Membership Benefits

Pulaski County Medical Exchange

Board of Directors – 2011

President – Blake McGowan, MD
Vice President – Kent Covert, MD
Treasurer – J.K. Buchman, MD
Secretary – Carolyn Clayton

The Pulaski County Medical Exchange, established in 1963, serves physicians, patients and the general public with around-the-clock physician locator services. It was the first emergency medical answering service in Arkansas exclusive to physicians. Only Society members are eligible for Exchange privileges.

The Medical Exchange is completely automated and computerized. All calls coming into the Exchange and all information collected from the calls are stored in electronic format. This gives the Exchange the ability to quickly and easily retrieve past call information.

The software automates the processes of tracking on-call schedules, physician contact information, call instructions to locate physicians, and special instructions given by physicians for certain time frames. All information is available immediately to all operators, reducing the chance for errors while locating physicians and for providing call back information. Exchange operators may now quickly retrieve history data on any transaction processed by the Exchange if an Exchange member has questions on a certain transaction, or needs information on the steps taken by the Exchange to process a call transaction.

Utilizing a computerized system allows the Exchange to offer additional services to members:

• Call statistic reporting at the request of a physician or group
• Call transaction reporting at the request of a physician or group
• Ability to review and verify on-call schedules on request
• Ability for a physician/group to send changes to contact information, on-call schedule, contact instructions, etc. to Exchange supervisor via email
• Automated Text Paging for Teletouch AlphaNumeric Pager Customers
• Automated Text Paging for ALLTEL Digital Pager Customers
• Automated Text Messaging for ALLTEL Cellular Phone Customers
• Automated Text Messaging for Cingular Wireless Cellular Phone Customers
• Automated Text Messaging for Sprint Cellular Phone Customers

Dues and (optional) pager costs:
Medical Exchange dues $85.00 per month (billed quarterly)
Alphanumeric paging service 11.95 per month (billed quarterly – includes pager)
Direct messaging to cell phones 10.00 per month (billed quarterly)

For more information contact Deborah Hudspeth, Manager, Pulaski County Medical Exchange at 663-6900, Email, Debbieh@Pulaskicms.org or visit www.Pulaskicms.org.

Membership Directory

The PCMS Membership Directory is the most widely utilized physician locator/referral tool in Central Arkansas. Published annually, the directory lists information for more than 1,1150 Active, Emeritus, Resident and Student members. For advertising rates call 501-687-0039.

Membership Application

PCMS News

PCMS News is a monthly newsletter focusing on local health matters. It includes a forum for issues pertinent to the practice of medicine, introduces new members, covers business and social activities and provides a calendar of events. For information concerning advertising rates, call 501-687-0039.

Website

The Pulaski County website provides access to the PCMS Membership Directory through a secure link. Medical Exchange members can E-mail schedule changes through the website as well. Links are provided to American Medical Association, Arkansas Medical Society and other useful sites.

To send changes/updates to your Physician Information to the exchange CLICK HERE.

To send changes for Medical Exchange Call Instructions CLICK HERE.

To send changes to your ON-CALL Schedule CLICK HERE.

Committee Opportunities

There is ample opportunity for participation in the Pulaski County Medical Society through committee service. Members often begin their service in organized medicine by volunteering for committee work at the local level and later occupy positions with the Arkansas Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Social Events

PCMS sponsors an annual spring social for members and guests, Last summer’s event at Brave New Restaurant was highly successful.

Medical Student Alliance
The Society hosts more than 100 incoming freshmen medical students each August during orientation week at UAMS. Lunch is served and students learn about the value of society membership and purpose of organized medicine from the PCMS Board of Directors.

Annual Membership Meeting
The November Annual Membership/Business Meeting and dinner agenda includes election of officers and delegates. The “President’s Award” is presented annually to a physician(s) who have given extraordinary service to the practice of medicine.

Classified Advertisements/Listings

PCMS offers classified advertisements and listings on the PCMS website. Listings appear in order of date listed and stay for 30 days. The types of advertising are:

• Employment Opportunities
• Employment Wanted
• Annoucements
• Items for Sale
• Real Estate Listings – Commercial
• Real Estate Listings – Residential
• Other