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Academy
Installs
New
Officers,
Awards
Excellence
and
Crafts
Health
Policy
at
the
56th
Annual
Session
and
Scientific
Assembly
TAFP’s
56th
Annual
Session
and
Scientific
Assembly
proved
again
that
when
450
family
physicians
get
together,
they
can
get
a
lot
of
work
done.
This
year’s
conference
was
an
exciting
and
dynamic
event,
full
of
important
policy
debates,
stimulating
panel
discussions
and
first-class
continuing
medical
education.
The
meeting
was
held
in
San
Antonio
at
the
Westin
Riverwalk
and
the
Henry
B.
Gonzalez
Convention
Center
from
July
20
to
24.
click
here
to
read
more
Quality
assurance
could
win
you
a
trip
of
a
lifetime
TAFP
Foundation
launches
initiative
during
Annual
Session
to
encourage
participation
in
NCQA
Physician
Recognition
Programs
During
her
address
during
the
TAFP
Annual
Session,
President
Erica
W.
Swegler,
MD,
announced
that
the
TAFP
and
the
TAFP
Foundation
will
be
working
together
this
year
to
encourage
family
physicians
to
take
the
necessary
steps
to
achieve
recognition
in
either
Diabetes
or
Heart/Stroke,
or
both.
TAFP
Active
Members
who
participate
in
the
National
Committee
on
Quality
Assurance
Diabetes
Physician
Recognition
Program
or
Heart/Stroke
Physician
Recognition
Program
will
be
eligible
to
win
a
marvelous
rest-and-relaxation
prize
if
they
achieve
recognition
before
July
1,
2006.
NCQA
is
a
private,
non-profit
organization
dedicated
to
improving
health
care
quality.
These
two
recognition
programs
were
developed
with
the
help
of
the
American
Diabetes
Association,
the
American
Stroke
Association
and
the
American
Heart
Association.
Recognition
is
awarded
to
physicians
who
demonstrate
that
they
meet
certain
thresholds
based
on
widely
accepted
national
guidelines.
click
here
for
more
information
about
the
program
and
the
fabulous
prizes
Doctors’
Office
Quality
–
Information
Technology
(DOQ-IT)
and
TMF®
Health
Quality
Institute
Your
Connection
to
Electronic
Health
Record
Solutions
in
Texas
Choosing
and
implementing
an
electronic
health
record
(EHR)
is
easier
when
you
have
professionals
by
your
side
who
can
guide
the
process.
Doctor’s
Office
Quality
–
Information
Technology
(DOQ-IT)
provides
consultive
services
at
no
cost
from
TMF
Health
Quality
Institute
(formerly
known
as
Texas
Medical
Foundation).
TMF,
under
contract
with
the
Centers
for
Medicare
&
Medicaid
Services,
is
offering
participation
in
DOQ-IT
for
small-
and
medium-sized
primary
care
practices
interested
in
implementing
an
EHR
system.
click
here
to
read
more
Free
child
development
kit
from
cdc
Educational
Resources
You
Can
Provide
to
Parents
on
Developmental
Milestones
It’s
important
for
parents
to
know
if
their
children,
even
as
young
as
six
months,
are
developing
physical
and
mental
skills
as
they
should.
To
help
them,
the
CDC,
along
with
its
national
partners,
will
launch
the
“Learn
the
Signs.
Act
Early.”
campaign
to
help
parents
identify
the
important
developmental
milestones
for
young
children.
Along
with
height
and
weight,
activities
like
smiling,
pointing,
and
pretending
are
all
important
milestones
in
the
first
years
of
a
child’s
life.
In
preparation
for
the
anticipated
increase
in
awareness
and
education
among
parents,
CDC
is
encouraging
the
health
care
professional
community
to
order
free
resource
materials
on
measuring
developmental
milestones.
click
here
to
read
more
about
resources
you
can
provide
your
patients
Red
River
Chapter
Encourages
Member
Involvement
Chapter
Members
who
attended
TAFP
Annual
Session
to
get
$150
to
defray
expenses
The
TAFP
Red
River
Chapter
officers
informed
members
last
week
that
each
chapter
member
who
attended
the
TAFP
Annual
Session
in
San
Antonio
would
receive
$150.
In
a
fax
to
the
chapter
membership
President
Barry
Williams,
M.D.,
wrote,
"We
applaud
your
involvement
in
this
organization
as
it
is
the
only
means
that
we,
as
family
physicians,
have
to
bring
forth
our
particular
and
very
specific
family
medicine
agenda.
The
Academy
has
been
instrumental
in
guiding
legislation
friendly
to
primary
care,
to
protection
of
our
patients
medical
needs
and
to
the
medical
community
in
general."
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