Volume 118, Number 7 - August/September 2022
The Public Health Issue
Cover package
Rural Remedies (pages 20-27)
Texas physicians are helping rural medicine on its hard road to better health. By Sean Price
Long COVID’s Long Shadow (pages 28-33)
Multispecialty clinics and primary care physicians respond to the influx of patients with post-COVID conditions. By Emma Freer
“A Really Complicated Thing” (pages 34-37)
Obesity continues to be a major problem in Texas, and physicians strive to tackle it effectively and sensitively. By Joey Berlin
Challenge of a Lifetime (pages 38-40 )
Jennifer Shuford, MD, helped lead Texas through the COVID-19 pandemic. By Sean Price
Other news stories:
Profile: Generational Pull (pages 4-6)
Vivek Rao, MD, has a passion for medicine in his DNA. By Emma Freer
Practice management: Untangling ImmTrac2 (pages 42-44)
TMA aims to reform the state’s immunization registry, bolstering public health protections and easing physicians’ administrative woes. By Emma Freer
Practice management: Nickel and Dimed (pages 46-47)
Physicians can avoid electronic credit cards and the fees that come with them. By Sean Price
Vaccines (page 48)
Talk to Patients About: HPV Vaccine By Sean Price
Also in this issue:
Rounds: TMA at AMA
Last Updated On
July 29, 2022
Originally Published On
July 29, 2022