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Join us September 25th, 2010!!!
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The annual ACT Kids Health Fair serves at-risk children who are eligible for metropolitan Phoenix Head Start programs, but lack appropriate medical clearances. This all-volunteer event addresses the full spectrum of health requirements: transportation to and from the children's neighborhoods, all appropriate medical screenings and immunizations, establishing and updating medical records, and arranging emergency or continuing care as needed. Over 20,000 children have been screened to date. The Maricopa County Medical Society is in its 20th year assisting the health fair (since its inception!). We would really love to have this be a fantastic year for this wonderful community event; will YOU help? The Society is in need of VOLUNTEERS for this event! Physicians, nurses, medical students, residents, friends, spouses....the more the merrier! Please join the MCMS in this great cause; you won't forget the experience! Physician Volunteer Sign-upMedical Personnel Sign-upGeneral Volunteer Sign-upSaturday, September 25th University Public School Phoenix 735 E. Fillmore Street, Phoenix, AZ 85006 SHIFTS AVAILABLE - 7:00 to 12:00pm; 11:45 to 3:30pm; All Day |
AHCCCS Benefit Changes Effective Oct. 1, 2010
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In response to significant fiscal challenges facing the State and continuing growth in the Medicaid population, AHCCCS will implement several legislatively mandated changes to the adult benefit package. Most of these changes will be effective as of October 1, 2010. A few changes will be implemented prior to the October 1, 2010 date, in which case separate notices have been posted regarding those changes.
AHCCCS has posted detailed information regarding these benefit changes on its website that providers will need for the October 1, 2010 implementation. The AHCCCS benefit changes website page can be found at:
http://www.azahcccs.gov/reporting/legislation/sessions/2010/BenefitChanges.aspx
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| Become a Role Model to the Future Physicians of Arizona | The University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixHave you ever considered becoming a mentor and role model to a first-year medical student? Here's your chance! The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix places a high priority on early and continuous clinical training. All first- and second-year medical students spend one half-day, approximately every other week, in a primary care setting working with a physician mentor. This part of the curriculum is called the Longitudinal Clinical Experience (LCE). Physician mentors are primary care internists, pediatricians and family physicians. Mentors work with the same student for two years. This provides the opportunity to develop a close and long lasting relationship. Being a mentor allows you to be involved in medical education and shaping the career of a young physician, with a time commitment that is very manageable. The student works with the mentor in their clinical setting, gradually assuming an increasing level of patient care responsibilities. There are a number of benefits to being a physician mentor, in addition to the satisfaction of forming a long lasting relationship with a young physician in training. As a mentor, you will receive a UA College of Medicine faculty title that allows full electronic access into the medical library and a discount at the UA bookstore. Anyone interested in being a mentor or in learning more about this possibility should contact Greg Lewis, M.D. by emailing or calling the LCE Coordinator, Hank Schepemaker, at Hendriks@email.arizona.edu or 602-827-6123. Please visit the Longitudinal Clinical Experience website for more information on this great mentorship opportunity at: http://phoenix.lce.medicine.arizona.edu/index.php |
| Flu vaccine beginning to arrive as physicians brace for season | | |
Experts advise doctors to administer the vaccine when they receive it, immunizing everyone 6 months and older, not just those at highest risk.
Last fall, patients ill with the influenza A(H1N1) virus filled doctors' waiting rooms across the country. Manufacturing delays, due in part to antiquated technology, left many physicians with limited or no H1N1 vaccine when the virus peaked. When immunizations did arrive, many patients no longer were interested in getting the shots.
Though experts hesitate to predict the severity of the upcoming influenza season, they do not expect the magnitude of problems of 2009. The flu vaccine for the 2010-11 season has started arriving in physicians' offices.
Adding the H1N1 virus to the seasonal flu vaccine and using standard immunization distribution procedures also are expected to simplify the flu season.
"The manufacturers are telling us they're going to be producing abundant supplies of vaccines, so there is no need for providers to hold onto vaccines. They should use them as they get them," said Tom Skinner, spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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| Medical liability: By late career, 61% of doctors have been sued | | |
An AMA report on medical liability lawsuits illustrates the need for federal and state reforms, the Association says.
Six out of 10 physicians 55 and older have been sued, according to a new American Medical Association study.
Male doctors are twice as likely as their female counterparts to get sued during their career. And more physicians in solo and specialty practices are sued than those in multispecialty practices.
The frequency of medical liability lawsuits documented in the report illustrates the need for reforms at the state and federal levels, said AMA Immediate Past President J. James Rohack, MD.
"Even though the vast majority of claims are dropped or decided in favor of physicians, the understandable fear of meritless lawsuits can influence what specialty of medicine physicians practice, where they practice and when they retire," Dr. Rohack said in a statement. "This litigious climate hurts patients' access to physician care at a time when the nation is working to reduce unnecessary health care costs."
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The 15 most forward thinking iPhone apps for doctors and nurses.
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Sit face to face with patients. Hire an interpreter. Erase inequities in education, housing, job security, and environmental health.
It's amazing how much we use our phones for anything but phone calls. The widespread use of applications, driven by the explosion of iPhone sales, has helped to redefine just what we're able to do with our phones in all walks of life and work.
The medical profession has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of iPhone app development, with life-changing tech showing up in nursing schools and hospitals nationwide. Some gather information from patients in new ways, while others help medical professionals better sort and understand that information.
They're all designed to help those in the medical field do their jobs in revolutionary ways. Here are some of the most forward-thinking and revolutionary iPhone apps out there for doctors and nurses:
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