Public Health

The WSMA supports promoting financial incentives to encourage more physicians to enter primary care and/or serve in rural areas. (EC Rpt C, A-92) (Reaffirmed A-23)

The WSMA affirms that improving Population Health should be a true goal of any meaningful health reform effort and that achieving this goal requires a robust partnership between public health and medical care practitioners to carry out long-term disease prevention strategies. (Res A-3, A-09)

The WSMA support a strong public health program making available to all Washingtonians scientifically determined, cost effective preventative health services (such as immunizations and community based services such as those for communicable disease, sanitation and poison control). (Reaffirmed A-23)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services