November-December 2018 Digital Forum
November 2018 brought a changing of the guard, with Barbara E. Walker, DO, being sworn in as Board President. In other news, NCMB is seeking rule changes to increase PA license application and renewal fees for the first time in 13 years and the Board is working to raise public awareness of safe medication storage and disposal strategies. In his final President’s Message, outgoing Board President Tim E. Lietz, MD, reflects on NCMB’s revised mission statement and new vision statement.
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- August-November 2018 Board Actions Report
- Honoring the mandate, striving to be more | by Timothy E. Lietz, MD
September-October 2018 - Digital Forum
In October 2018, NCMB switched to bimonthly delivery of its electronic newsletter. The Board will continue to public print editions biannually, a Fall/Winter issue and a Spring/Summer issue.
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- February-July 2018 Board Actions Report
- Gov. Cooper announces appointment, reappointments
- Doing our part to prep for disaster | by Timothy E. Lietz, MD
- Up to 10 percent of the emails in NCMB’s database are invalid
- Free safe medication storage/disposal resource available to prescribers
- 2018 NCMB Licensee Survey: the results are in!
Forum, Spring-Summer 2018
The Spring-Summer 2018 Forum includes Dr. Timothy E. Lietz’s President’s Message on getting to the causes of physician burnout, the Board’s opioid investigative program marking two years, highlights from the 2017 program year, five questions with Board Member Jerri Patterson, NP, and much more.
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- Year in review: A look back at data from 2017
- Test your knowledge of the STOP Act
- National praise for NCMB’s work on opioids
- Renewal fee waiver for certain active duty licensees
- New SOPI investigative criteria proposed
- NCMB’s Parker tapped to serve in national role
- Getting to know the people of the NC Medical Board: Jerri L. Patterson, NP
- Accolades for two of NCMB’s own
- Changes to the Forum’s print edition publication schedule
- Pathbreaking opioid investigative program marks second anniversary
- Do you understand the STOP Act’s prescribing limits?
- Trending Topic: Physician obligation to complete death certificates
- Getting at the root causes of physician burnout | by Timothy E. Lietz, MD
- November 2017-January 2018 Quarterly Board Actions Report
Forum, Winter 2018
The Winter 2018 Forum includes information on the STOP Act’s prescribing limits for acute pain, the 2017 position statement review, Dr. Timothy E. Lietz’s inaugural President’s Message where he discusses NCMB’s mission being more than patient protection, five questions with Public Board Member Shawn P. Parker, the Wellspring article from NCPHP on accepting role reversal: when the doctor becomes the patient, and much more.
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- Wellspring by NCPHP: Accepting role reversal—when the doctor becomes the patient | by Clark Gaither, MD
- NC CSRS connects to multistate data sharing network
- Supporting colleagues in a time of crisis
- Trending topic: NC’s new opioid prescribing limits
- Getting to know the people of the NC Medical Board: Shawn P. Parker, JD, MPA
- NC CSRS now provides multi-state data. Now what? | by Steven D. Prakken, MD
- STOP Act notice now available in Spanish!
- High Point neurosurgeon named to Board
- Register with HealthConnex by June 1
- Beware of faxed “requests” for medicines and medical products
- NCMB’s mission: more than patient protection | by Timothy E. Lietz, MD
- 2017 position statement review
- Amended Position Statement: Electronic Health Records
- August-October 2017 Quarterly Board Actions Report
- New Position Statement: Policy for the use of audio or visual recordings in patient care
- Wait a minute, I don’t supervise that NP or PA anymore…
