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Prepare for hurricane season with the Leon County 2025-26 Disaster Survival Guide or visit LeonReady.com, our hub of resources to help individuals, their families, and their neighborhood prepare for disasters.
The County encourages residents to take steps now to ensure their safety and resilience before, during and after disasters. Critical preparations include building a disaster bucket and developing a family communications plan.
Source: Leon County Government
| | Citizen Engagement Series: Disaster Resilience Edition | |
Step behind the scenes at the Emergency Operations Center and learn how to prepare for disasters with local public safety experts. This interactive event will feature hands-on activities and demonstrations for the whole family.
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that this event requires walking to and from sessions. While assistance services will be available, they are limited. We encourage all attendees to prepare accordingly for walking throughout the event.
Register at LeonCountyFL.gov/CES.
| | June is Men’s Health Month | |
June is Men’s Health Month, and healthcare professionals are working to raise awareness of the importance of routine medical exams for men. Local doctors continue to be concerned that only about half of adult men get an annual physical and about a third do not feel the need for annual health screenings at all.
“Men’s Health Month provides a good reminder to encourage the husbands, sons, brothers and friends in our lives to prioritize their health,” said Carey Dellock, MD, interventional cardiologist at HCA Florida Capital Hospital. “Statistics show men are less likely than women to get routine checkups or seek treatment until symptoms become more serious, which can lead to poor outcomes. Scheduling routine physicals can help detect early-stage conditions such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung disease and diabetes, when they are most treatable.”
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Source: HCA Florida Healthcare
| | Want to Lower Your Blood Pressure? Researchers Suggests You Go Bananas | |
Using computer models, a new study shows that high sodium intake raised blood pressure in men and women while high potassium intake reduced it.
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Source: Health News Florida
| | TMH Earns Prestigious Heartcare Center Designation | |
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare in partnership with the cardiologists at TMH Physician Partners, Services by Southern Medical Group, has been awarded the HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing world-class cardiovascular care.
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Source: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
| | New Study Reveals Mental Distress of Florida Farmers Over Weather, Financial Insecurity | |
The report focused on the overall mental well-being of those in the agriculture industry. Of the 671 respondents, 67% reported feeling sad or depressed and 9% experienced suicidal thoughts.
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Source: Health News Florida
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Independence Landing in Southwood is a residential community for adults with a range of intellectual, cognitive, and physical abilities. They often receive inquiries from the public seeking physicians and healthcare providers who work with IDD patients.
Please let us know if you are an IDD-friendly provider and are accepting new patients, and we will share your practice information with Independence Landing—email Rosalie at rcarlin@capmed.org.
| CMS Community Service Food-Packing Project: July 18, 2025 | |
The Capital Medical Society has signed up to pack senior boxes at the
Second Harvest Warehouse
4446 Entrepot Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Please click here to pre-register by July 3
Once you click the link, you will be directed to create an account or sign in to your existing account.
From there, please see the Capital Medical Society reservation, and sign up.
You are welcome to register children age 13 and up, and other family members!
The event will be held at the Second Harvest Warehouse, which is not air-conditioned. Fans will be in operation, so volunteers should anticipate warm conditions and dress accordingly. Closed-toed shoes are mandatory. Lockers are provided for storing bags and personal belongings, and volunteers may utilize the onsite breakroom during their shift.
Second Harvest of the Big Bend is based in Tallahassee, Florida. We provide healthy food for neighbors facing hunger and food insecurity throughout our 16-county Big Bend service area.
As the region's primary source for charitable food, our facility acts as a storage and distribution depot for over 120 smaller frontline agency partners, including emergency food pantries, homeless shelters, schools, churches and community centers.
Our mission is to advance change by feeding the hungry and educating and engaging the community in the fight to end hunger.
https://fightinghunger.org/
| Tickets On Sale for the 7th Annual Tallahassee Beer Festival Benefiting UPHS Human Services Agencies, Including Capital Medical Society Foundation | |
Support the Capital Medical Society Foundation by Joining Us at the 2025 Tallahassee Beer Festival
Get ready to raise your glasses for a great cause! We are thrilled to announce our participation in the 7th Annual Tallahassee Beer Festival, taking place on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. All proceeds from the event benefit member organizations of the United Partners for Human Services - learn more here.
Use our partner code "CAPMED" when purchasing tickets, and a portion of your ticket price will support the Capital Medical Society Foundation.
