A Dash to the Dot Coms

Welcome to the December 2015 MD-Update.

In case you missed it, we’ve slightly changed the name of our publication from M.D. Update to MD-Update. That’s so you can find MD-Update on the web easier at: www.md-update.com. Our plan in 2016 is to introduce the MD-Update website with a searchable archive of the articles you’ve enjoyed over the last several years.

We’re doing this to help you stay up-to-date with your fellow Kentucky and Southern Indiana physicians and providers and for the Kentucky healthcare consumer to learn more about the great advances that their doctors are making in healthcare.

We strongly believe in the power of intelligent conversation among the principle partners in the statewide medical community. We frequently hear that MD-Update gives you a look at your colleagues across the different specialties throughout the Commonwealth and that is a value to you. By participating in MD-Update, either by reading it or by sharing your story and what’s happening in your medical practice, you benefit the entire community.

The 2016 MD-Update Editorial Calendar is on page one of this issue. Please take a moment, find your specialty, and gives us a call or email that you want to participate. If your specialty isn’t included in the 2016 calendar, that’s even more reason to contact us to let us know what’s going on.

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Many thanks go out to the Kentucky and Southern Indiana doctors and practice managers who have taken their time to contribute to MD-Update in 2015. We couldn’t do it without you.

Until next time, all the best,

Gil DunnPublisher, MD-Update

Send your letters to the editor to: jnewton@md-update.com, or (502) 541-2666 mobile

Gil Dunn, Publisher: gdunn@md-update.com or (859) 309-0720 phone and fax

Until December, all the best,

Gil Dunn
Editor/Publisher MD-Update

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