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2010 TOA/TOF Socioeconomic
Summit - January 30th!
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By John Early, MD
President, Texas Orthopaedic Association
The
TOA Socioeconomic Summit will be held Saturday,
January 30th in Austin at the InterContinental
Stephen F. Austin Hotel. One of our Summit speakers,
David Lovett - AAOS Legislative Director, is
scheduled to update us on national healthcare
reform. He will be able to give us the latest
information on how the Academy is responding to the
crisis in Haiti, as well.
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AAOS members are joining other medical relief groups
responding to the earthquake crisis in Haiti.
Orthopaedic surgeons and the orthopaedic industry
are assisting in these efforts to send medical
equipment and healthcare personnel to the devastated
area. Find out how you can help by visiting this
link. The need for orthopaedic services in
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2010 TOA/TOF Socioeconomic Summit Itinerary
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2010 Texas Orthopaedic
Association
Texas Orthopaedic Foundation
Socioeconomic Summit
(Sessions for All Attendees)
Shuttle to
TMA
A shuttle will be provided for those doctors that would like to
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the TMA Winter conference.
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Assembly Room
Hot Buttons for Doctors: Liability Reduction
Strategies for Physicians
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This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry's Memos
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By Mignon McGarry
TOA Legislative Advocate
TOA Online Version: All Memos
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
In a surprise
announcement a week after the filing deadline,
Sen. Kip Averitt
(R-Waco) said that he is suspending his re-election
campaign due to health reasons. According to the
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office, it is too late
for Averitt to take his name off the ballot.
Republican Darren Yancy of Burleson is the only
other candidate to file for the Republican primary.
No Democrats filed to run although there are two
Libertarians competing for the Senate District 22
seat. If Yancy wins the primary, he'll be the only
major party candidate in the race, and as such,
would be the probable winner in November's
election. However, if
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A Call For Orthopaedic Hardware
For Haiti
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CLIMAX, N.C., Jan. 20
/PRNewswire/
Knowledge Ventures has
put out a plea to all orthopaedic professionals to
assist in the effort to get much needed orthopaedic
hardware to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
It has arranged in partnership with ORTHOWORLD Inc.
to open a public thread at
www.orthoworld.com in order to connect the world
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"In
terms of orthopaedic treatment, the worst is not
over in Haiti. People are literally dying on the
lawn of the hospital," says John Engelhardt,
Managing Member of Knowledge Ventures. "While there
are teams of orthopaedic surgeons down there, there
is desperate need for plates and screws, nails and
ex fix, as well as drills an...
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Texas Medical
Board (TMB): A Few Insights From A New Member
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By Wynne M. Snoots, MD
When I started thinking about what it meant to be a
member of the Texas Medical Board I realized that
the perspective change - from interacting with
individual patients and physicians to the more
global "population" view - was going to be a major
challenge. I would like to ask you to read this and
to try to consider the multiple perspectives -
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payers, organizations, employers, and "government" -
that are influenced by Board actions.
First there is a body of law, enacted by the
legislature, codified by statute,...
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