February 2012 Bulletin
Features
Gynecologic oncology surgeons spare patients’ fertility, enhance quality of life (400K PDF)
Maximizing postgraduate surgical education in the future (170K PDF)
Learning about health care in Africa: A physician’s experience in Lagos, Nigeria (170K PDF)
Expectations for state legislatures in 2012 (140K PDF)
Departments
What surgeons should know about...: PQRS reporting in 2012 (660K PDF)
State STATs: When states practice medicine: Physician gag laws (110K PDF)
Socioeconomic tips: Coding for skin replacement surgery in 2012 (150K PDF)
News
New Alliance formed to address clinical trials in oncology (160K PDF)
There isn’t an app for that: Banning recording in the office (120K PDF)
ACS Health Policy Advisory Council aims to empower Fellows as advocates (370K PDF)
Members in the news (110K PDF)
International women in surgery symposium set for spring 2012 (90K PDF)
Trauma meetings calendar (90K PDF)
Call for nominations for ACS Officers-Elect (70K PDF)
Call for nominations for the ACS Board of Regents (65K PDF)
In memoriam: Marion Rapp, former ACS International Liaison, remembered (95K PDF)
A look at The Joint Commission: TJC works to improve infection control (300K PDF)
Report on ACSPA/ACS activities, October 2011 (150K PDF)
NTDB® data points:
Annual Pediatric Report 2011: Fatal at any age (295K PDF)
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Online January 31, 2012