Help Make Health Policy for California and Beyond The SFMS delegation to the CMA House of Delegates (HOD) would like your input about issues and concerns you have as a San Francisco physician. The SFMS delegation has long had a significant impact on CMA policy, which can have a real world influence on state and national policy. We develop resolutions on any issue related to medicine and public health, and welcome ideas from any SFMS member. June 19, 2012 CMA, SFMS Member CMA House of Delegates, resolutions, 2012 CMA HOD 0 0 Comment Read More »
Melissa Lorang, MD: SFMS June 2012 Member of the Month Melissa Lorang is a clinical fellow of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF and a member of SFMS since 2011. She is the SFMS member of the month for June 2012. June 18, 2012 SFMS Member, UCSF UCSF resident, Melissa Lorang 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Physicians' EHR Systems Fall Short of Meaningful Use Criteria Although most California physicians use electronic health record systems, only 30% of them use EHR systems that have the ability to meet the requirements of the meaningful use program. June 18, 2012 EHR, Physician Resource, Technology, UCSF EHR, meaningful use 0 0 Comment Read More »
Your Input Needed on Gross Receipts Business Tax Reform Two separate ballot measures to reform San Francisco's business tax policies were introduced at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Both proposals, one put forward by Mayor Ed Lee and board president David Chiu and the other by Supervisor John Avalos, seek to eliminate the city's 1.5 percent payroll tax and replace it with a gross receipts tax that would tax the annual revenue of a business. June 14, 2012 Local Events, News gross receipts tax, San Francisco business tax reform 0 0 Comment Read More »
Why the FDA Said No to a Ban of Bisphenol-A in Food Packaging Not Exactly an Erin Brockovich Hollywood Ending: Why the FDA Said No to a Ban of Bisphenol-A in Food Packaging. SFMS President's Column from the June 2012 San Francisco Medicine. June 13, 2012 San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member FDA, Bisphenol A, Peter Curran 0 0 Comment Read More »
