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Upcoming Meetings Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Elections, Board of Governors’ meetings, Continuing Medical Education and other necessary meetings will be through videoconferencing or conference call.
Baltimore County Medical Association Virtual Town Hall –Sponsored by The University of Maryland School of Public Health Center for Health Equity and Co-sponsored by the Baltimore City Medical Society & MedChi, The Medical Society of Maryland
Thursday, February 25, 2021
6:00pm- 7:30pm
The Colors of Covid 19: A Black History Month Webinar With Dr. Michael Osterholm
How to Protect Everyone from Infection: Advancing Equitable Distribution of the Covid-19 Vaccines in Communities of Color
Hosts and panelists will look at our troubled history in medical research for Black Americans and respond to physician questions about patients with deep-seated concerns regarding equity and historically based fears in healthcare, who don’t have confidence in the vaccination or vaccine development.
OUR TOWN HALL PANEL:
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and member of President Joe Biden’s Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board.
Host- Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, Professor, UMD School of and Director, Maryland Center For Health Equity.
Moderator- Omar Neal, Host, You Got the Power Radio Show and Former Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama.
*List examples of unconscious bias and how it may impact delivery of medical care and public health services.
*Associate with how to listen to and develop trust in patients with generational mistrust.
*Explain historical reasons for medical mistrust.
*Identify the difference between institutional racism in health care and tailored solutions with policy implications.
*Describe the burdens of race and history underlying structural inequality and social determinants of health associated with the excess burden of COVID-19 illness and premature death among people of color.
*Distinguish between the potential bias behind algorithms and data
*Discuss the origins of bioethics and its roots in the history biomedical research abuse of human subjects recruited from communities of color. *Define the difference between anti-vaxxers and vaccine hesitancy.
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To RSVP: For Physician Registration –please provide name and email address.
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For more information
Call 410-539-0872 ext.3318
or Email:pkeiser@medchi.org
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MedChi’s Virtual House of Delegates Meeting
Sunday, April 25, 2021, 9:00am to 12:00pm
This meeting will be held via Zoom. Committee members will be notified of any updates. Please visit MedChi’s website for additional updates.
Covid-19 Resource for Physicians and Patients
The following guidance is drawn primarily from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) resources for health care professionals on Covid-19. Additional information is provided based on resources from the American Medical Association, MedChi, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), and the Baltimore County Department of Health and Human Services. We recommend always referring to both MDH and CDC guidance for the most recent information. We have resources for your business from the Small Business Development Center and the Small Business Administration. Here is our Covid-19 resource page for physicians and patients.
Covid-19 Economic Resources
4/16/20 The small business rescue fund set up by Congress has exhausted its $350 billion funding capacity, as U.S. lawmakers remained in a stalemate over how to allocate more money.
Without additional funding, banks and the Small Business Administration will be unable to approve more of the “Paycheck Protection Program” loans designed to avert layoffs during the coronavirus pandemic, which can be forgiven if businesses agree to maintain their payrolls.
Lawmakers are continuing to negotiate how to replenish the funds but an imminent deal isn’t expected.
Next week, starting on Monday, April 20, the Mainstreet Lending Program will be presented from the federal government as the PPP and BSA EIDL two programs have disbursed their funds. Here is our current COVID-19 Economic Resources page.
The BCMA continues to work with MedChi, and its components, as well as the county and state, to pool our resources and keep physicians informed regarding the rapidly changing situation with the corona virus. We thank the Montgomery County Medical Association (MCMS) for making their programs available to all physicians.
This webinar event series, which is typically offered exclusively to MCMS physician members and their practice staff, has been opened to all physicians and practice staff during this public health crisis at no cost.
Date Recorded: March 24, 2020 – Watch Now on YouTube
In this rapid-fire webinar, Dr. Alex Mohseni and Dr. Amy Schiffman, cohosts of the Mastering Medicare podcast, will teach you everything you need to know to get started with RPM and explain why RPM might be critical to maintaining cash flow during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You will learn:
Date Recorded: March 18, 2020 – Watch Now on YouTube
The current COVID-19 pandemic calls for new ways to care for the medical needs of your patients – even if it’s from a distance. That’s why MCMS is proud to partner with SimpleVisit, a division of PEAKE Technology, to offer a how-to webinar on telemedicine.
This webinar will address:
MCMS thanks our presenters, Tim Hilton, Business Development Executive, PEAKE Technology Partners and Allie Clark, Industry Analyst and Content Manager, SimpleVisit. Please be sure to consult your own IT company, medical malpractice carrier, and insurance company carriers for reimbursement policies before telehealth implementation, in addition to considering the latest advisories from federal, state, and local authorities
The Baltimore County Medical Association is a non-profit organization. The purpose of the Association shall be to federate and bring into one society the medical profession of Baltimore County; to extend medical knowledge and advance medical sciences; to elevate the standard of medicine and secure the enactment of just laws relating to the practice of medicine and the public health; to foster friendly relations among the physicians; and to enlighten and inform the public, so that the profession shall become more useful in the prevention of disease, and in prolonging and adding comfort to life.
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