JACQUIE ROTH, PUBLISHER/EXECUTIVE EDITOR jroth@mdphysicianmag.com LINDA HARDER, MANAGING EDITOR lharder@mdphysicianmag.com
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IKE TOO MANY OF YOU and your patients, cancer has been a part of my life. I lost my sister to breast cancer and my mother to a blood cancer. Through my professional and volunteer commitments and personal experience with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Hospice of the Chesapeake, I’ve taken an adage to heart, “The greatest cure for grief is action.” This issue of Maryland Physician, is dedicated to the memories of my sister and mother and to friends who are fiercely battling cancer. For our cover story, “With or Without a Scalpel,” Editor Linda Harder spoke with leading cancer specialists to learn about the latest developments in the fight against prostate, breast and blood cancers. The three physicians from Washington Hospital Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine and University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center shared their news on cuts in morbidity, better treatment outcomes and new discoveries for treating these diseases. Maryland Physician is committed to enabling Maryland physicians to deliver the highest standards of patient care and practice management. As such, we regularly turn to Maryland’s subject matter experts for their contributions. In this issue, our experts focus on new options to manage prostate cancer, handle your practice's cash flow and on new laws that impact treatment and healthcare education. Whether you like it or not, healthcare reform is focused on IT being a part of your practice. Both our Compliance and our Healthcare IT departments deliver news vital to your practice’s performance, no matter its size or specialty. Maryland Physician is full of resources to help you meet and receive incentives for Meaningful Use. Are you taking advantage of all that is offered to you? Our experts discuss both the carrot and the stick approach to get you there. There are two photos in this issue that are particular favorites of mine. The first is Dozer the Labradoodle proudly wearing a medal awarded to him for helping raise funds for cancer research (Medical Beat on page 110); the second shows a group of incredibly brave and strong women on page 29. Both underscore that if there’s a will, there’s a way. We will beat cancer.
To life!
Jacquie Roth Publisher/Executive Editor jroth@mdphysicianmag.com
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