Utah: The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) is proud to announce the launch of its new patient –focused website, www.sportsmedtoday.com.
The site provides an easy-to-navigate, patient-centered resource
center for parents, medical professionals and youth organizations
interested in prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries. “We saw the need for an interactive, patient-centered
site and are excited to offer it to our local and national community
members,” said Amy Powell, MD, AMSSM Board of Directors. Visitors to the site will find a searchable database
with a variety of sports medicine topics arranged by sport, medical
condition (injury/illness) and body part, with topics being added and
updated continually throughout the year. In addition, healthcare
professionals can download tip sheets to share with their patients and
partners.
Amy Powell, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical
Orthopedics at the University of Utah Health Center, serves as a Senior
Contributing Author, for www.SportsMedToday.com providing content for tip sheets and sports medicine-related health articles.
“I am proud to be associated with AMSSM and this new
website,” Powell said. “SportsMedToday.com is a valuable resource for
individuals in every discipline and in every community.”
Launching in conjunction with the website is a new quarterly patient newsletter, Sports Medicine Today,
featuring articles on current, seasonal sports medicine information
written by sports medicine physicians. The newsletter will be available
on www.sportsmedtoday.com.
Additional resources include:
· Explanation on what a sports medicine physician is and why a patient would want to visit one;
· Find-A-Doc function to find a sports medicine physician by name or zip code;
· AMSSM Sports Medcasts (i.e. medical podcasts) produced by AMSSM member experts;
· AMSSM Position Statements, including statements on concussion in sport and overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports; and
· Patient advocacy sites for additional health care resources.
Founded
in 1991, the AMSSM is comprised of more than 2,700 sports medicine
physicians from across the country that are ideally suited to provide
comprehensive medical care for athletes of all ages. The new website is
being launched in conjunction with the AMSSM Annual Meeting being held
April 14 – 19 at the Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, FL. For
more information on the Annual Meeting, visit www.amssm.org/conferences.html.