• What: Annual Medical Resident Research Showcase
• When & Where: Sept 10, 1PM to 5PM [Johnston Memorial Hospital] and Sept 11, 9AM to 1PM [The Inn at Wise]
• Click to view: RRRS Agendas 2020
• Please click HERE to register

• What: GMEC’s Annual CME Conference
• When: September 19th from 2PM to 6PM
• Where: Virtual Zoom Webinar -or- The Inn at Wise | Wise, VA
• Guest Speakers: 
  • Biopsychosocial Approach to Addressing Addiction in Primary Care – Kevin Myers, PsyD (Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Cherokee Health Systems)
  • Controlled Substance Safe Prescribing: Including TN/VA State Regs/Guidelines  and Federal Laws – Steven J. Baumrucker, MD, FAAFP, FAAHPM (Medical Director, BHMA Palliative Medicine Associates)
  • Understanding Opiate Addiction – Vance Shaw, FASAM (Medical Director, High Point Clinic)
• Please click HERE to register

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Additional funding through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund will be available statewide. 

$21 million in available GEER funds will be distributed to schools through formula-based and competitive grants. The money will support things such as:

• School nutrition operations and
• Virtual instruction for students in need of devices and broadband access.

$17.75 million in available ESSER funds will support:

• Special education services and supports;
• School-based mental health services and supports;
• Social-emotional screening;
• Summer academic academies;
• Instructional delivery supports;
• Cleaning/sanitizing supplies for schools and school buses; and
• Facilities upgrades and protective equipment.

School divisions received a consolidated application for GEER and ESSER state funding earlier this week. The due date for completed applications is Aug. 14.

Click HERE for updates on K-12 Education. 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline spotlights the increased need for public awareness, education and support during their first virtual Week of Action.

Take a look at their full COVID-19 Special Report.

VIEW the Appalachian Regional Commission’s reports and analysis on the state- and county-level data for Population, Education, Employment, Income and Poverty, and Computer and Broadband Access in Appalachia.  

Ballad Health has announced that their 10-year investment in ETSU’s newly established Center for Rural Health Research will include an in-depth study on rural hospitals. Harvard Medical Center will assist with researching how non-urban markets – where a recent surge has forced many hospitals to span across markets and state lines – struggle to keep themselves at a competitive advantage. The new study will also seek to find the predictors of hospital closure and acquisition. The hope for the study is to provide a better informed view of the rural health system for future policy decisions. 

Click HERE to read. 

In addition to this study, Ballad Health’s Strong BRAIN – ‘Building Resilience through ACEs-Informed Networking’ – Institute will shed a light on the impact adverse childhood experiences have on the developing brain. The CDC estimates that “1.9 mil cases of heart disease and 21 mil cases of depression could have been avoided by preventing those events”.   This is key information for SWVA residents seeing as how their health is driven by income, education, access to healthy food, and other social determinants of health.  

Click HERE to read.

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