Wow! Check out the fresh new re-design of the American Academy of Medical Administrators website! And congratulations to Maj Amir Adolphe Edward, chair-elect of the American College of Managed Care Administrators!

 
Congratulations to all of the brand-new Squadron Commander-selects! Among the chosen that I am privileged to know: Lt Col Gregory Stewart, Maj Dan Flynn, Maj Amy Bachelor, and Maj Debra Doty. Take a look at the list and see how many names you can recognize!

 
Sad news: Col. Wesley H. Baker, USAF, MSC, retired, 84, formerly of San Antonio, born July 15, 1917 in Pittsfield, MA, died on August 11 in Kingsport, TN after an extended illness. Please click here for a brief bio and information about funeral & memorial arrangements.

 
Can't find the time or money to travel to a CE seminar? Try some ACHE Self-Study courses. You can study & learn in your underwear!

 
If you haven't heard of the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE), take a few minutes to browse the website. It is an organization by & for black healthcare executives, with an interesting history.

 
Courtesy of the August edition of the AF/SG Newswire, here is the latest news on the refractive surgery centers being built/installed at Wright-Patterson AFB and the USAF Academy hospital.

And as if reading one bio isn't enough (see below), here's another one...this time our former Surgeon General Murphy Chesney. What a guy - and his son, recently retired Colonel (Dr.) Murphy "Sandy" Chesney, is every bit as nice as his father, and one heck of a pediatrician. My youngest child is named after them, in fact. Great name - unique, wouldn't you agree?

 
Here's a nice brief bio on someone that I never met, but according to all sources she was & is one of those people who can truly light up a room when she enters: Brig Gen Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti, USAF, NC (retired). And in medical readiness news, the Air Force Medical Service recently conducted a MedFlag in Mozabmique. Good on ya.

 
The Air Force Association published an article in April 2000 that details a rather frank discussion with Lt Gen Carlton on various aspects of the AF Medical Service; it touches on readiness, primary care & optimization, and the challenges of TRICARE and Medicare subvention.

 
Call me biased, but I just feel like reminding people about one of my favorite people: my former boss. I spoke with her briefly over the weekend - she is doing great. Loves retirement, and very much enjoys being a full-time grandma & part-time landscape engineer (fixing up her house).

The Air Force developed, in the early-to-mid-90s, an effective suicide-prevention program, which is chronicled in this CDC web page. Kudos.

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