KIPL Power Hour: Telehealth (Part 2 - 3/19/2021)
Due to COVID-19, telehealth is now a necessity, rather than a complementary service, to operate business across the healthcare spectrum. The CARES Act passed by Congress in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 included key provisions to eliminate geographical restrictions for telehealth use in Medicare Advantage plans and ultimately expand access to telehealth and other connected technology services. Additionally, in a response to promote telehealth services, many health plans waived cost-share requirements for their members, while expanding paid telehealth services to providers. With these shifts, telehealth companies were catapulted into the healthcare spotlight, and telemedicine has become big business.
Featured Power Hour Guests:
Steve North, MD – Vice President of Medical Operations and NC State Medical Director, Eleanor Health
Ken Dunham, MD – Psychiatrist, Kairos Medical Consulting; CMO Behavioral Health, Carolina Complete Health
Kathy Wibberly, PhD – Director, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center
Matt Lastrina – Director of Telehealth, Carolina Complete Health
Lunch & Learn Webinar: Diabetes Prevention Program
More than 84 million Americans or 1 in 3 adults has prediabetes, and the majority of them don’t know they have it. Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, and if prediabetes is left undetected and untreated, the progression to diabetes will continue to place a tremendous strain on physicians, clinical practices and health care costs associated with diabetes care and management. Through the statewide initiative in North Carolina to prevent type 2 diabetes called DiabetesFreeNC, physicians and care teams have an opportunity to support their patients with prediabetes with a free or low-cost, evidence-based National Diabetes Prevention Program.
This presentation featuring Dr. Karen Smith and NCMS Vice President of Rural Health Systems Franklin Walker, addresses the growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes in primary care and will discuss actions that physicians and care teams can take immediately to identify and manage their patients with prediabetes, including referral to an evidence-based lifestyle change program.
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KIPL Power Hour: Black Maternal Health
In honor of Black Maternal Health Week (April 11th-17th), we focused this Power Hour on how statistics bear out a distinct health inequity in outcomes for black mothers and their infants.
Health inequity in the US has become more apparent during the pandemic, with COVID-19 disproportionately hitting populations of color. Statistics confirm similar health outcomes for this population in other areas like maternal health. The US has the worst maternal mortality rates overall compared to other developed countries, with black mothers at least three times more likely to die in childbirth than white mothers. Black babies have a mortality rate almost four times the rate of their non-Hispanic white counterparts.
Joining us to examine this issue are Power Hour guests:
- Michaela Penix, MPH – Director, Maternal Infant Health with the March of Dimes
- Venus Standard, MSN, CNM – 4Moms2Be (https://4moms2be.com/)
- Tammy McNeill – Cumberland Co HD, ICO4MCH Breastfeeding Program Coordinator
- Kaitlyn Franklin – Cumberland Co HD, ICO4MCH Reproductive Life Planning Program Coordinator
Spring 2021 Bulletin Magazine Now Online
The spring issue of your NCMS Bulletin focuses on the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on health care in North Carolina. Read NC Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen’s, MD, MPH, views on how health care may be different post-pandemic. Also see how the NCMS Foundation has responded during this critical time in health care and in our nation's history.
Lunch & Learn Webinar: Arm Yourself - COVID Vaccine Planning and Resources
This webinar featuring Bill Shenton, JD, a partner at Poyner Spruill, provides an overview of key considerations in planning a COVID-19 vaccine administration program in a medical practice and will touch on some available resources that can be accessed to prepare. Topics covered include:
- Planning and organizing the effort
- Selecting and training staff to administer vaccine
- Administration of the vaccine and documenting immunizations
- Planning for contingencies
- Addressing HIPAA compliance issues
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KIPL Power Hour: Schools and COVID-19 (3/5/2021)
Recently the NCMS and NC Pediatric Society issued a joint media statement supporting students and teachers returning to in-person schooling based on the important role schools play in children’s educational achievement, health and wellbeing. Our panel discusses this statement, their thoughts on the pandemic and considerations about school staff and teachers.
Power Hour guests include:
Christoph Diasio, MD - Pediatrician at Sandhills Pediatrics and current president of the NC Pediatric Society;
Yun Bolyston, MD - Pediatrician at Burlington Pediatrics and current board member with the NC Pediatric Society;
Elizabeth Hudgins, MPP - Executive Director of the NC Pediatric Society;
Michael Utecht, MD - Emergency Physician at the Durham VA Hospital and current president of the NC Medical Society