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BENEFITS Online Appointments Now Available!
The Memphis Medical Society unveils capacity for patients to schedule doctor’s visits online through the Society’s web site, a mere six months after a complete web site redesign. “We want our web site to be a tool not only for our physician members but for the community as well,” says Chief Executive Officer, Clint Cummins. “Our web site provides extensive information on each of our physicians, and now patients have the ability to easily schedule an appointment with a physician of his or her choosing without leaving our web site.” This new functionality is HIPPA compliant so patients do not have to worry about personal information submitted through the site being breached. “It was of utmost importance to us that we offer a user-friendly and highly secure portal to the community,” Cummins says. “We are excited to be able to bring this convenience to the Memphis community, and our physicians are thrilled to be able to extend their services to patients in need.” The web site is located at www.mdmemphis.org
Listen Up! We have launched a podcast series In an effort to continually support our members through timely communications, we are launching our own podcast! Memphis MedCast highlights current and ongoing issues in organized medicine.We want to offer unique and enriching topics for our members and supporters. A variety of the podcasts will offer CME simply by listening to them. Our inital CME-accredited episodes offer a broad rand of topics. First, Ben Simpson, Associate Director of Government Affairs at Tennessee Medical Association covers 2018 healthcare advocacy issues and what's on the horizon for 2019. And, Society CEO, Clint Cummins, interviews Dr. Clay Jackson from West Cancer Center on the topic of physician burnout. This episode also introduces Thrive, a new well-being program for Society members Memphis MedCast can be found through any podcast application, including Apple’s itunes Store, or by visiting: https://www.mdmemphis.org/10954-2/ If you have a topic to suggest for an upcoming podcast, please email Allison Cook, acook@mdmemphis.org.
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The Memphis Medical Society Quarterly