MSSC event focusing on fentanyl crisis
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, has unleashed the most lethal narcotics crisis in U.S. history – and its deadly reach extends to Sedgwick
Read More...Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, has unleashed the most lethal narcotics crisis in U.S. history – and its deadly reach extends to Sedgwick
Read More...In 1903, 36 years after the arrival of the first physician in Wichita, the Medical Society of Sedgwick County was formed by 25 local doctors. During the following years and
Read More...Health ICT A selection of notable successes in 2022: Supported a Wichita pharmacy with establishing an accredited Diabetes Self-Management Education & Support (DSMES) program. Health ICT also supported a county
Read More...A large number of physicians attended MSSC’s annual meeting on Dec. 6 at Doc Hangar. The Docs at Doc event was an opportunity to celebrate the year with colleagues and
Read More...MSSC’s annual meeting this year will be at an unusual venue: the hangar that holds the restored military airplane named Doc, one of only two remaining B-29 Superfortresses still flying.
Read More...There is a new, updated form for documenting the treatment wishes of patients at the end of life. The formerly bright pink TPOPP form (Transportable Phy¬sician Orders for Patient Preferences)
Read More...Fentanyl overdoses are killing record numbers of Sedgwick County residents, setting physicians and first responders on edge. In the last few years, the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in Sedgwick
Read More...People who die of suicide are much more likely to have seen a primary care doctor in the months prior to their death, according to a new report released by
Read More...School has officially started for more than 100 brand-new medical students in Wichita, marking the beginning of their exciting, challenging and rewarding journeys to becoming physicians. The excitement was palpable
Read More...Relaxed guidelines released this month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially granted license to individuals to determine how to protect themselves and others from spreading COVID-19. But
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