describing our role as an Innovation Hub was shared with all participants during a plenary lunch, and the Innovation Hub team met with other hubs and NNPHI project leads to plan proactive technical assistance activities.
KHI staff at the conference included Wyatt, Kari, Ithar, Kevin, Tatiana, Cathy and Hina.
KHI Attendees: Ithar, Hina, Wyatt, Cathy, Tatiana, Kari and Kevin.
KanCare REACH - May 10
Wen-Chieh and Sheena attended a May 10 meeting to discuss ideas stakeholders had for improving the KanCare procurement process. Sheena helped with planning, facilitation and summarizing the results that were sent to KDHE, KDADS and the Governor's Office.
KHI Connects with BCBS Pathways Communities in Harvey County April 28
KHI staff had a fantastic time connecting with community partners on April 28, in Harvey County, as part of the BCBS Pathways Communities initiative. They were inspired by the amazing work being done to create healthy communities, from parks and trails to child care and food pantries. They even participated in a scavenger hunt!
Triangle Boards Joint Meeting held in Wichita
The Triangle meeting of the boards of the Kansas Health Foundation, Kansas Health Institute, and Kansas Leadership Center was April 27-28 in KLC’s wonderful building in Wichita. Participants explored ways for the three organizations to work together on a shared mission to improve the health of all Kansans.
Training Cowley County April 12
Tatiana and Samiyah hit the road to Cowley County, on April 12, to facilitate a discussion. They focused on how decision-makers can routinely consider health impacts of all policy decisions – housing, employment, education, transportation, child care, and more. Watch the video of their journey below.
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