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Marquette-Alger County
Medical Society
(a component of the Michigan
State Medical Society)
P.O. Box 68
Marquette, Michigan 49855
Phone: 906-226-6200
FAX: 906-226-2600
email: mary@mtazone.com

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Marquette-Alger County
Medical Society,
All rights reserved


Medical Links, Issues & Information

Issues and Information

       Featured Information:

       Avoid smoke, All smoke, new health guidelines advise
       American Heart Association wants doctors to get tough on
       disease prevention.

       Bush signs smallpox vaccine compensation package
       President Bush signed into law Wednesday a package
       of payments for people injured by the smallpox vaccine.

       Doctors Shunning Patients
       Doctors Shunning Patients with Medicare.

       Environmental Tobacco Smoke Information
       An online toolkit of (E.T.S.) information.

       MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM: Physician Action Kit
       The Physician Action Kit is a key component of the AMA’s
       campaign to mobilize physicians and patients across the country
       in the fight to pass real medical liability reform legislation in the
       U.S. Congress.

       Medical Messenger Available For Download
       Download and View the October Medical Messenger in PDF
       Format. Please Note: File Size is 19.7 mb.
 
       Medical Society Supports Smoking Ban
       The Marquette-Alger County Medical Society Executive Board
        has passed a resolution supporting the smoking ban.

       No Better Deal
       There is no reason for physicians to purchase their Blue Cross
       Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) group health insurance from
       anywhere other than the MSMS Group Insurance Trust (GIT).

       "Quit Smoking" Information
       A free call to the icanquit helpline can help you stop smoking
       or using spit tobacco.

       Workers Compensation Coding
       The Michigan State Medical Society Foundation announces
       upcoming coding courses in Marquette!


                 
Medical Links

Featured Links:

Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians
From Industry

This web site is part of a national AMA initiative on The Communication of Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians From Industry.

Tobacco Money
Tobacco Money Information.

County Medical Societies
A direct link to the County Medical Societies featured on
the M.S.M.S. website.

Michigan State Medical Society
The complete source for Michigan State Medical Society information and issues.

Managing the HIPPA Monster
A hands-on seminar for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Health and Science News
The New York Times on the web.  Daily national health and science news.

Health: Prevention and Treatment News
The Washington Post Health Section on the web. Daily medical news and much more.

Johns Hopkins Health Information
Web sites recommendations by Johns Hopkins as quality consumer health information from reputable and reliable sources.

Medical Dictionary
Merrian Webster Medical Dictionary on line. Contains over 40,000 medical words and definitions.

Medline Plus
National Library of Medicine’s site is designed to direct you to resources containing information that will help research your health questions.

Trans Web
Web site about organ donation and transplantation.

AMA
The American Medical Association web site.