GET TICKETS HERE
- Before you add your tickets to your cart, click the Unlock button above ticket options
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In the Enter Offer Passcode field, enter: CAPMED
- Tickets options should now be noted as Non-Profit! Select your preferred tickets, and click Next
- Sign in to your Ticketmaster account
- On your order details, double check that your tickets are Non-Profit and click Place Order
| | New Physician Fingerprinting Requirement: Effective July 1, 2025 | |
Beginning July 1, 2025, all health care practitioners must comply with background screening requirements when applying for initial licensure or renewing their license. To learn more about the fingerprint retention requirement and process, please visit the Department of Health’s Background Screening Fingerprint Retention website.
| | CMS Members: Discounted Secure Messaging Available | | |
Every licensed CMS member has access to discounted secure messaging services and paging solutions through Spok, the largest paging network in the U.S., which is in more than 2,200 hospitals.
Contact Rosalie Carlin at rcarlin@capmed.org for information on how you or your practice can enroll.
| | CMS Lunch & Learn: "Legislative Updates" - June 18, 2025 | | Opportunity to Support the 2026 CMS Membership Directory | |
The Capital Medical Society will publish its 2026 Membership Directory early next year. It will be distributed to all members. We have once again partnered with E&M Consulting to produce the directory. The publication will be available in both print and digital formats. E&M will be contacting our members over the next few months about advertising opportunities in the directory. E&M will manage all the advertising sales, creative design, and formatting of the publication for us. This is a very professional group with experience in publishing association directories.
To view the ad rates/options and sign-up online, please visit: https://reserveyourad.com/CMS
If you have any questions or would like to advertise, please contact an E&M sales associate at 800-572-0011 ext. 0104 or advertising@eandmsales.com. Please be responsive and help support this directory. Remember, it will include our entire medical community.
CMS will provide the content - including photos of our members. If you have an updated photo - please send it to us!
Please feel free to call us if you have any questions - and thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
The CMS Staff
(850) 877-9018
| | The CMS Foundation Celebrates 50th Anniversary This Year! | | CMS Members: Have You Received Accolades Recently? We Want to Know! | | |
CMS Members: If you received accolades recently, please let us know! We will include your achievements in an upcoming edition of Cap Scan. Email the details to Shannon Boyle at sboyle@capmed.org.
| | Follow Capital Medical Society on Social Media | | CMS Members: Is Your Spouse Interested in Joining the CMS Alliance? | | |
The CMS Alliance is an organization of physician spouses dedicated to health, education, wellness, and community service, and work in partnership with the Capital Medical Society.
Is your spouse interested in joining the CMS Alliance? Contact the CMS Alliance at tallycmsa@gmail.com.
| | CMS Foundation Physician Wellness Program is Here for CMS Member Physicians, CMS Member HCA Residents, and CMS Member TMH Family Medicine Residents | |
Overloaded? Stressed? You're Not Alone.
Does your workday start before dawn and end well after dusk? Do you go to bed tired and wake up the same way? Maybe it’s time you talk to someone who can help you make positive changes for a healthier, happier life and lifestyle. The CMS has three professional counselors who are available to you - free of charge - free of worry. This program is available to Active and Associate CMS Members, CMS Member HCA Residents, and CMS Member TMH Family Medicine Residents, without cost, without question. Six sessions annually are completely confidential.
WELLNESS COACHES:
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Paul Deitchman, Ph.D.
313 Williams St., #5
Tallahassee, FL 32303
850-878-3571
UNIVERSITY: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Tracey Morse, Ph.D.
1114 E. Tennessee St.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
850-556-7944
UNIVERSITY: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – CARBONDALE
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Jane Marks, LFMT, LMHC
3325-C Thomasville Road
Tallahassee, FL 32308
850-385-8222
UNIVERSITY: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
For five decades, Jane Marks has helped countless families navigate the challenges in life. As a Licensed Family & Marriage Therapist, she will bring a thoughtful approach to wellness for those seeking individual, family or marriage coaching through the CMS Foundation’s Physician Wellness Program.
| | Special thanks to the MagMutual Foundation and the TMH Medical Staff for helping the CMSF fund this program. | | Informational Correspondence with the Capital Medical Society | |
In this digital era, we strive to keep you updated with the latest in information. Please let us know when your emails and contact information change. We want you to be part of this Society and be active in your practice networking. Patients seeking provider referrals and providers seeking provider referrals keep your practice flourishing. If your membership information is old and you would like to contact us about relocating, new staff changes, or if you haven’t heard from us in a while, your information may not be current. Your personal contact information is kept confidential but is our way of reaching out to you about meetings, medical updates, license requirements, legalities in medicine and patient privacy and care, Journals, newsletters and more.
Tom Block, Executive Director, 850-321-1648, tblock@capmed.org
| | Are You One of our Members on the Move? |
If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions, we want to know more!
· Is your practice expanding? Are you adding staff members?
· Do you have a new practice administrator/office manager?
· Have you changed or added locations?
· Have you changed your email/phone/fax?
· Have you added a new specialty or passed your Board Certification(s)?
· Have you retired within the last six months?
