Lead Testing Days
As you may have already heard, King County Medical Society is proud to be working with Public Health Seattle and King County on the Lead Testing Days Program: a series of lead screening events held this summer throughout King County. We are excited to provide families with free lead testing and to increase prevention and awareness of lead poisoning, particularly [...]
From the President: A little communication can go a long way
Greetings my esteemed colleagues, Recently I have found myself thinking quite a bit about communications and the growing lack of peer-to-peer communication. This lack of communication makes my work and caring for my patients even more complicated. Throughout my career I have tried to foster supportive, meaningful relationships with my fellow physicians, which is one of the reasons I have [...]
From the CEO – Your voices amplified
Greetings to our King County Medical Society members, As I discussed in last month’s letter to membership, King County Medical Society is working hard to increase your impact on medical policy decisions specifically in King County. But sometimes the issues go far beyond. After determining a proposed physician fee increase by the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) was excessive and unjustified, [...]
Listen: Docs Talk #13 – The Renaissance Doc – Ellen Derrick, MD – BoxBar Vascular
From burnout to surgical standards, King County Medical Society board member Ellen Derrick, MD is at the forefront of many of the critical issues facing physicians and patients alike. The esteemed vascular surgeon oversees her independent practice while serving on several medical boards, is deeply involved in a system-wide EMR integration for one of the nation's largest providers, and still [...]
Rediscovering the joy of medicine through entrepreneurship
Along with caring for patients, one of the great satisfactions I have experienced during my medical career is the opportunity to conceive, create, operate and ultimately sell a number of medical-related businesses. Seeing an idea come to life and thrive is much like parenting. It takes nurturing, fortitude, patience, dedication, teamwork and sacrifice. But in the end the satisfaction with [...]
Analysis: Who and where are Washington physicians?
By Thomas A. Lerner The Washington Medical Commission conducted a census of Washington licensed physicians over a 2 year period, and published its results this spring. While no survey yields a 100% response rate, the Commission timed their inquiry with license renewals and then followed up approximately 3-4 weeks afterwards with those who had not responded. About 40% of [...]
