Vital Times 2014 - (Page 4)
The President's Page
By Paul B. Yost, MD, FAAP
F
irst, I would like
to welcome you to
the CSA's new annual
publication, Vital Times.
At the CSA, we are
continually evaluating
how we communicate
with our most valuable
asset: you, our members.
We look for ways to
be more efficient and
cost-effective in our mission to provide you with
timely, relevant information about our specialty.
Our quarterly Bulletin, though the quality of its
content was first rate, was expensive to produce
and required a great deal of staff and volunteer
physician time.
The quarterly Bulletin realistically could not
serve as a way to communicate news to CSA
members. It took several months to produce one
issue of the Bulletin and bring it to print. In that
time, whatever the current topic of the day, it
was likely to be communicated much sooner
by our "CSA Online First" blog, or by member
email. We feel that an annual report to our
members - covering significant events of the last
year, coming trends in the specialty, and how the
CSA intends to meet that future - is a better way
to provide a permanent archive and at the same
time to explore some issues more thoroughly. I
am very excited about it!
2014 was a very busy year for your elected
leadership. In addition to the usual work of the
society - providing advocacy, practice affairs
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information, communication and world-class
education - two issues rose above the usual
workload: Proposition 46, and the unexpected
resignation of our CSA Executive Director.
Proposition 46 was resoundingly defeated by the
voters of California because of the efforts and
financial support of physicians across the state.
I want to thank each CSA member who gave
money, time, and voices to this campaign! We
did something special with this election: we put
together a coalition in opposition to the measure
that hadn't been seen in a very long time and may
not be seen again until doctors are impugned and
challenged once more. We united Democrats,
Republicans, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU,
organized labor, and the Chamber of Commerce!
Now that is a rainbow coalition.
The benefits of this victory extend well beyond
the November 4 election day. Physicians have
earned a new level of respect in Sacramento.
Legislators, staffers and people in the know look
at doctors in a different light since the election.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vital Times 2014
AND NOW, A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
PRESIDENT’S PAGE
ON YOUR BEHALF: CSA Fights and Wins in 2014
ADAPT AND PROSPER: A Guide to Survival
POLITICS AND MEDICATION SAFETY: The CSA 2014 Annual Anesthesia Meeting
DR. CSA GOES TO WASHINGTON
CALIFORNIA ANESTHESIA RESIDENCY IN 2014
A NEW YEAR AND NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE CSA
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC – CSA FINANCES IN OUR 2014-15 FISCAL YEAR
THE ASA ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING: Building for the Future
ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2014
CONSOLIDATION IN THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE: What’s in your Future?
IF I COULD SPEAK
PEERING OVER THE ETHER SCREEN: Germs and the Pseudoscience of Quality Improvement
THE ETHICAL CONSULTANT: Perioperative ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders
THE VALUE OF CSA MEMBERSHIP
UPCOMING MEETINGS
MY WEEK ON HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND
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