To Our Readers:
By now most of you know that as of January, DOCTalk is moving to a paid-subscription
model. In other words, if you don’t mail in the subscription card, or pay a visit to our
Web site, you will no longer be receiving DOCTalk.
Why move to subscriptions? Frankly, it’s about time. DOCTalk started in the spring
of 2002 as a newsletter devoted to the ongoing medical liability crisis, spurred on the
doctors’ "Day of Awareness" on April 8.
Since then,
DOCTalk has grown and expanded in depth, scope and territory. We
started as a Rio Grande Valley-only publication—now we are well known throughout
the state of Texas. And of course, we have evolved to provide the best coverage possible
on what is happening in healthcare policy and physician advocacy.
We continue to grow and expand. In the last few months
DOCTalk has embraced
new directions, editorially and design-wise, and we have increased our page-count. This
is but a taste of what is to come.
Growth and expansion takes money. And while we have had terrific support from
advertisers over the years, it will take the support of direct subscriptions to make
DOCTalk magazine all we want it to be during the upcoming legislative session, the
new congress, and beyond.
So, to reiterate, this is the last free issue of
DOCTalk you will be seeing. If you
believe, as we do, that DOCTalk is an amazing and important resource that no one
involved in Texas healthcare should be without, then make sure you subscribe, so as
not to miss a single vital issue.
We thank all of you for your support and input over the last few years, and now it’s
time to take the next step. Take that step with us, and make an investment in your
own future and the future of Texas medicine—subscribe to
DOCTalk today.
Chris Salazar
Publisher