Table of Contents: February 2021

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Volume 117, Number 2 — February 2021

Cover Story: No Escape (pages 16-21)
The malaise in physician practice long known as burnout – a term doctors increasingly balk at – has been exacerbated by the pandemic, as an extensive survey by the Physicians Foundation recently showed. By Joey Berlin

Public health: Hungering for a Solution (pages 22-25)
Physicians can help keep COVID-19 from making food insecurity a bigger problem. By Sean Price

Education: A Class by Themselves (pages 36-38)
Texas’ two newest medical schools adjust to COVID-19 with virtual learning and social distancing. By Sean Price

Vaccines (page 43)
Talk to Patients About: Vaccines and SIDS. By Sean Price

Profile: When the Fight Becomes Personal (pages 45-46)
Texas physicians share their stories of contracting COVID-19. By David Doolittle

Also in this issue …

07 Rounds, Deaths
12 Commentary: This Is Not a Drill
14 Commentary: Hard Lessons Learned
27 TMA COVID-19 Resource Guide

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TMA’s ongoing advocacy has led to meaningful physician workforce gains, and telemedicine technologies and revenue boosters are helping to maximize access to care. But shortages – most entrenched in rural areas and certain specialties – persist as Texas lags in its ratio of patient care physicians and an increasing average physician age foreshadows a deepening workforce crisis. Looking ahead to 2025, TMA is focused on ensuring the Texas Legislature finds new ways to grow and maximize the state’s physician workforce across the many specialties it needs. Plus, how TMA experts help identify medical documentation missteps that may lead to payment and prior authorization denials, and how Texas is grappling with syphilis.

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