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Recent and urgent news items are available in the main Public Affairs page (use the left-hand navigation bar). To keep the main page uncluttered, items are posted to the Archives and dated after a few months. If the alert is no longer valid, it will be indicated beside the archive date; otherwise, item remains current.
Public Affairs News Archive
(Archived June 2005 - no longer valid until May 2006)
Start thinking about National Critical Care Awareness & Recognition Month 2005 (NCCAM).
May is the time to increase public awareness of the needs of your patients, and help your colleagues in medicine understand all you do for the critically ill. Like last year, there will be various events and promotional items available.
Click here for full details on NCCAM available in SCCM's Press Room.
A promotional flyer is available for posting in your unit, get it here (requires Adobe Acrobat).
Promotional Items with a unique, on-message design for May 2005 are available now through a special outlet presented by the Society. Purchase NCCAM-specific merchandise (from buttons to mugs, apparel to a teddy bear) and help raise awareness of the Expert Team and quality critical care services. Click here to visit the outlet.
The Society also offers products appropriate for NCCAM, including blue apparel & our new set of items tied to the Right Care, Right Now campaign. Check out the SCCM merchandise here.
(Archived January 2005 - Applications No Longer Accepted)
Federal Funding for Demonstration Projects on Intensive Case Management: Applications are due on or before January 4, 2005. A new Federal funding opportunity was announced in October 2004 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. Eligible health care organizations may now apply for funding for demonstration projects on "intensive case management." This is the first critical care-eligible opportunity in recent years. See details (including application instructions and questions answered in a conference call) via the CMS announcement on their website here. The FAQ document was expanded twice in December and is available here as a PDF file for download.
(Archived October 2004 - REMAINS CURRENT)
Click here for a recent article in August 2004 Critical Connections titled "Shining a Light on Workforce Issues".
(Archived August 2004 - REMAINS CURRENT)
Click here for an article in June 2004 Critical Connections titled "The Society Climbs the Hill".
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