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Cancer drug shortage forces doctors to make some tough decisions

July 5, 2023
Community Health

A nationwide shortage of more than a dozen chemotherapy drugs, including several preferred ones used to treat gynecological and other cancers, has forced Wichita providers into difficult conversations about how

5 July

Medicine readies for the AI revolution

May 30, 2023
Community Health, Meetings/Events, Uncategorized

Medicine may be on the cusp of a technological revolution. Artificial intelligence and machine learning hold the potential for advancing the practice of medicine and improving patient treatment and outcomes.

30 May

Cancer death rate down a third, but work remains

March 30, 2023
Community Health, Meetings/Events

The death rate from cancer dropped 33% over the past three decades, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The drop corresponds to an estimated 3.8 million

30 March

New mental health hospital gets boost

February 28, 2023
Community Health

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

28 February

MSSC event focusing on fentanyl crisis

January 20, 2023
Community Health, Meetings/Events

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

20 January

Affiliates and Initiatives: A Year in Review

December 15, 2022
Affiliates, Community Health

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

15 December

TPOPP form, clinical guide updated

November 30, 2022
Advocacy, Community Health

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)

30 November

Doctors work to curb a skyrocketing trend in fentanyl-related overdose deaths

October 19, 2022
Community Health

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

19 October

Physicians are often first line of defense for suicides

September 23, 2022
Community Health

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

23 September

As COVID-19 becomes endemic, medical community must persist

August 24, 2022
Community Health

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

24 August