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October 2021 • DALLAS MEDICAL JOURNAL 1
H O U S E C A L L
What’s on the Horizon?
Looking Toward the
Future of Cancer Care
2 President’s Page
What Should I Say?
5 EVP/CEO Letter
Keeping Focus Amid the Chaos
8 Health Allies
Real Concerns with Artifi cial
Intelligence
12 Advancement
Proton Therapy: The Future of
Cancer Care
18 Legal
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in
the Workplace
12
C O N T E N T S
October 2021 Vol. 107 No. 10
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22 Money Matters
Health Care Marketing in 2021
26 Advocacy
A Call to Action for Physicians
to Comment on Federal No
Surprises Act
34 Clinical
Editorial: We Do Harm
38 Physician Network