KHC News

KHC News

KHC Update - September 2020

KHC seeks testimonials about your work with us

For more than a decade, KHC has worked with hospitals and clinics across the state on projects to improve health care quality and patient safety. We would like to showcase successful partnerships at the upcoming KHA Convention and Trade Show, set for Oct. 21-23 online. If you would like to have your work with us highlighted in KHC’s Trade Show forum at the event, please let us know what you have valued most in your time working in partnership with KHC. Your testimonials may be a brief or detailed as you would like—we would appreciate whatever thoughts you might have. To gather your testimonials, we have created this brief survey that we hope you will take a few minutes to complete. Thank you in advance!

Overdose Data to Action RFP issued

KDHE has released the 2020-2021 Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) RFP. The deadline for proposals is September 18. Eligible applicants include public or private non-profit community-based organizations, local health departments, other units of city, and/or county government, health systems, and tribes/tribal organizations. Current OD2A subrecipients are not eligible.

KHC Update - August 2020

KHC Monthly Webinar: Preparing for the AUC Program
Wednesday, 10-11 a.m., August 26

Register today for the next KHC Monthly Webinar, “Preparing for the AUC Program—The Basics and Beyond,” set for 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26. In this webinar for Kansas clinics and hospitals, presenters from the American College of Radiology (ACR) will provide an overview of the CMS Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program, ACR Appropriateness Criteria, clinical decision support mechanisms, the responsibilities of ordering physicians, information to be relayed between clinicians, and recommendations for successful partnering across the continuum of care. SCL Health will also be joining in this session to provide a perspective of implementation in a smaller practice setting.