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Call To Action: Project 535
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By John Early, MD
President, Texas Orthopaedic Association
Last week, AAOS President Dr.
Zuckerman sent out a call to action to the nation's
orthopaedic surgeons. Texas orthopedists need to
help with this project by contacting their federal
legislators. Please get behind
"Project 535" (535
legislators) and contact your members of Congress.
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Here's how to participate.
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If you
need assistance with this effort, contact the AAOS Office of
Government Relations (Lauren Bates at 202-546-4430 or
bates@aaos.org) and indicate that you are calling about
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Schedule an
in-person meeting with your
Representative and...[more]
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Featured Legislator:
Congressman Lamar Smith
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By David Teuscher
TOA Legislative Committee Chair
Your Texas Orthopaedic leadership
delegation participated in Capitol Hill visits during the NOLC 2009
(National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference) hosted by the American
Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons on April 30, 2009. During this
historic year when healthcare reform is being debated, it was
critical for your TOA leaders to carry
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your message to Congress. Most
of the Texas Congressmen met with our
orthopaedic delegation in person, sometimes for extended periods of
time. We want to thank each legislator and their staff for spending
time
with us in an effort to make sure we get reforms right for our
patients and our practices.
Congressman Lamar Smith has ably represented his
constituents and Texas C...[more]
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This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
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By Mignon McGarry
TOA Legislative Advocate
TOA Online Version: All Memos
Wednesday, August 12,
2009
It appears that
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
will make it official on Monday. She is inviting supporters to
join her for the Austin stop on her |
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tour formally
announcing for governor
next week. On Monday, August 17th, Senator Hutchison will
be at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center at the University of Texas.
Doors open at 3:30 p.m. with the program starting at 4:00 p.m.
Rep. Joe Crabb
(R-Kingwood) announced that he will not seek re-election next year.
Crabb has represented House District 127 for 18 years. Dr. Martin
Basaldua,
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Division Field Offices Host
Educational Sessions On WC Legislation From 81st Legislative Session
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The 24 field offices of the Texas
Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (TDI-DWC)
are hosting brown bag educational sessions for health care
providers, employers, human resource managers, claims adjusters,
case managers and employee organizations entitled 81st Legislative
Session: Key Workers' Compensation Legislation.
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For more details on the following brown bag educational sessions,
visit the TDI-DWC Events and Training Calendar by
clicking
here.
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Abilene
Amarillo
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August 25,
2009
August 17, 2009
August 12, 2009 |
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George H. Lane, MD 1922 -
2009 In Memoriam
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Dr. George Lane attended the Schreiner Institute as a pre-med
student for his first two years of college and obtained a private
pilot's license before his graduation in 1941. He enrolled at Baylor
University, but WWII began in December of 1941, and he volunteered
as an aviation cadet and subsequently graduated as an Army Air Force
pilot in
1943. Dr. Lane completed his missions in March 1945, and continued
his
pre-med studies at the University of Texas, then attended Baylor
University
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College of Medicine and graduated in 1950. After an internship at
the hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, he returned to
Houston and became the first orthopedic surgeon to be fully trained
at Baylor in Houston. Dr. Lane entered private practice in Houston
in 1955, and continued in his practice until 1998.
He was certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and was
a me...[more]
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TMLT Risk Management
Department: Failure To Diagnose, Treat Complications
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The following
closed claim study is based on an actual malpractice claim from TMLT.
This case illustrates how action or inaction on the part of
physicians led to allegations of professional liability, and how
risk management techniques may have either prevented the outcome or
increased the physician's defensibility. The ultimate goal in
presenting
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this case is
to help physicians practice safe medicine. An attempt has been made
to make the material less easy to identify. If you recognize your
own claim, please be assured it is presented solely to emphasize the
issues of the case.
Presentation
A 16-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department
(ED) after susta...[more]
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