Dress in Blue Day – Friday, March 4th
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and Friday, March 4 is Dress in Blue Day. Please join the third annual nationwide campaign to raise awareness about this preventable disease and to increase colon cancer screening. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the country as well as in Kentucky; killing nearly 900 people each year here in our state. Colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but unfortunately many people are not being screened. When colon cancer is found early and treated, the 5-year survival rate is 90%. To learn more, visithttp://www.kycancerprogram.org/special-events.
Wear Blue on March 4th and tell your friends and family why.
NEW USDA & HHS Dietary Guidelines
On January 31st, the US Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The new evidenced-based nutritional guidelines created to promote health are available at http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2010/PolicyDoc/ExecSumm.pdf.
KHC Physician Consolidated Measurement Reports
In December 2010, the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative released its fifth Annual KHC Consolidated Measurement Reports to over 4,000 clinicians in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. These private, confidential reports give providers data on the quality of care their patients received in the following clinical areas of focus: 1) diabetes, 2) breast cancer screening, 3) acute low back pain, 4) upper respiratory infection, and 5) pharyngitis. Providers can compare their own data to the community average and benchmark. Reports are available for the first time in a web-based format, and group reports are availabe upon request. The following clinical areas were ONLY aggregated at the community level and not at the individual provider level: 1) cervical cancer screening, 2) chlamydia screening, 3) colon cancer screening, 4) acute bronchitis, 5) depression, and 6) mental illness hospitalization follow-up.
To implement this initiative, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana Health Plan of Kentucky, Passport Health Plan, and Kentucky Medicaid provided claims data derived from their 2010 HEDIS submissions; University of Kentucky consolidated these data.
Hollywood Walk to Fame Fitness & Weight Loss Challenges January 11th – March 7th, 2011
Join one of our new Kentuckiana Metro on the Move, Hollywood Walk to Fame Challenges and get moving to a healthier you!
There are two fitness challenges: 1) Individual – minimum of 10,000 steps per day and 2) Team – minimum of 8,000 average steps/day. Both challenges start in New York and finish in Los Angeles. Along the route, watch for the points of interest that pop-up as you travel through famous Academy Award-Winning Actors and Actresses hometowns. Keep up your goal steps during the challenge to be eligible for PRIZE drawings!
Is 2011 your year to get rid of unwanted pounds? Join our 8-week Hollywood Weight Loss Challenge on January 11th to kick start your 2011 weight loss plan. Tips and tricks will pop up for every 2 lb milestone you reach. Read the instructions to see how you could be entered into a cash prize drawing at the end of the challenge. Get your coworkers and friends to join and compete to see who will lose the most weight during this fun, Hollywood challenge.
WINNERS Announced in Around the World Fitness Challenge
Congratulations to the Kentuckiana Metro on the Move Worksite Wellness Winners!
Most Physically Active Worksite: University of Louisville – Get Healthy Now
Most Physically Active Team (Team Challenge): Norton Brownsboro Engineering
Most Physically Active (Active Challenge): Sharon Lawless, Louisville Metro Government
Most Improved (Active Challenge): Thomas Bookout, Investors Heritage Life Insurance
Most Physically Active (Moderate Challenge): Sherry Bray, E-ON U.S.
Most Improved (Moderate Challenge): Gail Raque, Norton Healthcare
Most Physically Active Team (All Registered Teams): FBT, Frost Brown Todd
$100 Prize Drawing Winner—10,000 average steps/day: Sharon Lawless, Louisville Metro Govt
$100 Prize Drawing Winner—Completing Challenge: Kassy Parrott, Norton Healthcare
Milestone & Pedometer Winners: 1) Kathleen Gumbel – Commonwealth Bank & Trust, 2) Lisa Harnett – Frost Brown Todd, 3) Linda Williams – KY Sleep Medicine Specialists, 4) Seth Thomas – Norton Healthcare, 5) Nicholas Reisenbichler – Hilliard Lyons, 6) Dusty Spear – Norton Healthcare, 7) Leanne Edelen – Kentucky School for the Blind, 8 ) Paula Soder – UL Get Healthy Now
