Frustrated with the vagaries of today's health care system? Would you like to see something done to fix it? Do you have some new and/or innovative policy ideas you would like to share? The SFMS delegation to the CMA House of Delegates (HOD) would like your input about issues and concerns you have as a San Francisco physician.

The SFMS delegation has long had a significant impact on CMA policy, which can have a real world influence on state and national policy. We develop resolutions on any issue related to medicine and public health, and welcome ideas from any SFMS member. 

 

Please submit any issues or concerns and potential policy solutions we can bring to the table on your behalf in the comments section at the bottom of this page (comments section) or email Steve Heilig by August 1, 2012.

 

The CMA House of Delegates is the CMA policy-making body that represents physicians statewide. The delegates meet once a year to establish CMA policies on key issues that affect the practice of medicine, from medical ethics to critical matters of public health. SFMS will once again send a full delegation to this year’s meeting. Our delegates share the responsibility of representing the voices of San Francisco family physicians, their patients, and the communities in which they live.

 

Resolutions adopted at past HODs include banning sugar drinks in schools, establishing regulation of e-cigarettes, granting minor access to obtain preventative treatment for STIs without parental consent, and assisting students and residents with medical education debt.

 

Click here to view a list of just last year's successfully-adopted policies.

The Calfornia Medical Association's annual House of Delegates (HOD) will convene in Anaheim October 15-17. The HOD is CMA's legislative body, which establishes the policies that govern the association. SFMS will be sending a delegation to represent San Francisco physicians at this event. At this year's meeting, physicians from across the state will debate and set policy on important health care issues including vaccinations, disaster preparedness, health information technology, and peer review. During the three-day meeting, the 500 delegates will address more than 100 resolutions on these and other key issues that affect the practice of medicine. CMA invites all members to visit its online forum to discuss or comment on the resolutions and reports that will be considered by the delegates. To participate in the online discussion, log into your web account and click on "My Account" at the top of the page. Once there, you will see a button on the left side called "House of Delegates." To provide online testimony on resolutions and reports, click on the "Resolutions and Reports" tab, and then click on the "Post Comment" button below any of the resolutions on which you wish to provide testimony. You can also download the reports and resolutions in both Word (.doc) and Acrobat (.pdf) formats by clicking on the "Documents" tab. Written testimony will be accepted until October 7, 2011.