New mental health hospital gets boost
Wichita will host a new 50-bed adult psychiatric facility that will address a critical need for mental health services in Kansas. A long-sought-after new mental health hospital in the Wichita
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Community Health
MSSC event focusing on fentanyl crisis
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, has unleashed the most lethal narcotics crisis in U.S. history – and its deadly reach extends to Sedgwick
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Affiliates and Initiatives: A Year in Review
Health ICT A selection of notable successes in 2022: Supported a Wichita pharmacy with establishing an accredited Diabetes Self-Management Education & Support (DSMES) program. Health ICT also supported a county
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TPOPP form, clinical guide updated
There is a new, updated form for documenting the treatment wishes of patients at the end of life. The formerly bright pink TPOPP form (Transportable Phy¬sician Orders for Patient Preferences)
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Doctors work to curb a skyrocketing trend in fentanyl-related overdose deaths
Fentanyl overdoses are killing record numbers of Sedgwick County residents, setting physicians and first responders on edge. In the last few years, the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in Sedgwick
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Physicians are often first line of defense for suicides
People who die of suicide are much more likely to have seen a primary care doctor in the months prior to their death, according to a new report released by
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As COVID-19 becomes endemic, medical community must persist
Relaxed guidelines released this month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially granted license to individuals to determine how to protect themselves and others from spreading COVID-19. But
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Physicians embrace social media to reach patients
Mostly decked out in blue scrubs in a quiet area of his office, Wichita psychiatrist Larry Mitnaul, MD, has figured out how to reach patients where few docs have gone
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Monkeypox not very deadly, but requires vigilance
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, the monkeypox virus has made its presence known in the U.S., stealing headlines, veering into politics and creating plenty of watercooler fodder. But
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Racial gap drives increase in infant-mortality rates
The latest infant mortality data for Kansas show a substantial jump in Black infant mortality rates over 2019, blindsiding groups who work to increase infant survival rates across the state.
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