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BCMS ALLIANCE
Message from the
BCMS Alliance Co-President
By Jenny Case, MSN, MBA, RN
10 SAN ANTONIO MEDICINE
Over the past few years, COVID-19 has put unprecedented stress on the medical profes-
sion and world at large but has also shown the strength of the medical community to unite
and support the greater good. Whether it be sharing PPE between clinics and hospitals to
large scale innovative designs to develop vaccines and treatments, the medical community
worked to save lives and get through the pandemic together.
As we step back and reflect about the past few years, we can see that the ability for our
medical providers and their families to fall back on a community of other medical families
is paramount. It is also clear that the stress on the medical community is not going away any-
time soon. With surges of other illnesses, staffing issues and general misinformation abound,
the need for support continues to be great. The support system that the Alliance and the
BCMS have helped curate over the years played a vital role in backing the medical commu-
nity through this pandemic and will continue to do so going forward.
The mission of the Alliance is to support families, advocate for the physician-patient re-
lationship, and to be a source of volunteers to make a difference in Bexar County. While the
social aspects of the Alliance were put on hold during the pandemic, the members stepped
up to a more mission driven purpose such as collecting PPE, supporting immunization clinics
and hosting blood drives. “Hard Hats for Little Heads” was a program to educate children
and parents about the importance of helmets and safety gear in order to prevent head in-
juries. Additionally, just a few weeks ago on Christmas Day, children here in San Antonio
received new beds and stockings made by Alliance members while working through the
Sleep in Heavenly Peace program.
We are looking forward to getting back out there, to not only helping with initiatives here
in Bexar County, but also to our fun social events and making new friends in our medical
community. As we slowly opened up this past year with our events, we realized how the
friendships and bonds from the Alliance are lifelong. No one quite understands a call sched-
ule like other medical family members. So, if you (or your spouse) aren’t yet a member of
the Bexar County Medical Society (BCMS) or the Alliance, let me be the first to invite you
to join! Our medical community is stronger when working together towards the same goals
and we look forward to getting to know everyone and continuing our mission.
Jenny Case, MSN, MBA, RN. She is the 2023 Co-President of the BCMS Alliance.
• January 2023