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Women's Health Conference
In October, 2007, Greeley County held the third annual Women’s Health and Community Wellness Conference. The conference provided a variety of information for community members and medical staff. The conference hosts were Greeley County Health Services, KU Medical Center, Area Health Education Centers, and KU Schools of Nursing and Family Medicine.
Attending the conference was keynote speaker, Barbara Gibson, the current Director of Primary Care. Gibson spoke on Patient-Centered Care and Health Professions Shortages. She noted that KDHE defines Greeley County and 30 other countries in Kansas as “frontier” at 6 persons or less per square mile, rather than “rural.” A key in patient-centered care, she said, is access to care and this is particularly an issue in frontier areas, with extreme shortages in dentists and mental health professionals. KHDE’s current vision, said Gibson, is “Healthy Kansas living in safe and sustainable environments.”
Other presenters in breakout sessions during the day included: Dr. Byron Cline, Hormone Replacement Therapy; Amy
Gaier, Breast Cancer Genetics; Dr. Randy Cook, Osteoporosis, Diabetes Care and Management, New Treatments; Dr. Doug Williams, Compassion Fatigue; Vicarious Stress; Laura
Textor, Pain Management and Control; Dr. Bob Moser, Community Emergency Response Training; and Joni Pearce, Improving Behavioral Change in Chronic Disease.
Sponsoring the conference were Dixon Drug, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas, and booth exhibitors Osteoporosis Services,
Lincare, GlaxoSmithKline, St. Catherine Hospital/ The Cancer Center.
Conference organizer was Chrysanne Grund. Conference contributors were
ARSI, Gardener and White and Colorado East Bank and Trust. Student media presentations were by Greeley-Wallace Healthcare Foundation, Dr Wendel Ellis, and Bret
Mangan.
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