Donna J. Kell, BS, MPM

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (Registration begins at 8:00 AM)

ACMS Headquarters

Framework & Tools for Managing Your Workteam.

* Recruiting qualified individuals

* Job descriptions & designing workflows

* Communication & managing conflict

* Workteam feedback

Additional details and registration information

On New Year’s Eve 2012, some ACMS MDs won’t be looking forward to a new start; they’ll be regretting not completing activities to earn 12 patient safety or risk management CME credits.

Now is the time for physicians to familiarize themselves with the requirements for renewing their licenses.
The ACMS and the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) offer this list to help you start to prepare:

1. Make sure you know your username and password for www.pamedsoc.org so you have access to free CME activities, all designed to meet patient safety and risk management requirements.
2. Familiarize yourself with the state requirements. Check out answers to frequently asked questions about state license requirements for MDs and DOs at www.pamedsoc.org/cmefaq.
3. Get acquainted with CME Tracker, the online credit tracking and organizing tool exclusively for PAMED and COUN TY members. Find it at www.pamedsoc.org/tracker.
4. Start organizing your paper trail for CME credits. You can use PAMED’s free, member-only CME Tracker Companion filing system. Order one at www.pamedsoc.org/store.
5. Receive email alerts when a new PAMED CME activity is available. Simply sign up at www.pamedsoc.org/subscribe.

If you have questions, call PAMED’s CME office at (800) 228-7823. You can also email PAMED at stat@pamedsoc.org.

ARTICLES  
Feature
2011 Award Winners
Christina E. Morton

Materia Medica
Lipid Update: Recent Debates and Diseaseoriented
versus Patient-oriented Evidence
Venkateswarlu Muvva, MD
Susan Kidd, PharmD

Legal Report
Sunlight, Transparency, Required Disclosures
William H. Maruca, Esq

Financial Health
Understanding the Language of Investing
Charles J. Stout

Practice Management
Auditing Madness…But I’m Not Paranoid!
Mary Ellen Corum

PERSPECTIVES
Miller Time
Running on Empty
Scott Miller, MD, MA

Editorial
A Christmas Miracle? Well, Maybe Yes,
Maybe No…
Frank Vertosick, MD

Resident Reflections
Office PGY-1
Romeo Abaya, MD

Foundation Gala Committee
ACMS Foundation Gala
John F. Delaney Jr., MD, MPH, DrPH

Academic Perspective
Great Science, Great Medicine, Great Business
Arthur S. Levine, MD

DEPARTMENTS
Society News
♦ Ophthalmology, January meeting
♦ Geriatric medicine clinical update
♦ New homes for olde laptops
Activities & Accolades
Community Notes
In Memoriam
John P. Eichmiller, MD
Arthur I. Murphy Jr., MD
Robert C. Sabatelle, MD
Russell A. Spanard, MD

Continuing Education Calendar
Reportable Diseases
Classifieds

• Meet and connect with colleagues from around the area
• Learn what you need to know about employment contracts.
• Appetizers and good cheer will be provided

Presented by:
Michael A Cassidy, Esq
Tucker Arenseberg Attorneys
Program generously sponsored by Malachy Whalen & Co., Inc.

Contract Review Seminar

Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 – 6:30 pm

Location: Finnigan’s Wake

Who should attend: Resident / Fellow, Young Physician
Please feel free to invite your fellow physicians.

Attendance is free, but registration is required to ensure we have space for all.

