On TMA’s website, www.texmed Get the latest drug
info with PDR alerts
Make sure you’re receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administra- tion-mandated and product-related patient safety alerts the min- ute they are issued by registering for Physi- cians’ Desk Reference (PDR) Drug Alerts. This free service also provides information on drug recalls and approvals. To register, visit
www.pdr.net/ registration, and click on the Register Now link.
Once registered
to receive PDR Drug Alerts, you’ll have access to a 12-month alert history master file, and you can appoint a member of your health care team to manage practice alerts. And if no one has reviewed an alert within 72 hours, PDR sends a reminder letter.
.org/academicaward, you will find everything you need, from a descrip- tion of the eligibility criteria for each award level to the forms you can use to apply or nominate a leader or col- league. TMA will invite qualified nom- inees to apply for an award. Help us recognize physicians who
make a difference in the lives of other physicians and who prepare our next generation of doctors. If you are applying, the 2015 appli-
cation cycle runs from Sept. 1 through Dec. 7, 2015. If you are nominating someone else for this cycle, the dead- line is Nov. 13. If you have questions, call the TMA
Knowledge Center at (800) 880-7955, and ask for the Medical Education Department, or send an email to
tmaacadawrd@texmed.org.
.tips/FluFactsInfographic (in Eng- lish and Spanish). Post a copy in your waiting room, download it to your website or Facebook page, or hand out copies.
• Share more in-depth information about the importance of an annual flu vaccination with TMA’s flu fact sheet, tma.tips/TMAFluFactSheet (in English and Spanish).
• Remind your employees about the importance of getting their flu vac- cination with a TMA poster, tma
.tips/FluPoster, to hang in your break room or other areas where your staff gather.
• Use TMA’s educational and give- away items at your Be Wise — Im- munize flu shot clinic. To order items, visit tma.tips/BeWiseOrder Form.
• Download and print the “Fist- Bump Your Doctor” materials,
www.texmed.org/fistbump, de- veloped by Jason Marchetti, MD, of Denton, a graduate of the TMA Leadership College.
To order flu materials or to learn
about hosting a shot clinic, contact Tammy Wishard, TMA’s outreach co- ordinator, at tammy.wishard@texmed
.org or (800) 880-1300, ext. 1470, or (512) 370-1470. TMA launched Be Wise — Immu-
nize in 2004 to increase Texas’ im- munization rates. Since then, the pro- gram has provided more than 280,000 shots to Texas children, adolescents, and adults.
Fight the flu with tools from TMA
FLU SEASON IS HERE, and TMA’s Be Wise — ImmunizeSM
program has
tools you can use to protect yourself, your staff, and your patients:
• Provide flu facts at a glance with TMA’s new flu infographic, tma
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Be Wise — Immunize is a joint initia- tive led by TMA physicians and the TMA Alliance. Funding for Be Wise
— Immunize is provided by the TMA Foundation thanks to generous sup- port from H-E-B, TMF Health Quality Institute, Permian Basin Youth Cha- varim, and gifts from physicians and their families.
Be Wise — Immunize is a service mark of the Texas Medical Association. n
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