June 2009 Welcome to our second issue of District Council Direct. This month’s issue features a few updates that will be of particular interest to our Northern California and San Diego District Council members. This issue also includes information about upcoming CAP events and a quick dispatch from our Twitter account. We received a lot of positive feedback on our inaugural issue, and we look forward to your continued input. If you have information that would be of interest to your fellow District Council members, please send an e-mail to districtcouncil@cap-mpt.com.
CAP News Our New Northern California Office in Palo Alto   Monday, June 1, 2009 marked the official opening of CAP’s new office in Palo Alto. The office is located at the corner of S. California Avenue and El Camino Real, just a mile from Stanford University. There is a conference room that comfortably seats 12 people, and we will soon add videoconferencing. To keep the office looking bright, it has glass walls and lighter-colored wood on the doors and desk tops. “We absolutely love it and we need to brag about it to the staff and to our members,” says Senior Account Executive Dorine Leong. The address is 490 S. California Ave, Suite 210, Palo Alto, CA 94306. And Dorine has a new phone number – 650-543-2183. The fax number is 650-289-0298. Thank You for Voting! We would like to thank all of you who voted early in this year's Annual Ballot and Proxy process. Thanks to the great response, we reached the minimum number of required votes on May 19. “Last year we received all of the votes in early June,” said Senior Vice President, Membership Cindy Belcher. “This year’s early results were due in large part to efforts coordinated by Jenn Youssef, our administrative and technical assistant.” As a result, we did not incur the costs of hiring temporary help to contact members who had not voted.
All of the candidates for officer positions have received the required number of votes, and their elections will be confirmed at the upcoming annual meeting. You and your fellow members also approved the new MPT Agreement which will be far more user-friendly than the previous version. Thank you for your participation in the election process!
CAP Events CAP Annual Meeting on June 18 Thursday, June 18 is a big day for CAP members. The Los Angeles headquarters will host meetings for both the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees. The ballot results will become official at the annual meeting which is open to the general membership. Upcoming Events in San Diego  Later this month, Senior Account Executive Dan Cavanaugh and Account Executive Tram Nguyen will be in San Diego at the CAPG Health Care Conference. The conference takes place from June 25–28 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina. "Our attendance at this conference gives us an opportunity to explain the benefits of CAP membership to the management and physician leadership of some of the largest health care and managed care organizations in California,” Dan said.
On Friday, June 26, Senior Account Executive Lena Ocampo and Tram will attend the 52nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium of the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians. Held at the San Diego Hilton in Mission Bay, the event takes place on the weekend of June 26–28. Save the Date: Litigation Education Retreat CAP’s Litigation Education Retreat is a benefit to all members, and the next event will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11. This informative retreat is designed for CAP physician members and their spouses, since the litigation process can have a profound effect on both. CAP, a CME-accredited provider, designates this educational activity for a maximum of six AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Now you can register online and view the day’s agenda by visiting the Member Log In page on our website. If you know a member who would be interested in attending, please direct the individual to the online agenda and registration form. CAP members outside of Southern California may be eligible for special travel arrangements.
Online Media Update The Latest on Twitter  Twitter is TIME’s cover story this week. Read about “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live”: http://ow.ly/b376
As we mentioned in last month’s DCD, CAP is now on Twitter (http://twitter.com/CAPhysicians), and we have a number of notable “followers.” Here are a few “tweets” added by our followers last week. nytimeshealth: Doctor and Patient: Medicine in the Age of Twitter http://bit.ly/ayOG2 AmerMedicalAssn: AMA and Microsoft collaborate to enhance patient-physician communication. Microsoft's HealthVault available to physicians http://ow.ly/dvl9 kevinmd (physician/blogger): How an EMR destroyed this practice’s medical records http://bit.ly/yPYBs MayoClinic: cardiologist and former American Heart Assn head discusses Medicare spending disparities http://bit.ly/6rpej To start your own Twitter account, click here for a quick tutorial. Blogs of Interest CAP’s General Counsel Gordon Ownby, writes a monthly blog on medical professional liability issues for the Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC). CJAC is a broad-based organization dedicated to reducing excessive and unwarranted litigation that drives up the costs of goods and services for Californians. Read his recent post “Court Says Need for MICRA Supersedes Challenge.” |
Connecting to Facebook