Surgery News - January 2009 - (Page 13) JANUARY 2009 • SURGERY NEWS OPINION 13 New Advisers Join Board URGERY NEWS welcomes the individuals below to the Editorial Advisory Board in 2009. Our advisers offer the insights and perspectives that inform our content. Board members are asked to review stories pertaining to their specialties prior to publication in SURGERY NEWS. They are sometimes asked to provide commentary or write an opinion piece on a particular topic, and they regularly critique the newspaper, helping us to direct future coverage toward the areas of greatest interest to surgeons. The the arrival of these new members marks the end of service for several individuals who have given SURGERY NEWS their time and attention since its inception: Dr. James Neifeld, Dr. Thomas Tracy, and Dr. Patricia Turner, along with Dr. Ted James, who for the past year was the Resident/Associate Society representative on the board. LETTERS MS 1.20: Maintaining Quality Standards The Joint Commission is on the right track with the revised MS 1.20 standard (“Is the Joint Commission’s MS 1.20 a step in the right direction?” Point/ Counterpoint, October 2008, p. 6). Hospital administrators and boards have way too much decision-making power about who should and should not be on a medical staff. By fiat they are able to declare an individual or an entire class of physicians “ineligible for membership,” and there’s nothing the medical staff can do about it. Without the changes in MS 1.20, medical staffs will be unable to maintain quality standards and continuity of care. If the administration persuades the board to award an exclusive contract to an out-of-town company to provide anesthesiologists, and that company tries to force all the current anesthesiologists to become their employees and hand over their private practices to the company without compensation S or be forced off the staff, how can the staff maintain quality surgical services? Or if emergency department physicians are replaced with nurse practitioners or physician assistants, how can the medical staff react? Patients deserve to be seen and cared for by a physician. MS 1.20 will require hospital boards and administrators to engage in meaningful dialogue with their medical staff. Without the standard, hospitals will rule by decree, and medicine—and patients—will suffer because of it. Sandra D. Dickerson, M.D., FACS Lubbock, Tex. Jay L. Grosfeld, M.D., Lafayette Page Professor of Pediatric Surgery and chairman emeritus; department of surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis JAY L. GROSFELD, M.D. the American College of Surgeons, Division of Education The outstanding 34-year reputation of Selected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS) for surgeons and residents continues. Published by the American College of Surgeons, Division of Education, SRGS offers the same high-quality content, put into practical applications and various viewpoints. New from SRGS Selected Readings in General Surgery GRETCHEN PURCELL JACKSON, M.D. Gretchen Purcell Jackson, M.D., assistant professor of surgery and biomedical informatics; Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS DIVISION OF EDUCATION Why subscribe? SRGS provides: Patrick C. McGrath, M.D., FACS; professor and chief, division of general and vascular surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington A monthly editorial review and analysis of a major topic area in surgery, culled from more than 200 current articles. A carefully selected group of full-text reprints from current, classic, and seminal articles. Also cited are articles that contain common errors in analyses and interpretation of data. Feedback and advice from a diverse Editorial Board of leading surgeons with extensive knowledge of gastrointestinal surgery, transplantation, vascular surgery, trauma/critical care, pediatric surgery, and other specialties. An analytic review of the entire specialty of surgery published every two and a half years. This new, compressed cycle covers a topic twice within five years, offering continuity of learning and retention. Commentary on advances in basic sciences—providing a more complete understanding of surgical problems. An online CME program where you can earn credits that meet the requirements of Part II of the American Board of Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. PATRICK C. MCGRATH, M.D. Subscribe today! Visit www.facs.org/srgs/ or call 800/631-0033 to learn more. Jacob Moalem, M.D., assistant professor, division of surgical oncology, University of Rochester, N.Y. JACOB MOALEM, M.D. http://www.facs.org/srgs/ http://www.facs.org/srgs/
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