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Texas Children's Hospital, affiliated with BCM; TIRR Memorial Hermann, affiliated with BCM and McGovern Medical School; The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, affiliated with BCM, McGovern Medical School, UTMB Galveston, and Texas A&M Health Science Center
The Texas Medical Board (TMB [1]) is the state agency mandated to regulate the practice of medicine by Doctors of Medicine (MDs) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) in Texas. The Board consists of 12 physician members and seven public members appointed for a six-year term by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
The TMC has the world's highest density of clinical facilities for patient care, basic biomedical sciences, and translational research. [2] [3] [4] The neighborhood is 2.1-square-mile (5.4 km 2). [2] The Texas Medical Center employs over 106,000 people, hosts 10 million patient encounters annually, and has a gross domestic product of US$25 ...
The major shortcoming of most patient portals is their linkage to a single health organization. If a patient uses more than one organization for healthcare, the patient typically needs to log on to each organization's portal to access information. This results in a fragmented view of individual patient data. [3]
The Texas Medical Association was established by 35 physicians in 1853 to provide medical and public health education for Texas physicians and their patients as well as legislative and regulatory advocacy and health policy research. [3] [4] The first president of TMA was Joseph Taylor and the current president is G. Ray Callas, MD. [5]
The core body of knowledge that defines an area of medical specialization is referred to as the core competencies for that specialty. Core competencies are developed through detailed review of the medical literature combined with review by recognized experts from established medical specialties, experts within the new area of specialization and experts from outside the medical profession.
Texas Children's Hospital was the primary pediatric evacuation hospital during Hurricane Katrina. [22] Texas Children's completed a capital campaign in 2018, called Promise: The Campaign for Texas Children's Hospital, which was intended to meet the needs of a growing patient population who have a wider spectrum of complex needs. [23]
A medical certificate or doctor's certificate [1] [2] is a written statement from a physician or another medically qualified health care provider which attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient. [3] It can serve as a sick note (UK: fit note) (documentation that an employee is unfit for work) or evidence of a health condition. [4]