NYCU April 29, 2025 TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025 PHYSICIANS: The American Medical Association [AMA] President, Dr. Bruce Scott, will be visiting UC San Diego Health on Monday, May 19, 2025. You are invited to meet and hear him speak on ‘Healing Our Health Care System’ from 5:00–6:30pm at the Ong Family Auditorium at the T. Denny Sanford Medical Education and Telemedicine Center (MET Building) on the UC San Diego School of Medicine campus. An open question and answer period from the audience will follow his presentation. His visit is being co–hosted by the Department of Otolaryngology–Head ... April 29, 2025 Advocacy, American Medical Association, Artificial Intelligence, Champions for Health, CMA, Infectious Disease, Maternal Health, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Member Social, Practice Management, Public Health, Regulations, SDCMS, Trump Administration 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU April 1, 2025 TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2025 PHYSICIANS: In these difficult and demanding times, physicians are standing up and speaking out on a range of issues. Please allow me to draw your attention to a few of our local medical doctors who deserve thanks for excellent opinion columns — ‘Op–Eds’ — which appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper in recent weeks. Dr. Devesh Vashishtha wrote compellingly about how Medicaid cuts will hurt his patients at City Heights community health center. You can read his column HERE. Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, a Professor of Medicine ... April 1, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Budget, Champions for Health, CMA, DEI, Environmental Health Issues, Infectious Disease, Leadership, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Member Social, Mental Health, Public Health, SD County Health , SDCMS, Trump Administration 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU March 5, 2025 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025 PHYSICIANS: San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS), in partnership with the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA), invite you to attend a Tijuana River Valley Community Survey Results Clinical Town Hall. This virtual event intended for licensed and other essential medical professionals within the San Diego community is being held Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from 6:00 – 7:00 PM. 1 hour of CME credit will be provided. The meeting will review the current situation of transboundary sewage flow and the CDC’s Community Assessment for Public ... March 5, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Bird Flu, Champions for Health, CMA, CMA Benefits, Environmental Health Issues, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Member Social, Public Health, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU February 4, 2025 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025 PHYSICIANS: To help physicians understand the most significant new health laws, California Medical Association [CMA] has published its annual new laws round up, ‘Significant New California Laws of Interest to Physicians for 2025.’ This document contains 23 pages of new laws sorted by topic. GUIDANCE FOR HEALTH FACILITIES RESPONDING TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES As the Trump Administration has rescinded policies that banned immigration enforcement in hospitals and doctors’ offices, the California Attorney General and the California Hospital Association have published guidance for health facilities responding to those issues. In addition, ... February 4, 2025 Advocacy, Artificial Intelligence, Bird Flu, CMA, Immigration, Infectious Disease, Practice Management, Public Health, SDCMS, Trump Administration, Vaccines 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU January 21, 2025 TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025 PHYSICIANS: The County of San Diego, Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) holds monthly telebriefings for health professionals and offer 1 hour of CME credit for them. These are held the first Thursday of every month at 3:30pm, the next on February 6th. You can CLICK HERE to register for HHSA’s e–blasts on relevant health updates and for telebriefing reminders. SD COUNTY HHSA HAS ISSUED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTING AND MONITORING HIGHLY–PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA A [H5N1] The CDC has identified 66 human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the US ... January 22, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Bird Flu, Cancer, CMA, Infectious Disease, Practice Management, Public Health, SD County Health , SDCMS, Transgender Healthcare, Wildfires 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU January 7, 2025 TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2025 PHYSICIANS: On December 16, 2024, the San Diego County Medical Society [SDCMS] Nominating Committee convened and is recommending a proposed slate of SDCMS Board of Directors candidates for 2025–26. If you’d like to see the list of the nominees and information for anyone who wishes to seek nomination through petition please CLICK HERE. MARCH 12TH FREE WEBINAR ON ‘TOP FIVE RISKS FOR YOUR PRACTICE’ SPONSORED BY TDC AND SDCMS | CME AVAILABLE On March 12th from 6pm to 7pm there is a FREE webinar sponsored by The Doctors Company ... January 7, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, CMA, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Leadership, Medicare, Physician Workforce, Practice Management, Public Health, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »