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Dinner is on us. And so are your CME credits.
And your COPIC Points.
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, 6PM
Glenmoor Country Club
Enjoy dinner and drinks, mingle with your colleagues, and learn what's coming for the House of Medicine with AI. Click the image above for details.
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Letter from the President,
Carol Stamm, MD
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Greetings everyone!
By now you have heard about how important it is to advise about vaccines. Locally there were some cases of pertussis and measles in 2023. Also importantly now, is the sharp uptick in meningococcal disease among homeless individuals in the metropolitan area shown in grey. The Denver Department of Public Health shared this data from January 1, 2019 through January 31, 2024.
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Mid-morning coffee with several "Next Chapter" physicians and the DMS Executive Director in January at Junction Food + Drink in Denver. | |
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Are you a physician who is "next chapter" curious?
Do you have an idea for a medical device and want to learn how to do a "side hustle?" Want to press "pause" on practicing and discuss it with other physicians outside your circle? Did you retire and are you looking for volunteer, social, or mentoring opportunities? You can be at any point in your medical career and be "next chapter" curious. Let's eat lunch together in March 2024, date TBD. We want your ideas. RSVP so we have a headcount to info@denvermedsociety.org.
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¿DOCTORES, USTEDES HABLAN ESPAñOL?
DISCOUNTED SPANISH CLASSES -
SIGN UP RÁPIDAMENTE!
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Zoom in with CHAMPS and Rios Associates for member-discounted Medical Spanish classes:
- 2-day and 4-day Online
- Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- Behavioral Health Provider-specific
CLASSES ARE ALMOST FULL, but CHAMPS is saving a block of classes for DMS members only.
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The mission of the Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States (CHAMPS) is to provide opportunities for education and training, networking, and workforce development so that Region VIII (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) Community Health Centers can better serve their patients and communities. | |
Combined DMS/CMS dues were due Dec. 31, 2023. Return your payment as soon as possible so you do not experience any interruption in your member benefits! Call Dorcia Dunn, Membership Program Manager with the Colorado Medical Society at 720-739-5824, or send a check to the Colorado Medical Society office, PO Box 17550, Denver, CO 80217. Please indicate the member's name and/or CMS member number on the check. | |
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Telligen, Colorado’s Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), is funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide no-cost hands-on quality Improvement (QI) assistance for high priority focus areas for clinicians, including immunizations. They provide free vaccine resources, including a Vaccination Toolkit focused on influenza, COVID-19, pneumococcal, and RSV vaccines, and a VaxHub webpage with on-demand tools, resources, and learning modules. They also have specific talking points to help address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Tips for Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy | Telligen QI Connect. Contact Telligen’s team of experts for QI support customized to your needs (face-to-face or virtual) at QIConnect@telligen.com.
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THE DMS BULLETIN
MULTIMEDIA COLUMN
Read anything interesting or thought provoking recently? Seen a good movie? Heard an excellent podcast? Want to share your thoughts with your colleagues? Please reach out if you’d like to submit a book/film/podcast review to this newsletter.
This month's review: Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Dan Quinones; Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe; Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier; Drug Dealer, MD : How Doctors were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop by Anna Lembke
Reviewed by Carol Stamm, MD:
Heroin delivery service in Denver? You bet. Investigative journalist Dan Quinones tells all in his book. He explains how Denver now has heroin home delivery just like pizza delivery. One tiny county in Mexico, Xalisco, is headquarters for the black tar heroin home delivery business in Denver.
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to support Colorado physicians on legislation that impacts YOU directly:
- "Biggest threat to CO physicians in 30 years," liability caps and professional review are under attack
- Medicaid RAC issue resolved
- Prior Auth press conference on the Capitol steps
Want to know more about any of these? Click Here (hit reload). Want to help us advocate for you? Email info@denvermedsociety.org and we'll tell you how.
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"Running on Empty: Physician Stress and Wellbeing” will be presented by Michael H. Gendel, MD, February 28, 2024 at 6:00pm.
This online offering is free and earns CME Credit and COPIC Points.
Click Here to Learn More and Register
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Snapshots from the AMA National Advocacy Conference February 2024 | | | | |
