1st Annual Birth Clerk Conference

Foundation for Greatness

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Wichita State University Hughes Metropolitan Complex

Office of Vital Statistics

In partnership with
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Objectives:

• To provide current and helpful information to birth clerks who collect and report birth certificate data to the Office of Vital Statistics.
• To recognize timeliness of birth certificate reporting.
• To address questions and needs of birth clerks, hospital administrators, and midwives.

Keynote Speaker:

V. James Guillory, DO, MPH, FACPM

Dr. Guillory is a Professor of Public Health in the Masters Program, School of Health Management, A. T. Still University (ATSU) in Kirksville, Missouri, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. 

He is the President of the Perinatal Association of Kansas and serves on the Kansas Maternal and Child Health Committee and the Kansas Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality.

Dr. Guillory is board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and in Family Medicine.

Agenda

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

• 7:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m. Welcome, Goals, & Objectives
  • Robert Moser, MD, KDHE Secretary &   Rachel Berroth, Director Bureau of Family Health
• 8:50 a.m. Importance of Birth Certificate Data to Public Health
  • Elizabeth Abbey, M.A. Audiologist SoundBeginning Hearing Screening, Jamey Kendall, RN, Newborn Screening, Birth Defects  Linda Williams, MT, Neonatal Blood Screening, Elizabeth Lawlor, Epidemiologist, Hepatitis B
• 9:30 a.m. Enumeration at Birth
  • Representative of Social Security Administration
• 10:00 a.m. Break
• 10:15 a.m. Role of Electronic Health Records
  • Mike McPherson, Project Manager, Health Information Technology & Ryan Burns, Director, Immunization Registry
• 10:45 a.m. Keynote: Statistics Related to Uses of Birth Certificate Data
• • V. James Guillory, DO, MPH, FACPM, Clinical Epidemiologist & Greg  Crawford, Director, Vital Statistics Data Analysis
• 11:15 a.m. Paternity Establishment at Hospital
  • Tonya Brunson, Manager, Child Support Services, Department for Children & Families
• 11:45 a.m. Lunch & Awards Ceremony
  • Donna Calabrese, Director, Office of Vital Statistics & Robin Wolfe, Chief, Registration & Amendment Section
• 1:15 p.m. How to Build a Great Foundation
  • Sharon Marshall, Supervisor, Registration Unit, Penny Hughes, Supervisor, Amendment Unit, Jim Staehli, Field Representative & Robin Wolfe, Chief, Registration & Amendment Section
• 2:45 p.m. Break
• 3:00 p.m. How to Build a Great Foundation (continued)
• 4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Registration:

Pre-registration is required.  Please register by March 27, 2013.  Continental breakfast and lunch are included.  You will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of receipt of your registration form.  If you do not, please contact Jennifer Harry at 316-978-6724.

Hotel Information:

A limited number of Queen Studios have been arranged  for conference attendees with the Staybridge Suites, 2250 N. Greenwich Rd., Wichita, KS 67226.  Queen Studio Suite room rates are $86.00 + tax.  Reservations must be received by March 12.  When you make your reservation, please identify yourself as a Birth Clerk Conference participant.  To make reservations call the Staybridge Suites at 316-927-3888 or reserve a room online at www.wichitastaybridge.com and enter group code BCG.

An addtional room block has been arranged at the Best Western Wichita North, 915 E. 53rd St. North, Wichita, KS 67219.  Double Queen Rooms and King Rooms are available at a rate of $69.99+ tax.  Reservations must be received by March 19th.  When you make your reservation, please identify yourself as a Birth Clerk Conference Participant.  to make reservations please call the Best Western at 316-832-9387.