On November 19, 2025, in honor of US Antibiotic Awareness Week, KFMC Health Improvement Partners and KDHE’s HAI AR Section hosted the “Shorter is Better: Optimizing Antibiotic Prescribing to Improve Health Outcomes” webinar. If you missed the webinar, you can access the slides and recording here.
KFMC Health Improvement Partners is proud to announce that President and CEO, Sarah Irsik-Good, has been elected to the Civitas Networks for Health® 2026 Board of Directors. Civitas is a national collaborative that brings together more than 160 member organizations across the United States, all dedicated to advancing health improvement through data sharing, collaboration, and innovation.
KFMC is pleased to announce the presentation of the 2025 Health Equity Innovation Award at the Kansas Health Impact Conference held in Manhattan, Kansas, on October 23, 2025. The City of Lawrence Homeless Response Team (HRT) was honored for its groundbreaking, field-based approach to serving unsheltered individuals—one of the most marginalized populations in the region.
Presentations, slides and video, are now available from the 2025 Kansas Health Impact Conference. Let’s work together to bridge the gaps between data, resources, and partnerships to build a stronger, healthier Kansas!
KFMC Health Improvement Partners is excited to share that we are transitioning to electronic delivery of all document or file requests through Kiteworks, a secure Managed File Transfer (MFT) system.
KFMC announced it has achieved Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) Privacy and Security accreditation from DirectTrust™, recognizing its compliance with HIPAA privacy and security provisions.
The Kansas Health Impact Conference Archive contains links to videos and presentation materials from previous summits and conferences.
KFMC is pleased to announce Attane Health as the winner of this year’s Health Equity Innovation Award. The award was presented October 30, 2024, at the Kansas Health Equity Summit, an annual event that brings Kansas equity leaders and health champions together to strengthen and accelerate the shared mission of fairness and optimal health outcomes for all people.
The third annual Kansas Health Equity Summit was held October 30, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas. Thanks to our attendees and partners for making the summit a success! Links are available to video recorded sessions and presentation materials.
KFMC has released the results of its Rapid Response Staffing Support Center, funded by KDHE through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Cooperative Agreement, that provided emergency, temporary staffing support to long-term care facilities and state-licensed homes in response to COVID-19 outbreaks.