Two decades ago, Mackenzie Phillips was a major TV star. In the following years, she battled depression and other ailments. On May 3, she will be in Mason for the Lindner Center for HOPE’s Education Day at Manor House on Mason-Montgomery Road.
Phillips will deliver the keynote address for the event. Breakout sessions will focus on eating disorders, addiction, mood disorders, anxiety, adolescent mental health, obsessive compulsive disorder and more.
Registration and the full schedule are available at lindnercenterofhope.org/educationday or by contacting Kelly at kellyhines@lindnercenter.org or 513-536-0328.
Practices improving
on cancer screenings
A new report from The Health Collaborative suggests that more patients in Greater Cincinnati are getting screened for colon cancer. The overall rate for colon cancer screening went to 64 percent in 2013, an increase of 6 percentage points over the 2011 baseline data.
The ratings, voluntarily reported by primary care practices to the collaborative’s YourHealthMatters.org website, show how well doctors and patients did in completing the recommended screening for colon cancer.
Patients were considered up to date for colon cancer screening if they had one of three recommended screening tests: A colonoscopy, recommended every 10 years; a flexible sigmoidoscopy procedure, recommended every five years; or an annual stool testing.
For a practice to get a point toward their score, a patient between the ages of 50 and 75 must have received one of the tests within a prescribed time period. The screening must also have been documented in the patient’s medical chart.
The biggest improvement came at UC Health Primary Care – West Chester, which saw its screening rate of eligible patients jump from 31 percent in 2011 to 62 percent in 2013.
Cancer practice
receives award
The local Oncology Hematology Care practice has been awarded a 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation because of the growth and accomplishments of its clinical research program over the past three years. More than 3,000 practices across the country applied for this prestigious award.
Some of the practice’s efforts that led to the award include: development of a Phase I clinical trail program; offering clinical trails in many different socioeconomic areas of Cincinnati; implementing financial and nursing navigators in the practice, and providing a large menu of services covering a range of tumor types.
All in favor of better
sexual health after cancer
In April 25, the UC Cancer Institute’s Survivorship Center is hosting “Rediscover Your Sexual Health: Sexual Health in Cancer Survivors” at the Daniel Drake Conference Center. The event, which is free and for women only, will focus on sexual health after cancer treatment. The American Society of Breast Surgeons is providing funding. Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Speakers include Beverly Reigle, director of the Cancer Survivorship Program at the UC Cancer Institute; Joanne Lester, senior researcher at The Ohio State University, and Dr. Julie Sroga of the obstetrics & gynecological division at the UC College of Medicine.
Registration is online at http://uchealth.com/events/sexualhealth4cancersurvivors.
New leadership
Fresh off its merger with two other major Cincinnati health nonprofits, the Health Collaborative has named three executives in new jobs.
•Dora Anim will serve as senior vice president for programs and services. She formerly served as vice president of strategic initiatives at The Greater Cincinnati Health Council. She received her Master of Public Administration from the University of Cincinnati.
•Jason Buckner was named senior vice president of informatics. He was the senior vice president of pperations at HealthBridge. Buckner earned his bachelor’s degree in international economics and business administration from Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina.
•Laura Randall now is senior vice president of external affairs. She joined The Health Collaborative in 2011 as director of communications. Randall entered health program administration following a 20-year career as a TV journalist in Dallas and Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati Health Briefs: Mackenzie Phillips in town May 3
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