Subject line: Member Updates
| | Updated Physician Headshots |
The CMS website is your link to our physician member database. The CMS has been actively working on each provider search. Please take the time to search the listing. If you find there is any inaccurate information or an outdated headshot, please reach out to CMS to update your information. Let us know as soon as possible to make sure your information is current.
| | The Latest Cap Scan - May/June 2025 | Click here to view the May/June 2025 Cap Scan. | | Your Dose of Medical Humor | | Here's Another Connection for CMS Members: Healthcare Lawyer On Call |
The CMS has had a long-standing relationship with Jeff Cohen and The Florida Healthcare Law Firm. Did you know that you can tap into a program called Healthcare Lawyer On Call through Jeff and his firm? That's right! On-Call is different than what you may be used to and doesn't mean that you'll find an attorney at 3 AM to answer a question, but what it does mean is that you can call and speak with someone at The Florida Healthcare Law Firm for 15 minutes at no charge! Please remember that any purely verbal discussion on legal matters is simply the lawyer’s best (and unconfirmed) understanding. Another benefit of being a CMS member!
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Accredited Education Courses to Meet DEA Training Requirement
The Doctors Company offers 6.75 hrs. that meet the DEA requirement for free. These hours can be combined with previous opioid education the physician may have completed to achieve the 8 hr. requirement. This, and all The Doctors Company CME, is available for free to any physician. They do not have to be a The Doctors Company insured.
https://www.thedoctors.com/patient-safety/education-and-cme/accredited-education-courses-to-meet-dea-training-requirement/
FreeCME.com
Easy to use web portal makes it easy to find courses and track credits. Accredited activities for over 30 medical specialties; Over 100 active courses at any given time; Activity accreditations include ACCME, ANCC, AANP, ACPE, and more; Content is always current, and always free.
CME - From Brain Disorders to Brain Health
Free 1-hour online CME opportunity!
University of Florida's Department of Epidemiology
Raising awareness for Alzheimer's disease and increasing screening for cognitive impairment. This CME has a focus on primary care physicians but is applicable to all physicians who may encounter patients with cognitive impairments.
On-Demand CME by The Doctors Company
Prevention of Diagnostic Error in Primary Care
Diagnostic error continues to be a top patient safety concern, a global burden, and cause patient harm from treatment delay, testing, or misdiagnosis. “Prevention of Diagnostic Error in Primary Care” is an on-demand CME activity that features patient safety expert Jeffrey A. Gold, MD, professor of medicine, vice chair for quality and safety, for the department of medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University. This program highlights major contributing factors of diagnostic error along with the diagnostic process of care framework with additional focus on strategies to mitigate risk of patient harm in the primary care setting.
On-Demand CME by The Doctors Company
Telemedicine to Telehealth: Trends and Emerging Risks
1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Explore the challenges and risks associated with telehealth. Concerns regarding privacy, security, licensure, and technology that might instigate a malpractice claim are discussed.
On-Demand CME by The Doctors Company
Safe Opioid Prescribing for Physicians and Dentists
2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or 2.5 ADA CE Credits
Opioids play an important role in pain management—both in acute and chronic care settings—but overuse, misuse, and diversion have contributed to an opioid-related epidemic leading to addiction and death. Our on-demand program provides a useful and informative examination of the epidemic’s prevalence and effects.
| | National Human Trafficking Hotline |
If you suspect human trafficking, please call:
National Human Trafficking Hotline
1 (888) 373-7888
| | Suicide Prevention Hotline |
Reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line by Phone and Text
By Phone:
Call 1-800-273-8255 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline today. 988 is not a nationwide calling code right now.
Veterans should Press 1 to be connected with the Veterans Crisis Line.
By Text:
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is also available today through online chats. 988 is not a nationwide texting code right now.
Service members, Veterans, and their families can reach the Veterans Crisis Line by texting 838255, and through online chats at veteranscrisisline.net.
Source: Federal Communications Commission
| | PAP Machine Donations Needed! | |
A PAP (Positive Airway Pressure) machine is an electronic respiratory ventilation device used to treat obstructive sleep apnea. Capital Medical Society Foundation, Inc.'s We Care Network program assists low-income, uninsured adults, whose income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, with obtaining these potentially life-saving medical devices, when prescribed by a pulmonologist. Thanks to our partners at Desloge Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment, Inc., we are able to provide refurbished CPAP, AutoPAP, and BPAP machines for eligible We Care Network patients in Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, and Wakulla Counties. We Care Network also accepts unused, unopened supplies for PAP machines, such as masks, nasal cannulas, and tubing. We Care Network coordinates over $5,000,000 in donated specialty medical and dental care annually.
Machine donations can be dropped off at Capital Medical Society Foundation's office at 1204 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308. Donations to Capital Medical Society Foundation are tax-deductible within IRS guidelines Federal Tax I.D. #: 59-2104510. For additional information, please call 850-942-5215 or email dbixler@capmed.org.
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