Minnesota AG Warns Retailers to Stop Promoting, Selling Unauthorized and Illegal Flavored Tobacco Products
September 19, 2024
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison recently distributed more than 5,000 warning letters to retailers and distributors, asking them to stop distributing, marketing, and selling unauthorized and illegal flavored commercial tobacco products in Minnesota.
New Report Shows Physician Well-being Still an Issue
September 19, 2024
The Physicians Foundation issued data on September 17, showing that the state of well-being remains critically low for physicians, with healthcare consolidation exacerbating the issue.
New Long COVID ECHO Sessions Available Online
September 19, 2024
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) has partnered with Stratis Health and the Minnesota Department of Health Long COVID Guiding Council on a three-session ECHO series focusing on recognizing, managing and treating long COVID.
MMA Foundation Invites Applications for Its Scholarship Programs
September 19, 2024
The MMA Foundation is accepting applications through October 18 for its Friedman-Bowen Primary Care Scholarship Fund and Reuter-Lien Well-being & Health Equity Scholarship Fund grants. The MMA Foundation’s Indihar Advocacy Scholarship Fund and MCAT® Fee Relief Fund grants are also open.
Innovations in Medicine to be Highlighted at Empowering Physicians Conference
September 12, 2024
Attendees at this year’s Empowering Physicians Conference will get a chance to see the future of healthcare and how innovations are changing the way medicine is practiced in Minnesota.
New MMA Leaders Elected, Bylaws Amendment Passes
September 12, 2024
Lisa Mattson, MD, FACOG, has been elected as the MMA’s president-elect in this year’s leadership election, which was held electronically during August.
MMA Member Will Help Lead New Regional Campus of the University of Minnesota Medical School
September 12, 2024
MMA member Jill Amsberry, DO, has been named the assistant dean of undergraduate medical education for the new University of Minnesota Medical School’s CentraCare Regional Campus in St. Cloud. The regional campus dean will be Chris Fallert, MD.
September 17 is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day: Let’s Take Action
September 12, 2024
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and National Physician Suicide Awareness Day (#NPSADay) is observed on Tuesday, September 17.
State Grants Available for Clinical Healthcare Training
September 12, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is accepting grant applications for clinical healthcare training that took place in Minnesota in fiscal year 2023.
Report: Nurse Numbers Increase, Physicians of Concern in Minnesota
September 5, 2024
A Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) analysis of healthcare workforce data released on September 3 shows hospitals and health systems are replenishing their staff in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, physician numbers remain concerning.