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academy
alert
ABFM
Announces
Enhancements
to
MC-FP
Program
Opportunity
to
extend
certification
for
three
years
At
their
October
2005
Board
meeting,
the
American
Board
of
Family
Medicine
approved
some
changes
to
the
Maintenance
of
Certification
program
that
began
in
January
2004.
The
final
details
of
the
program
enhancements
will
be
announced
in
2006,
but
the
new
framework
that
was
approved
"creates
more
options
and
greater
flexibility
for
completing
MC-FP,
enabling
Diplomates
who
are
actively
participating
in
the
process
the
opportunity
to
extend
their
original
seven-year
certificate
by
three
years,"
according
to
a
release
on
the
ABFM
Web
site.
For
the
full
text
of
the
release,
go
to:
https://www.theabfm.org/about/news.aspx
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cOPD
Awareness
Posters
Available
The
National
Lung
Health
Education
Program
has
a
new
set
of
posters
to
increase
the
awareness
of
COPD
in
the
community
at
large.
The
posters
represent
all
ages,
ethnic
groups
and
both
genders.
Go
to
the
NLHEP
web
site
(www.nlhep.org)
and
click
on
“COPD
Awareness
Posters.”
Fill
out
the
registration
form
to
get
access
to
the
posters.
Then
click
on
the
posters
you
want
and
“print”
on
a
color
printer.
Some
suggestions
for
placement
of
the
posters:
doctors’
office
waiting
and
exam
rooms,
pulmonary
lab
waiting
rooms,
hospital
bulletin
boards
and
at
health
fairs.
The
Hogg
Foundation
for
Mental
Health’s
Integrated
Health
Care
Initiative
The
Hogg
Foundation
for
Mental
Health
will
issue
a
Request
for
Proposals
(RFP)
on
Integrated
Health
Care
on
December
1,
2005.
In
integrated
health
care
models,
physical
and
mental
health
care
services
are
systematically
coordinated
to
increase
access
to
services,
reduce
stigma,
and
improve
treatment
outcomes
in
the
primary
care
setting.
Strong
research
has
demonstrated
the
effectiveness
of
these
models,
but
few
health
care
organizations
employ
them.
The
Hogg
Foundation
for
Mental
Health’s
initiative
will
focus
on
addressing
the
barriers
to
implementing
integrated
health
care
models
in
Texas.
For
the
next
three
years,
the
Foundation
will
invest
a
total
of
$1.5
million
a
year
in
the
Integrated
Health
Care
Initiative.
Eligible
organizations
will
include
Texas-based
public
and
private
non-profit
health
and
mental
health
providers.
Applications
will
be
due
February
15,
2006.
For
more
information
about
the
initiative
and
upcoming
RFP,
please
visit
the
Foundation’s
website
at
http://www.hogg.utexas.edu.
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