{"title":"WHY WOULDN'T I JOIN IMS?.","authors":"K John Hartman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>in January, I had the pleasure of speaking at the annual meeting of the Scott County Medical Society (SMCS), my home county and local medical society. It was great to see colleagues and friends I've known for many years, but equally nice was meeting new physicians and their spouses. Several physicians, including one of my partners, were honored for 25 consecutive years of commitment and service to SCMS. In another time, a continuous 25 year commitment to organized medicine was common; not only was membership a way to stay connected and involved in the medical community, it was a privilege of our profession. Times have changed and many physicians no longer feel that sense of professional responsibility to organized medicine. I can't help but ponder the impact on our medical society - both at the state and county levels - the cost to our profession, and the reasons behind the apathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36366651","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":"EMPATHY MATTERS: STUDY SHOWS THAT TEACHING EMPATHY CAN IMPROVE PATIENT SATISFACTION.","authors":"Helen Riess","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Contemporary physicians are facing tremendous pressures in terms of the number of patients they are expected to see, the short amount of time in which they have to see them, the complexity of the health problems, and increasingly burdensome documentation requirements. Empathy is challenged and to some extent driven down by many of the factors that are beleaguering health care today.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36366654","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":"NEW RULES SET STANDARDS FOR PA SUPERVISION.","authors":"Kate Strickler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 2","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36369538","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":"I AM NOT A PHYSICIAN.","authors":"Dennis Tibben","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36366649","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":"TO PREDICT OR PREPARE? THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR 2016 AND BEYOND.","authors":"Kent Kramer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For global stock market investors, the news from 2015 and the early part of 2016 has been marked by periods of unsettling volatility and decline. In December, global stock markets virtually all weakened to make 2015 a negative year for the majority of stock investors, capping off another year of historically low interest rates and sluggish economic numbers globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"20-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36369523","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":"DES MOINES UNIVERSITY: OUR CITY IS IN OUR NAME.","authors":"Angela L Walker Franklin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the late 1800s, Dr. A.T. Still became dissatisfied with the orthodox medicine of his day and began working on an approach that focused on the health of the whole person. He was one of the first physicians to promote the idea of preventive medicine and holistic wellness. From that vision, the profession of osteopathic medicine was established.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"16-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36366652","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":"CANDOR IMPLEMENTATION MOVES FORWARD.","authors":"Kate Strickler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a component of our efforts to roll out Iowa's new Candor law and to facilitate the establishment of Candor programs in healthcare facilities throughout Iowa, the Iowa Medical Society cosponsored a national conference in late February on communication and resolution programs. Three representatives from Great River Health System in West Burlington and I attended the Communication and Resolution Program Leader Retreat to Improve Patient Safety in Palo Alto, California. The conference focused on defining core components of early disclosure programs and developing plans to effectively mitigate barriers to implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"10-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36369522","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":"IMS - THE ONE PLACE WHERE OUR STORIES CAN COME TOGETHER.","authors":"Paul Mulhausen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As my introduction to the membership at large, I want to tell a story - a story of me, a story of you, and a story of our Iowa Medical Society. I want to accomplish three things with this story.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 2","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36369531","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":"SEEING THE FUTURE.","authors":"Jean Robillard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 2","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36369537","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":"AT RISK: TACKLING BURNOUT.","authors":"Lynn Welch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A study published last year by Mayo Clinic researchers showed that 54 percent of physicians surveyed in 2014 exhibited symptoms of burnout (up from 45 percent in a similar study conducted in 2011). One reason to tackle this growing problem is that burnout is linked with behaviors that can jeopardize patient safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":77185,"journal":{"name":"Iowa medicine : journal of the Iowa Medical Society","volume":"106 1","pages":"22-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36366653","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}