Governor Abbott Appoints Dr. Manuel Quiñones to Texas Medical Board.
Jul 12, 2018
Dr. Manuel “Manny” Quiñones, a board certified, family practice physician, has been appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve on the Texas Medical Board. He is one of only five Texas doctors and the only one from San Antonio to be selected.
San Antonio, United States - July 12, 2018 /PressCable/ —
San Antonio –
Dr. Manuel “Manny” Quiñones, a board certified, family practice physician, has been appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve on the Texas Medical Board. He is one of only five Texas doctors and the only one from San Antonio to be selected.
The Texas Medical Board is the state agency tasked with regulating the practice of medicine state-wide. Its mission is to protect and enhance the public’s health, safety and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence used in regulating the practice of medicine and ensuring quality health care for the citizens of Texas through licensure, discipline and education.
“This has been a lifelong dream for me,” said Dr. Quiñones, who will serve on the board until April 2023. “It is such a great honor and the pinnacle of medicine.”
This San Antonio doctor has spent decades treating countless people in the Alamo City – helping to better their lives and their health – and now he will have a chance to help improve medicine throughout the Lone Star State.
While Dr. Quiñones is passionate about medicine, he feels especially strong about two areas which improve access to care for all patients in Texas. One is promoting the use of telemedicine, which allows patients in rural settings and under-served areas or patients with limited insurance coverage to access medical care via a computer.
“You could be sitting on your back porch in Redford, Texas and access care from an excellent physician via computer when there are no other options,” he said. “Technology today grants us that access when well regulated. Of course, there is nothing like seeing your doctor in person, but for some Texans, that option does not exist. It may sound futuristic, but the future is here.”
He would also like to see mid-level providers – or advanced care practitioners and nurse practitioners – play a more prominent role, assisting physicians and possibly regulated to work more autonomously.
“I’m very comfortable with the role of mid-level providers, their dedication and training, and I believe with proper regulation and support, they can do even more,” he said. “Physicians cannot do everything for everybody, everywhere all the time. There just aren’t enough of us. We have to work together as a team to provide access to care for all Texans.”
Dr. Quiñones, who is one of the founders of HealthTexas Medical Group, has been practicing medicine for 35 years. On average, he sees 20 patients a day. Generations of families come to see the devoted physician.
“A lot of my adult patients, I delivered, and those patients bring me their kids,” he said, adding that he has done “everything in family medicine,” including delivering babies.
Dr. Quiñones stresses that while there is a place for the growing number of urgent care facilities in Texas, it is important to see your primary care doctor regularly. “It’s a double-edged sword. Urgent care has a place for people who need to be seen after hours and on weekends. The best medicine is when you see the doctor you have been seeing for years. There are a lot of things that aren’t on a medical record.”
Known to patients and staff as “Dr. Q,” he is a Texan through and through. Dr. Q was born in San Antonio, has served as past president of the Bexar County Medical Society, and enjoys spending time hunting with his wife, who is a nurse practitioner, at their “Flying Pig Ranch” in Medina County.
Dr. Q sees what he calls the “South Texas Triad” as the biggest health problem that needs to be tackled in Texas: diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. And it’s why he is committed to help his patients and his fellow Texans.
“I love practicing medicine,” he said. “The standard should be the highest quality, every patient, every time.”
###
Contact Info:
Name: Tricia Lopez
Organization: HealthTexas Medical Group
Address: 2961 Mossrock, San Antonio, TX 78230, United States
Phone: +1-210-731-4800
For more information, please visit https://healthtexas.org
Source: PressCable
Release ID: 375966
More News
Alibaba Cloud founder on how AI can unlock human potential
Long before artificial intelligence became the next big thing in the tech industry, Wang Jian was crafting the foundational infrastructure that would eventually power it. In 2008, he joined Alibaba Group Holding – owner of the South China Morning Post – as chief architect and founded Alibaba Cloud in 2009, convincing the company’s leadership to invest heavily in building a cloud computing infrastructure from scratch. Today, Wang’s purview has expanded considerably. As an academician at the...
Weapon or armour? The contentious debate over China’s open-weight AI
Are China’s increasingly powerful open-weight AI models a cybersecurity threat, or could restricting them ultimately make the internet less secure? The dilemma has become a growing concern as Chinese developers including DeepSeek, Z.ai and Alibaba Group Holding – owner of the South China Morning Post – continue to challenge their American rivals by releasing models that anyone can download, modify and deploy. The growing impact of advanced AI on global cybersecurity has also forced governments...
China shoots ahead on AI video models
While few dispute that China is narrowing the gap with the United States in developing artificial intelligence (AI) models, there is one area where Chinese firms are already the undisputed leaders: video. China has seen a proliferation of advanced generative AI video models – systems trained on visual data to generate or edit video content based on user inputs such as text prompts, images and audio. The country’s vast short-video ecosystems and looser copyright rules have helped give Chinese...
From agriculture to AI-griculture: How tech is changing farming
From remote monitoring of cattle to automation of processes that took up valuable time, farmers in NI are rapidly becoming skilled in technology.
See the early universe like NEVER before: Incredible simulation reveals exactly what happened in the first 2 billion years of our history
An incredible simulation has revealed the earliest moments of our universe as they have never been seen before
Majority of homes in NI have power restored after Storm Boelo
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIE) said around 12,500 properties were without power at one stage.
Data centre debate heats up ahead of US midterms - here's what you need to know
Data centres are the lifeblood of our digital world, but there are growing concerns about their environmental impact. The BBC explores their rise in charts.
Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint plans retail stablecoin as HSBC RedCoin launches
After HSBC RedCoin launched on Friday, Anchorpoint – the stablecoin-issuing joint venture led by Standard Chartered – said it plans to launch a retail product on a public blockchain, even as it takes a “prudent approach”. “Our next major milestone is to [help] bring regulated digital money into everyday payments and commercial applications, while connecting traditional payment infrastructure with this emerging digital finance,” said Dominic Maffei, CEO of Anchorpoint. “This is a public...
Why cloud computing pioneer Wang Jian thinks space is the next AI frontier
Long before artificial intelligence became the next big thing in the tech industry, Wang Jian was crafting the foundational infrastructure that would eventually power it. In 2008, he joined Alibaba Group Holding – owner of the South China Morning Post – as chief architect and founded Alibaba Cloud in 2009, convincing the company’s leadership to invest heavily in building a cloud computing infrastructure from scratch. Today, Wang’s purview has expanded considerably. As an academician at the...
In pictures: Storm Boelo leaves a trail of destruction across Scotland
The severe weather brought strong winds and heavy rain to large parts of Scotland.
Man killed by falling tree as Storm Boelo batters Scotland
The 60-year-old man was struck by the tree near Castle Douglas as Storm Boelo brought strong winds and heavy rain to Scotland.
I've exorcised 50,000 people... and I believe the devil is now using technology in the fight for our souls
An American exorcist, who claims to have evicted demons from 50,000 people over 50 years, has described what he believes is a terrifying new way the devil is claiming victims.
Recommended
Plans to create a wildflower meadow take shape
Fed-up driver builds AI litter tracker
Fire-hit nature reserve 'will never be the same'
YOUR NEWS, OUR NETWORK.
Do you have Great News you want to tell the world?
Be it updates about your business or your community, you can make sure that it’s heard by submitting your story to our network reaching hundreds of news sites across 6 verticals.