Important Dates/Announcements
 New Sites
There are new clinics participating in the Walking Speed
as a Geriatric Vital Sign in Primary Care study. In Wichita,
clinics are: Alberto Carro, Antonio Osio, Center for Health
and Wellness, Hillside Medical Office, Larksfield Place,
and Wesley Family Practice. Other clinics involved are:
Medical Center, Hutchinson; Family Practice Associates,
McPherson; Smoky Hill Care Practice, Salina; Sumner County
Family Care Center, Wellington; and Family Care Center,
Winfield.
New Grant
The American Academy of Family Physicians awarded the
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Department
of Family Medicine and Community Health a grant for a
study titled, "Migraine Treatment in Community Family
Practice." This study will be implemented in some
KSPRN sites beginning January 2003.
Updates
*Primary Care Network
Survey (PRINS)
*End of Life Care in Rural
Communities
*Walking Speed as a Geriatric
Vital Sign in Primary Care
Presentations
KSPRN studies were presented at the Eleventh Annual Research
Forum at The University of Kansas School of Medicine -
Wichita on October 8, 2002. Poster presentations of the
following studies were displayed: "End of Life Care
in Rural Communities: Preliminary Data from the Kansas
Practice Research Network;" "Unintentional Dislosures
of Patient Confidential Information: Preliminary Data
from the Kansas Practice Research Network;" "Primary
Care Network Survey: Preliminary Data from the Kansas
Practice Research Network;" and "Pharmacy to
Physician Communications : A Pilot Study."
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