The iTriage app can be downloaded
free of charge from the Apple iTunes App Store,
http://bit.ly/1nzjG6R, and the Google Play Android Market, http://bit .ly/1jhVmpo, or you may use the iTriage website,
www.itriagehealth.com. The ABIM Foundation awarded TMA
and its philanthropic arm, the TMA Foundation (
www.texmed.org/founda tion), a grant to advance the Choosing Wisely campaign among Texas physi- cians. Support for the grant program comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more about Choosing Wisely, visit
www.choosingwisely.org. TMA wants to know if you have implemented the Choosing Wisely rec- ommendations in your practice. The as- sociation is looking for physicians who have used the Choosing Wisely lists to engage in important conversations with patients to do the right thing at the right time. TMA wants to share with other physicians how this program works for you and your patients. Please contact Hella Wagner at TMA by email,
hella.wagner@texmed.org, or by calling (800) 880-1300, ext. 1403, or (512) 370-1403 to help us tell your Choosing Wisely story.
Recognize a local journalist’s health reporting
Flu, health disparities, obesity, and con- cussions are just a few of the topics al- ready making headlines in 2014. If you read or hear of a great health news story, nominate it for the TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards, which recognize excellence in health journalism in Texas. TMA has honored award-winning Texas journal- ists for more than 50 years.
Physicians, medical students, TMA Alliance chapters, and county medical societies now can nominate local print or broadcast journalists for an award. Send your nominations to anson
jones@texmed.org. Include the report- er’s name, date of broadcast/publication, and the media outlet. TMA will send a postcard to reporters with a handwritten note informing them of your nomination. n
Deaths
William A. Altman, MD, 100; Dallas; Harvard Medical School, 1939; died Jan. 27, 2014.
Irvin Clayton, MD, 87; Fort Worth; Tulane University School of Medicine, 1952; died Jan. 2, 2014.
John A. Hart Jr., MD, 82; Friendswood; Tulane University School of Medicine, 1961; died Jan. 21, 2014.
R. Maurice Hood, MD, 89; Austin; The University of Texas South- western Medical School, Dallas, 1946; died Jan. 4, 2014.
Kenneth M. Jensen, MD, 84; Houston; Cornell University Medical College, 1955; died Dec. 27, 2013.
John E. Johnson Jr., MD, 88; Fort Worth; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1948; died Dec. 21, 2013.
John E. Marsh Jr., MD, 90; Bryan; The University of Texas Medi- cal Branch, Galveston, 1950; died Dec. 21, 2013.
Allen K. Pearlman, MD, 70; Dallas; State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, 1969; died Jan. 23, 2014.
Jorge A. Pinera, MD, 82; Houston; University of Havana, Cuba, 1960; died Jan. 18, 2014.
Harold F. Schlegel, MD, 93; Flower Mound; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1953; died Jan. 30, 2014.
Edwin M. Sykes Jr., MD, 96; San Angelo; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1941; died Dec. 24, 2013.
Timothy B. Waterhouse, MD, 46; Houston; Georgetown Univer- sity School of Medicine, 1993; died Dec. 19, 2013.
Jarvis B. Whitfield, MD, 95; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Meharry Medi- cal College School of Medicine, 1954; died Dec. 19, 2013.
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