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TOA
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By John T. Gill, MD
President, Texas Orthopaedic Association
On Friday, August 10th, The
Business of Orthopaedics, our 5th annual practice management
course for orthopaedic residents will be held from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. This course has been very popular with the
residents and the information received will be crucial to
their first year in practice. Clinic administrators or staff
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this course useful. If you are an
orthopedic resident, resident coordinators, an orthopedist new in
practice or orthopedic staff, you are invited to join us. The course
is free of charge to TOA members and affiliates (clinic staff).
The agenda for The Business of Orthopaedics, can
be found
here.
TOA Reception – Friday evening, 7p. You and your family are also
invited to join us during the evening reception for TOA members and
their spouses, leadership, and sponsors.
Saturday’s session, August 11th, will be filled with socioeconomic
issues of concern to all orthopaedic surgeons…such as the presentation
“Economic Survival,” as well as a legislative update and discussions
on national health care reform, our political action committees, and
public relations for orthopedists with media training. There will be
TOA committees or workgroups meeting later on Saturday afternoon. The preliminary agenda for the TOA Socioeconomic
Summit can be found
here.
Register online
here for the Summit or fill out and fax the form below.
Click
here to reserve your room at The Driskill.
Hope to see you in Austin!
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U.S. Senators To Push For National Registry Of Industry Gifts To
Physicians
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According to an article in the New York
Times, Senators Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) “would
push for legislation that would create a national registry of gifts
and payments to doctors by the makers of drugs and medical devices.”
The comment came at the end of a hearing by the Special Committee on
Aging on ties between industry and physicians. For more information
click
here.
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Study:
Medical Specialists Increasing, But Surgeons Decreasing
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A study by the Center for
Studying Health System Change indicates that more men are
opting for medical-specialty practices, leaving primary care
vulnerable to a shortage of physicians. According to the
study, a 40 percent increase in female primary care physicians
(1996-97 to 2004-05) has helped offset a 16 percent decline in
the number of male primary care physicians. The study also
indicates that the proportion of medical specialists who
provide direct patient care for at
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least 20 hours a week has increased
from 32.2 percent to 37.6 percent, but the proportion of surgeons has
declined from 28.9 percent to 25.7 percent.
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2007 Socioeconomic Summit
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Please join us at The
Driskill Hotel, Austin, Texas - August 10th & 11th, 2007 for the 2007
Socioeconomic Summit featuring:
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Economic Survival
of the Orthopedist
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National Health
Care Reform Debate
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Public Relations
for Texas Orthopaedics
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Legislative Update and Our Orthopaedic
Political Action Committees
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The Business of Orthopaedics
TOA’s original Practice Management Course for Orthopaedic
Residents
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Register online
here for the Summit or fill out and fax the form below.
Click
here to reserve your room at The Driskill.
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Early Registration
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The
Driskill Hotel Reservations:
(800) 252-9367 or (512) 474-5911
RESERVATION
CUT-OFF DATE:
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 |
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Please fax this form to (866) 864-1568 |
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