{"title":"Operation Distribution: Physicians Key in COVID-19 Vaccines Distribution.","authors":"Sean Price","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Even though COVID-19 vaccines are closer than ever to use by the general public, many questions remain about how they will be distributed to Texas physicians - and how they'll be received by Texans. That's why TMA in October weighed in on the state's distribution plan with recommendations to help ensure COVID-19 vaccines are not only distributed effectively and efficiently, but also seen as trusted tools in the fight against the illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 12","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25412802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talk to Patients About: Why COVID-19 \"Parties\" Are a Bad Idea.","authors":"Sean Price","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most people have gradually adjusted to the day-to-day changes caused by COVID-19, such as washing hands frequently, wearing masks, and social distancing. But others have looked for strategies to get around the hassles caused by the pandemic. In some cases, this has included deliberately trying to contract the potentially deadly illness through \"COVID parties,\" events designed to expose people to someone with COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 12","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use It or Lose It: Texas' New Behavioral Health Program Can Help Only If Physicians Use It.","authors":"Sean Price","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>What if Texas lawmakers created a mental health service that physicians asked for but then not many physicians used it? So far, that is what's happening with the Child Psychiatric Access Network (CPAN), which gives pediatricians and family physicians across Texas free telemedicine-based consultation and training on community psychiatry.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 12","pages":"34-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25412803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Priority: Primary Care.","authors":"Joey Berlin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Texas Medical Association and other corners of organized medicine know primary care is part of the bedrock of a sturdy health care system. So medicine - including the Texas Primary Care Consortium (TPCC), of which TMA is a member, and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) - is engaging policymakers to not only help the state's primary care system survive the pandemic, but also enable it to thrive for the long haul.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 12","pages":"14-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talk to Patients About: Vaccine Testing.","authors":"Sean Price","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 vaccines currently under production are expected to reach the public faster than any previous vaccine. But no matter how quickly a vaccine is produced, it still must pass a series of rigorous scientific tests before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will license it for public use.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 11","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Telemedicine Boot Camp: Physicians Get Trained for the Future of Remote Care.","authors":"Joey Berlin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thanks in large part to COVID-19, telemedicine has arrived. Where does it go from here? That was much of the focus of a Telehealth Virtual Bootcamp, an Aug. 29 presentation by the Telehealth Initiative that touched on technology, applications, and payment.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 11","pages":"30-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skipping a Step: USMLE Clinical Skills Test Faces Elimination.","authors":"Sean Price","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many medical educators and students think the clinical skills portion of the USMLE needs to be reformed or eliminated.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 11","pages":"36-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Texas MedicinePub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv29sfvm2.10
C. Conde
{"title":"Sensitive subjects.","authors":"C. Conde","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv29sfvm2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv29sfvm2.10","url":null,"abstract":"Texas Medical Association policy directs physicians who treat adolescents to give them counseling and treatment or a referral on sexual development, sexually transmitted disease, birth control, pregnancy, and substance abuse. TMA, the American Medical Association, and other organizations have created materials and resources on adolescent health care and healthy lifestyles for physicians to use in their practice and professional activities.","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"107 6 1","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49294505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"End-of-Life Challenge Takes a New Turn.","authors":"Joey Berlin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>TMA fights decision that could strip physicians of their ability to exercise their conscience.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 11","pages":"43-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Case for More Coverage: Studies Suggest Medicaid Expansion Would Fiscally Benefit Texas.","authors":"Joey Berlin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two recent studies suggest expanding Medicaid will not only save Texas money, but add to the Lone Star State's coffers.</p>","PeriodicalId":39209,"journal":{"name":"Texas Medicine","volume":"116 11","pages":"25-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25413215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}