Healthcare Reform in DC – Making it Work…or Will it Be a Pox on all Our Houses?
Julius W. Hobson, Jr., Senior Policy Advisor for Polsinelli Shughart PC, is a lobbyist Updating…
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Call for Papers. Special Issue on Disaster Medicine and Preparedness
CALL FOR PAPERS
SPECIAL ISSUE ON “DISASTER MEDICINE AND PHYSICIAN PREPAREDNESS”
SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
The Southern Medical Journal is soliciting original and review manuscripts on the subject of “Disaster Medicine and Physician Preparedness” for a special issue on this topic to be published in late 2012 or early 2013.
Medico-Legal Aspect of Healthcare Conference
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into U.S. law by President Obama on March 23, 2010.
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The statutory and regulatory provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which will regulate the way hospitals and physicians must work together to achieve quality care are not well understood. Some of the regulations are new and healthcare administrators must have a working knowledge of these requirements in order to implement the ACA in their …Read More
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Tort Reform inTexashas allowed the state to attract and retain skilled physicians and improved access to medical treatment for persons living inTexas. Learning how this was accomplished and what specific provisions caused the change to occur would be useful for the participants to learn so that they can apply this knowledge to their state tort …Read More
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The Southern Medical Journal is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members of the Editorial Board and the advancement of one Board member to the position of Associate Editor. The appointments are effective January 1, 2012, with a three-year term for new Board members and a two- year appointment for the new Associate …Read More
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Beginning May 5, several important calls will be taking place over the next 6 weeks.
“From the Editorial Office” is the newest SMJ Blog. Click here to learn more about day-to-day information related to the Journal and to post questions and comments for the Managing Editor and Editorial Coordinator. Join the discussion now!
ACO’s have been designated in some quarters to be HMO’s on steroids with anti trust, price fixing implications.
Chance favors the prepared mind. It is obvious then, that regardless of uncontrollable external circumstances, SMArt© physician leaders must be prepared.
Until recently, the notion that a patient was ‘not safe’ or could actually be harmed in a hospital setting would have seemed implausible to most.
As physicians are being marginalized and identified as “providers” signifying their place in the institutionalization of medicine, they may be overlooking what may be the last best hope they have as they seek to develop and individualize professional identity.
Real doctors are physicians who make a difference. They do not consider themselves victims. They are leaders who do not need lobbyists or PACs to make a difference or to speak for them. Real doctors can speak for themselves. Real doctors are leaders who need only a mechanism to allow them to be heard as …Read More
Michael C. Gosney, MD, JD, MBA, President-Elect of Southern Medical Association (SMA) was appointed by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, MD.
The Southern Medical Association (SMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of G. Richard Holt, M.D., M.S.E. M.P.H., M.A.B.E., as Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Medical Journal (SMJ). G. Richard Holt, M.D., M.S.E. M.P.H., M.A.B.E., Appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Medical Journal
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By Third Year of Medical School, Over 40 Percent Are Burned Out Philadelphia, Pa. (August 3, 2010) – More than 40 percent of third-year medical students have symptoms of moderate to severe burnout, according to a study in the August Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The new results suggest that …Read More
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