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Data-Driven Interventions: TMA Zeroes in on Quality Opioid Care - 04/01/2024

TMA zeroes in on physicians’ obstacles to quality opioid care.

Anson Jones Awards: How to Enter - 11/20/2023

TMA is looking for the best health and medical news stories of 2012. Journalists and physician journalists, it’s time to submit your top stories for the 2013 TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards. For the first time, TMA will recognize a Texas Health Journalist of the Year for an outstanding body of work

Reintegration: NarxCare and Pharmacy Management Systems Free for Physicians - 11/07/2023

Integration of the state prescription monitoring program and NarxCare into EHRs and pharmacy management systems again is free for physicians, following TMA advocacy

TMA Connects Medicine with the Media Through Outstanding Health Reporting Award - 08/25/2023

In yet another successful year of connecting medicine with the media, the Texas Medical Association’s Council on Health Promotion honored two Texas health care reporters with the 2023 Texas Health Journalist of the Year award in the 66th Anson Jones, MD, Awards news media competition.

Nominate a Local Journalist - 08/23/2023

For the first time, members of the TMA family can nominate local journalists for the TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards, which recognize excellence in health journalism in Texas. So if you read, see, or hear a great health-related story, let us know.

TMA Community Outreach Program Grants Top Media Award for Opioid Crisis Coverage - 05/10/2023

Addressing the opioid crisis has been a long-standing priority for the Texas Medical Association, and the topic garnered the kudos of the association’s community outreach program connecting medicine to the media.

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioids, Alcohol, Tobacco: What You Should Know - 04/19/2023

Concern about opioids – especially the growing threat of overdose posed by illicit fentanyl – has created heightened awareness about treatment options for people with substance use disorders. One of the oldest and most effective is medication-assisted treatment.

Taking the Pain out of Prescribing Opioids: CDC Revises Guidelines - 04/14/2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued guidelines to help physicians prescribe opioids safely, and one of the reasons, the agency freely admits, is to clear up confusion caused by its last set of guidelines, which were issued in 2016.

Congress Eliminates Barrier to Opioid Use Disorder Drug Buprenorphine - 02/15/2023

The U.S. government recently ended a major restriction on prescribing buprenorphine, one of the most effective medications for treating opioid use disorder.

Council on Health Promotion Connects Medicine With the Media - 07/26/2022

The Texas Medical Association’s Council on Health Promotion oversees a broad array of community outreach programs and activities to improve the health of all Texans. That includes honoring journalists whose diligent and relevant work furthers that aim.

Nominate Outstanding Journalists for TMA’s Anson Jones Awards - 12/14/2021

Each year, members of the Texas Medical Association’s Council on Health Promotion and former journalists have the tough job of selecting the best of the best in health reporting. Their picks earn TMA’s annual Anson Jones, MD, Awards.

TMA Honors Outstanding Health Reporting - 12/10/2020

For the third year in a row, a San Antonio Express-News journalist took home the Texas Health Journalist of the Year title in the Texas Medical Association’s Anson Jones, MD, Awards news media competition.

More than 1 million people died from alcohol-related causes over the past 20 years, a new study shows. The study, in which researchers analyzed all U.S. death certificates from 1999 to 2017, found that the number of alcohol-related deaths more than doubled during that time: from 35,914 to 72,558.

Nominate Health Reporting that Impacted Medicine - 02/03/2020

As you look back at medicine and health care in 2019, take a minute to consider local journalists who helped the public understand a health issue and nominate them for the Texas Medical Association's Anson Jones, MD, Award. Three of last year’s award winners were nominated by a TMA physician or county medical society.

Journalism Contest Recognizes Physician and Medical Student Work - 01/06/2020

Do you moonlight as a medical reporter? Maybe you write a blog or a column for your local newspaper or magazine. Or perhaps you host a health-focused segment on a local TV or radio station. If so, enter your work in the TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards contest.

Honoring Journalism’s Impact on Health Care in Texas - 10/30/2019

The Texas Medical Association's Anson Jones, MD, Awards recognize outstanding health reporting for Texas print, television, radio, online, and physician journalists. TMA’s Council on Health Promotion oversees the awards, and TMA physician members present the awards to journalists in their newsrooms.

Get Qualified to Prescribe Opioid Addiction Medication - 07/22/2019

If you care for patients with opioid-use disorder, you’re probably familiar with buprenorphine, a medication that can be used at home to treat opioid addiction. But if you haven’t heard about it, or if you would like more information, tune in to a free online training course to qualify for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine.

Changing the Conversation about Addiction - 05/24/2019

Drug addiction is a chronic medical disease, and stigma about it is keeping millions of Americans – including the growing number who suffer with opioid addiction – from getting proper medical treatment, one of the nation’s foremost addiction specialists told the closing general session audience at TexMed 2019 in Dallas.

Addiction Treatment Helps More Than Incarceration - 04/23/2019

We appreciate the opportunity to voice support and offer additional suggestions for Senate Bill 1147, which allows a judge to require that a defendant undergo an evaluation as to whether they would benefit from medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for alcohol dependence as a condition of their community supervision.

Improve Access to MAT for Medicaid Patients - 04/09/2019

While many patients want treatment for their substance use disorder (SUD), they often lack access to the most effective treatment for their individual needs. With proper treatment and support, people with SUD can recover and live, work, and contribute to the community. SUD can be successfully managed, generally with a combination of several evidence-based practices such as medication-assisted treatment (MAT), individual or group counseling, and inpatient residential treatment.

Last Call: Nominate Outstanding Health News - 01/09/2019

Tomorrow (Jan. 10) is your last chance to let the Texas Medical Association know which health and medical news stories from 2018 are worthy of TMA’s Anson Jones, MD, Awards.

Spot a Winner: Nominate Great Reporting for an Anson Jones Award - 01/04/2018

If you’ve read, watched, or heard a great health news story by a local journalist, nominate it for the TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards, which recognize excellence in health reporting in the Lone Star State.

TMA Honors Outstanding Health Reporting - 08/09/2017

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) announced winning journalists across the state in the 2017 TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards for excellence in health and medical news reporting during 2016 (see winner list below). TMA member physicians presented the awards to journalists in their newsrooms throughout the spring and summer on this, the 60th anniversary of the competition.

2107 Large Market Television Honorable Mention - 08/07/2017

TMA Anson Jones, MD, Award Winner: KXAS-TV NBC 5, Dallas/Fort Worth

2107 Large-Market Television Winner - 08/07/2017

TMA Anson Jones, MD, Award Winner: KXAS-TV NBC 5, Dallas/Fort Worth

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