The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) recently signed onto a letter from the American Medical Association, National Safety Council, and HARM Reduction Coalition, urging the National … Read More ›
Category: Advocacy
Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) physician and patient advocacy may begin at the state level, but its reach extends well beyond the state. On July 21, … Read More ›
Donna Baver Rovito, immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society Alliance (PMSA), was recently honored with the prestigious, biannual Belle Chenault Award for … Read More ›
Tentative Agenda Next Level Advocacy Seminar – Pittsburgh, PA From the halls of Congress to the polling place in your neighborhood, physicians can shape the … Read More ›
Additional Resources: Video update on PAMED’s legislative efforts regarding telemedicine (2015) A Member’s Perspective on Telehealth (2015) AMA Telemedicine Policy (2014) With a growing number of services being … Read More ›
The Pennsylvania Auditor General, Eugene DePasquale, recently announced that his agency will audit the state Department of Health’s management of health-research grants financed by tobacco … Read More ›
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office recently announced that an arbitration panel ruling will cause the commonwealth’s annual share of the tobacco master settlement agreement to … Read More ›
Most Pennsylvania physicians — more than 93 percent according to a 2009 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association —report that they … Read More ›