Patient Connectionhttp://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection.aspxThis newsletter from the Pennsylvania Medical Society focuses on public health news, patient safety initiatives, and other resources to preserve the patient-physician relationship. Copyright 2008en-usSat, 04 Jul 2009 10:48:48 GMT1Patient Connection: May 13, 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/May-13-2009.aspxInfectious Disease Specialists: Stay Alert to Swine Flu Spread; Physicians Can Play Important Part in Reducing Suicides by Firearm; Physicians Asked to Report Opioid ShortagesThu, 14 May 2009 16:38:34 GMTPodcast: Patient Connection, May 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/Patient-Connection-from-the-PA-Medical-Society.aspxListen to interviews on the swine flu and the correlation between guns in the home and suicide.Wed, 13 May 2009 15:31:54 GMTPatient Connection Special Alert: April 21, 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/April-21-2009.aspxState Grants Help Physicians Fine-tune Chronic Disease CareTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:49:51 GMTPatient Connection: March 19, 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/March-19-2009.aspxWhen Bar Code Medication Systems Fail; Road Testing Surgical Markers: What to Use in Your OR; State Society, American Cancer Society Partner to Fight Colon CancerThu, 19 Mar 2009 14:44:01 GMTPodcast: Patient Connection, March 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/Patient-Connection-Podcast-March-09.aspxListen to interviews on pneumococcal meningitis and the importance of properly completing a death certificate.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:10:15 GMTPatient Connection: Jan. 8, 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/Jan82009.aspxEmergency Care in PA Makes Strides but Faces Critical Problems; Flu Strain Shows Signs of Resistance to Treatment; Warnings Don't Stop Heparin OverdosesThu, 08 Jan 2009 16:26:13 GMTPodcast: Patient Connection, January 2009http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/PatientConnectionPodcastJan09.aspxListen to more information on Pennsylvania's emergency care system rating and a flu strain's resistence to Tamiflu treatment. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:48:33 GMTPatient Connection: Nov. 20, 2008http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/Nov202008.aspxLicense Renewal, CME Deadlines Loom; Physicians Urged to Comment on CRNP Regulations by Dec. 8; HIV Testing Should Be Incorporated into Routine CareThu, 20 Nov 2008 16:09:43 GMTPodcast: Patient Connection, November 2008http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/PatientConnectionNovember2008.aspxListen to more information on HIV testing. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:59:55 GMTPatient Connection: Sept. 18, 2008http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/Sept182008.aspxLaw Establishes Cancer Drug Repository Programs; Head Injuries Increased After Repeal of Motorcycle Helmet Law; Formula Translates A1C Test Results for PatientsThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:41:02 GMTPodcast: Patient Connection, September 2008http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/PatientConnectionPodcastSeptember2008.aspxListen to more information on cancer drug repository programs.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:55:28 GMTPatient Connection: July 17, 2008http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/July172008.aspxPatients Must Switch to CFC-Free Albuterol Inhalers; York and Adams Counties Selected for Quality Improvement Program; Pennsylvanians Encouraged to Store Emergency Contact Number in Cell PhoneThu, 17 Jul 2008 16:45:50 GMTPodcast: Patient Connection: July 17, 2008http://www.pamedsoc.org/MainMenuCategories/Publications/PatientConnection/PatientConnectionPodcast.aspxListen to more information on CFC-free inhalers.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:39:13 GMT