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  Read October Issue Cover Feature: Addressing Patient Mental Health Concerns 10 Mental Health Disparities in the St. Louis Region: Where You Live Matters By Echo Wang, MPH; Aleksandr Bukatko, MPH; Olivia Chapman, MPH; and Nhial T. Tutlam, PhD, MPH 14 Q&A: Top Issues in Mental Health Interview with Jessica Gold, MD, MS 16 Ketamine […]

Read December Issue Cover Feature: Safety Net Providers 14 Care With Compassion in the Safety Net By Jim Braibish, St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine Features 10 A Look Back on an AMA Presidency By David O. Barbe, MD, MHA 18 Stand Up and Be Counted: The Net Benefit of Census 2020 By Robert Hughes, PhD 20 […]

Read December Issue Cover Feature: Staying Motivated, Avoiding Burnout 2 President’s Page: We Need to Reflame the Fire Before It Burns Out By J. Collins Corder, MD, FACP, Medical Society President 12 A Three-Part Prescription for Combating Physician Burnout and Restoring Balance By Kathy Gibala 15 The Missouri Physicians Health Program: A First Response for […]

Read December Issue Cover Feature: Physicians Leadership 12 Becoming a Physician Leader Today’s health care environment demands that physicians possess a broad set of leadership skills By Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. 14 Profiles in Leadership: Physicians Share Their Thoughts Recent Physician Leadership Institute graduates discuss the rewards of leadership and why leadership is especially important today […]

December Issue In this issue: Presidents Page: 2015 Brings Changes, Challenges to Medicine Michael J. Stadnyk, MD, Medical Society President Executive Vice President: Serving All by Moving Forward By David M. Nowak, EVP Physician Leadership Institute Returns in February Changes in Maintenance of Certification Urged Coping with ICD-10 Challenges? Medi Globe America’s Resources Can Help […]

December Issue   In this issue:   Presidents Page:  Polypharmacy, Parsimonious Prescribing and Personalized Medicine Joseph A. Craft III, MD, FACC, Medical Society President Cultivating Leaders—Today and Tomorrow Executive Vice President – By David M. Nowak ALL Missouri Physicians Potentially Affected Action required on MSMA resolutions opposing Maintenance of Certification and Maintenance of Licensure By Helen […]

December Issue In this issue: Presidents Page: CME – When is Enough, Enough? David L. Pohl, MD, FACR Is Maintaining Certification Becoming too Burdensome? Physicians raise concerns about time, cost; boards say recertification requirements must keep pace with changes in care and market expectations American Board of Internal Medicine CEO Responds to Questions about Changes […]

December Issue In this issue: Physicians Seek a More Personalized Approach in Retainer-Based Practice Benefits include stronger physician-patient relationship, greater emphasis on prevention Missouri Passes New Asset Protection Law Qualified Spousal Trust offers new estate planning tool By James G. Blase, CPA, JD, LLM • A Rabbi Reflects on Cancer Lessons from a life-changing journey […]

December Issue In this issue: • Presidents Page: Volunteers Among Us • Keep Focused on Helping Patients First, Indiana University Professor Says • Giving to Others Gaining from the Experience October Issue In this issue: • Presidents Page: The Debt Crisis in Medical Education • Executive Vice President: The Value-Added Organization • Dr. William Beaumont: […]

December Issue In this issue: • Presidents Page: Quality Review Programs Still Have a Long Way to Go • Executive Vice President: Health-Care Reform: The Next Steps • Midwest Health Initiative: Stakeholders Continue to Work to Improve Health Care Outcomes • Giving Back: Physicians Serve at Com • Chasing your tail How do physicians who […]