Reports and Studies
Insuring Our Future (Full 46 Page Report)
A study commissioned by the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society (SSVMS) and its Child and Adolescent Health Services Committee. Funding provided by the Community Service, Education and Research Fund (a separate 501(c) (3) organization of SSVMS) and the First 5 Children and Families Commissions of Colusa, El Dorado, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties.
Physician Burnout Study (Full Text Article)This study completed in 1997 prior to our name change addresses growing concerns in our area regarding physician burnout. Article originally published in Sacramento Medicine, April 1997
Physician Burnout - Executive Summary Section 1 of the 160 page Physician Burnout Project Report completed in January 1997
SSVMS Diversion Report & ChartSSVMS Recommendations Regarding Ambulance Diversion, October 2001
Updated July 2003
The Painful Dilemma (Full Text Article)The use of narcotics for treatment of chronic pain. A report prepared in November 1990 by the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society. (Prior to name change)
Physician Supply StudyThis study, completed in January 2001, compares the total number of physicians by their medical specialty in the Counties of El Dorado and Sacramento for the years 1995 and 2000
MICRA History (19 MB)California's medical liability insurance crisis of 1975 as documented in newspaper clips collected by the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society from April 25, 1975 to February 15, 1976 including a copy of AB 1XX