August 20th, 2010
A Message from the ASSH President
One Question - Results from Last Week's Poll
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Thank You to AFSH Donors
Healthcare Reform and Quality - from AMA
A Message from the ASSH President
There has recently been a flurry of movement within the leadership of the Hand Society that has ultimately resulted in the nomination and confirmation of Dan Nagle, MD as the current ASSH President-elect. His dedication and experience will certainly prove to be an asset for the Hand Society in his new role; however this also leaves a vacancy in the role of Practice Division Director.
While vacancies on Council can be filled immediately by Council election according to our bylaws, we felt that with such a talented and enthusiastic membership, we should open up an application process and follow our standard procedure for electing Council members. Thus I am pleased to invite all qualified members to apply for the position of Practice Division Director.
Applications are due on September 30th and will be reviewed by the Nominating Advisory Group (Daniel Nagle, MD, Chair, Kevin Chung, MD, Richard Berger, MD, Robert Szabo, MD, W.P. Andrew Lee, MD, Peter Murray, MD, Steven Moran, MD) and the Nominating Committee who will present a candidate to Council for approval. Because the successful candidate will be filling a vacancy and carrying out the remaining two years of the three year term Dr. Nagle was elected to fulfill in 2009, he or she will also be eligible for a second term in 2012.
You can visit the Hand Society website for full details on the qualifications and expectations for the position. To apply, you will need to complete an online application and submit your CV, two letters of recommendation and your conflict of interest form to Alex Wallace (awallace@assh.org) at the Central Office.
I am certain that we will have a robust pool of applications, a sign of the strength of our organization and its members, and I’m looking forward to seeing all of you in Boston.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Szabo, MD, MPH
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Thank You to AFSH Donors
The American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand wishes to thank the following donors for their recent contributions:
Robert M. Bazzini, MD
Louis W. Catalano, III, MD
Kostas J. Constantine, MD
Carter C. Crouch, MD
Edward Diao, MD
John L. Dobson, MD
Herbert S. Gates, III, MD
Richard D. Goldner, MD
Jeffrey A. Greenberg, MD
Todd Havener, MD
Thomas B. Hughes, MD
Lana Kang, MD
F. Thomas D. Kaplan, MD
Charles F. Leinberry, MD
Bernard K. Maupin, MD
Michael A. McClinton, MD
Patrick T. McCulloch, MD
Mark T. Montgomery, MD
Patrick W. Owens, MD
Ronald E. Palmer, MD
Dennis B. Phelps, MD
P. Andrew Puckett, MD
Glenn B. Rankin, MD
Rachel S. Rohde, MD
Robert J. Strauch, MD
Robert V. Sypher, Jr., MD
Andrew L. Terrono, MD
Cooper L. Terry, MD
John Bryant Thaller, MD
William F. Wagner, MD
Rebecca S. Yu, MD
Neal B. Zimmerman, MD
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Healthcare Reform and Quality - from AMA
In recent years, physicians have been bombarded with requests from payers to report on a wide variety of quality measures. There was no uniform rationale determining how or why the quality measures were required for reporting. The AMA recognized a critical need to harmonize and refocus quality measure reporting efforts and to establish processes to provide opportunities for medicine to have input into these programs.
“Stand For Quality” coalition
Health system reform provided the AMA with an opening to help lead an effort to emphasize quality and refocus measurement reporting. The AMA was a founding member in a coalition named “Stand For Quality (SFQ),” which includes more than 165 organizations. SFQ promoted a framework for improving the quality and affordability of health care through a public-private partnership, which includes the following six recommendations.
- Set national priorities and provide coordination for quality improvement.
- Endorse and maintain nationally standardized measures.
- Develop measures to fill gaps in priority areas.
- Ensure that physicians and other stakeholders have a role in developing policies on the use of measures.
- Collect, analyze and make quality information available and actionable.
- Support a sustainable infrastructure for quality improvement.
Learn more.