The objective is to reduce the proportion of adults who expect antibiotics for URI symptoms, reduce the rate of antibiotic prescribing and reduce the prevalance of penicillin resistant Pneumococcus. Paula Keller at the SMS is the contact person for this project. Providing better patient care and ensuring privacy rights are only two of Dr. Lockhart s goals for the year ahead. Passing a meaningful Patient Protection Act through Congress is another. We cannot afford to wait on this any longer, said Lockhart.
Patients deserve more than that.
Some say it s a tall order. In that case, Dr. Jack Lockhart is just the person to oversee them. The inauguration of a new SMS president is one of two exciting changes for the SMS this month. The other is the new format of Medigram , the official newsletter of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. The SMS leadership has been challenged to compensate for the restructuring of the WMJ , which previously focused on scientific and professional aspects of medicine.