benefit physicians and other clinicians in their use of drugs,” the release said. PDR Network Chief Executive Officer
Edward Fotsch, MD, said RxEvent is de- signed “to improve the convenience of adverse event reporting for physicians, the cost-efficiency for manufacturers, and the quality of information ultimate- ly reported to the FDA.” He said stud- ies indicate that health care professional report as few as one in 10 adverse drug events, largely due to the time-consum- ing and inefficient processes involved in reporting adverse drug events.
TMA Foundation elects new officers
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD, of Houston, is the new president of the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF), the philanthropic arm of TMA. He and his fellow officers will serve for two years. Also elected at the TMAF annual meeting were G. Sealy Massingill, MD, of Fort Worth, vice president; Craig Nor- man, RPh, of San Antonio, treasurer; and T. David Greer, MD, of Henrietta, secretary. Susan Leshnower, of Odessa, was elected executive committee mem- ber-at-large and will serve a one-year term.
TMAF raises funds for TMA initia- tives to improve the health of all Texans. The board comprises TMA physician members, TMA Alliance members (TMA member and spouse volunteers), medi- cal students, and community leaders from across the state. Dr. Kridel is a facial plastic surgeon in private practice. He is a clinical profes- sor and director of the Division of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Previously vice president and sec-
retary of TMAF, Dr. Kridel is a member of the American Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health and serves as secretary/treasurer of the Harris County Medical Society. He also is a past president of the American Acad- emy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
His knowledge and expertise will
help guide TMAF to raise funds for these important health care initiatives:
• TMA’s Be Wise — ImmunizeSM , a
statewide effort to fully immunize more Texans, and TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads program, a bike hel- met donation campaign to prevent child head injuries;
• TMA’s Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching, recognizing outstanding science teachers and their schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels; and
• Medical community grants, support- ing public health and science pro- grams conducted throughout Texas by county medical societies, the TMA Alliance, and medical student chap- ters of TMA.
Be Wise — Immunize is a service mark of the Texas Medical Association.
convenience, continue where you left off, and review supporting materials as often as you like. Topics will be added throughout the
year. Check out the course catalog, and register for a webinar today at www.tex
med.org/Distance.aspx. If you need help, telephone the TMA Knowledge Center at (800) 880-7955 or email knowledge@
texmed.org.
HCMSA scholarships total nearly $200,000
TMA practice management webinars are a good deal
Have an hour, and need to earn some continuing medical education (CME)? Have an hour, and need to train staff about a specific topic?
TMA offers a range of one-hour, on- demand webinars to fulfill your licen- sure requirement and to improve your professional skills and those of your staff. These Texas-specific programs delve into topics for today’s medical practices relat- ed to medical records, patient relations, legal considerations, and more. Find the full list in the Distance
Learning course catalog under “Educa- tion” at
www.texmed.org. Many of the webinars offer ethics CME, and most count toward a Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) insurance discount. TMLT insureds who watch any combination of three can earn a 3-percent discount on their premiums, up to $1,000. You pay only one fee per webinar, and your entire staff can watch it. You may start and stop the program at your
By the end of 2011, the Harris County Medical Society Alliance (HCMSA) will have awarded nearly $200,000 in schol- arships to about 175 medical students attending The University of Texas Medi- cal School at Houston and Baylor Col- lege of Medicine. The scholarships are funded from an endowed fund and from philanthropic activities each year by HCSMA. The scholarships are equally divided be- tween the two medical schools in Harris County. The recipients must be third- or fourth-year medical students in good standing with their respective medical schools.
The scholarship program is part of the TMA Special Funds Foundation which supports loan and scholarship programs throughout Texas. Log on to
www.tmaloanfunds.com for more infor- mation about this and other scholarships available through TMA.
Former President Bain dies
Ruth Bain, MD, of Austin, who served as TMA president during 1982–83, died June 23 in Tyler. She was 92. Born March 12,
Ruth Bain, MD
1919, Dr. Bain was a pioneer woman doctor in Texas. She was reared in Centerville, the ninth of 11 children on a poultry and dairy farm, while
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