Register by phone at 412-321-5030 or  register online

Articles

Feature
2012 ACMS President and Officers

Profile
Rajiv R. Varma, MD—Meet Your New President
Christina E. Morton

Legal Report
Physician Career Cautionary Tales
Beth Anne Jackson, Esq

Financial Health
The Start Order: Financial Moves to
“Make Right Now”
Gary S. Weinstein, MD, FACS

Feature
2011—Year-in-Review

Special Report
Fourth Annual Fine Awards Honor Local Health Care Teams

Special Report
Medical Records Reproduction Fees

Perspectives

Editorial
New Year’s Resolutions
Deval Paranjpe, MD, FACS

President’s Message
Paving the Way for the Future of Medicine
Rajiv R. Varma, MD

Departments
Society News
♦ Ophthalmology, December 2011
♦ PUA, 2012 officers
♦ 2012 Clinical Update in Geriatrics
♦ Bulletin Correction

Activities & Accolades

Community Notes

In Memoriam
George J. Brodmerkel, MD
Edward L. Farrell, MD

Continuing Education

Calendar

Poison Pen

Membership Applications

ACMS Board Highlights

Classifieds

Workers’ Compensation Executive Committee- Proposal for Reform – Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

The Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Medical Society oppose efforts to lower that fee schedule.

Additional information will be forthcoming  as we coordinate  our response to these proposed changes.

HIPAA Compliant Texting

can now text patient data legally using a HIPAA-compliant mobile application, DocBookMD. Designed by physicians for physicians, the smartphone application has enhanced communication among doctors resulting in better and faster care for patients.

Thousands of patients are getting answers faster thanks to more collaboration among physicians who use DocBookMD to send text messages, X-rays, EKGs, lab results and images. Certainly teens know the power of the text, and now our physicians members can use DocBookMD, a mobile application.

A HIPAA compliant messaging application, DocBookMD solves the ban on texting patient information recently imposed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

Since July 2011, physicians who sent individually identifiable health information via a text were in violation of HIPAA regulations, a felony offense. Penalties include hefty fines of up to $50,000 or up to one year in jail or both.

“By enhancing the way we communicate, patient care improves significantly,” said Dr. Tim Gueramy, an orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of DocBookMD. “Doctors can get nearly instant access to colleagues for consultations and to collaborate on a myriad of patient concerns.”

Thanks to PMSLIC, DocBookMD is a free member benefit to physicians, it’s available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android phones.

http://docbookmd.com/register

To download the application, visit the App store on your smartphone and search for DocBookMD.  Contact the ACMS office at docbook@acms.org to request your membership number to activate your app.

Laptops should be cleared of all data and restored to factory settings.  They can be dropped off at the Allegheny County Medical Society Building, or your can call (412) 321-5030 and arrange for pick-up.

Physicians and their employees in private medical practices are required to wear ID badges as of December 10, 2011.

Interim regulations define the required elements of the ID badge:

• A photograph of the physician or employee taken within the last four years
• The employee’s full name
• The title in which the employee is licensed or certified
• The name of the health care facility or employment agency

Additional resources

• Pennsylvania Department of Health Interim Regulation
• Pennsylvania Medical Society ID badge information page
• PA Academy of Dermatology ID information page
• Sample badge formats
• AMNews Article – “New Pennsylvania law requires physicians to wear photo IDs” – 12/20/2011

Monday, February 20, 2012

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
3811 O’Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm        Council Meeting- Room 412
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm        Educational Presentation with light snack- Auditorium
8:00 pm        Adjournment
TO REGISTER     CLICK HERE

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, the participant should be able to:

•  Identify college mental health resources available in the local community.
•  Develop solutions to barriers of continuity of mental health care for college students.
•  Identify mental health treatment needed for college students as they enter and leave college treatment settings.  Implement steps to ensure proper continuity of mental health care for college students.

Faculty

John Carter Brooks, MD
Consulting Psychiatrist
Division of Student Affairs, Counseling and Psychological Services
Carnegie Mellon

Stuart Hirsch, MD
Psychiatrist
Affiliated with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside

Cynthia Valley, PhD
Director, Division of Student Affairs, Counseling and Psychological Services
Carnegie Mellon

Join us for a panelist dialogue between community and campus mental health care providers about current processes, barriers, and solutions to providing better care for students transitioning into the local college setting.  How can we as a community help these students from falling through the cracks?

If you have any questions please call 866-659-8629 or email at pittpsych@pamedsoc.org. Registrations are due by Thursday, February 16, 2012.