MMA Email Newsletter 2/28/2008
Schoephoerster advocates for primary care
MMA President-elect George Schoephoerster, M.D., testified before the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division Committee about the state of primary care in Minnesota Wednesday. MORE
MMA Foundation donates to diversity program
The Minnesota Medical Association Foundation announced a $10,000 donation Wednesday to Minnesota’s Future Doctors, an innovative program that identifies and assists undergraduate minority students who want to become doctors. MORE
Meiches testifies on health care reform
The Senate got its first look at a major health care reform bill Wednesday and MMA CEO Robert Meiches, M.D., was on hand to testify. MORE
Tougher teen driver rules move forward
MMA President James J. Dehen Jr., M.D., has submitted a letter to Rep. Kim Norton, DFL-Rochester, supporting H.F. 2628, which would strengthen Minnesota’s Graduated Drivers License Law. MORE
MMA wins protections in physical therapist bill
The MMA has won concessions protecting patient safety and continuity of care in a compromise bill that also allows physical therapists more autonomy. MORE
Sign up for Day At The Capitol 2008
Participate in the legislative process, hear from key health care policy makers, meet with legislators to impact the care you provide to patients. MORE
Kottke commentary blasts tobacco cabaret
Thomas Kottke, M.,D., a member of the MMA's Public Health Committee, took issue in a newspaper commentary Monday with the "smoking theater" gimmick some taverns are mounting. MORE
Radiation therapy facility moratorium bill moves forward
A bill calling for a permanent moratorium on the construction of independent radiation therapy facilities was passed by the Senate Health, Housing and Family Security Policy Committee on Feb. 20. MORE
Let by-laws be by-laws
The Organized Medical Staff Section is holding a CME session on "Medical Staff By-Laws and Self-Governance," March 13 at Broadway Place West. MORE
OTHER STORIES
Minnesota asthma project wins national award
Minnesota's first free-standing ER to be built in Chaska
Medical device makers support physician disclosure law
Leavitt calls for mandatory Medicare e-Rx (and maybe EHRs, too)
Care coordination for the disabled boosts quality of life
U of M: Alcohol ed should start as early as 3rd grade
AMA protests approval of Sierra takeover
Thalidomide shows promise for recurring ovarian cancer
State's first Hmong urgent care center opens
Newsweek cover story: A vaccine for addiction?
Medical ID theft is rising fast
"Deadly Medicine" exhibit details Nazi eugenics ideology
Pets may be causing urinary tract infections
Despite medical promise, patients wary of DNA testing
Global health principle: "There are no local diseases"
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