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K Ortolon

Publications and source records attributed to K Ortolon.

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PubMed1996

Who's the boss?

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Delivery of Health Care, Integrated↗
PubMed1995

Working together. Physicians, midlevel practitioners reach compromise on scope-of-practice issues.

When the 74th Texas Legislature convened last January, lobbyists for the Texas Medical Association anticipated a bitter fight over attempts by advanced nurse practitioners to gain authority to independently prescribe drugs. After all, physicians and nurses had been fighting for several sessions over scope-of-practice issues. Near the end of the 73rd Legislature, in 1993, nurse practitioners (NPs) stalked away from the bargaining table, effectively killing a compromise that some thought was close to approval.

Humans↗
PubMed1995

Back at the table. Medicare debate is reminiscent of health-system reform battle.

The eminent philosopher Yogi Berra once said, "It's like deja vu all over again." Those who followed last year's debate on health-system reform may indeed feel they are experiencing deja vu when Congress launches into its much anticipated debate over how to reform Medicare, cut spending, and save the health-care program for the elderly from certain bankruptcy.

American Medical Association↗
PubMed1995

Double-barreled assault.

When voters in Wichita Falls went to the polls in early May, they thought they were casting ballots to determine if smoking in public places would be regulated in their community. In reality, their decision likely determined the fate of antismoking efforts throughout Texas. In the 74th Texas Legislature, the tobacco industry launched a two-pronged attack it hoped would deal a devastating blow to local communities' attempts to regulate public smoking. The first prong was a legislative attack on the ability of cities to pass antismoking regulations. The second was an attempt to actually roll back a tough local antismoking ordinance at the polls, thereby demonstrating lack of public support for such ordinances.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1995

Order in the court. TEXPAC effort to reform state's highest court paying dividends.

"Clean slate in '88" was the rallying cry Texas physicians and a coalition of other business and professional groups used 8 years ago when they decided to take back the Texas Supreme Court. Frustrated by ongoing trial lawyer dominance of the court, the coalition led by the Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee (TEXPAC) launched an unprecedented grassroots campaign to put three new conservative justices on the nine-member court.

Jurisprudence↗