SOMSA Topicbox is the online community provided exclusively to members of the Society of OMS Administrators. SOMSA encourages all members to share successes and challenges, provide constructive feedback, bring questions, and provide prospective in all aspects of OMS practice administration. Participation in this listserv forum indicates agreement to the Forum Etiquette & Rules and The Legal Stuff below.
When you're ready to create an account and post, click the “Join Here” link below for the forums you’d like to participate and receive notifications about. We have created several topic-based forums and their join links are listed below, as well as the general forum.
We are making sure that the people who join are current SOMSA members, so be sure you have renewed and use your real name and email address you use with SOMSA. If you need help renewing, please reach out to Linden at linden@somsa.org or 417-319-1130.
Thank you for participating in the SOMSA online community. To ensure the best possible experience for all of our members, we have established these basic guidelines for participation. Several of these guidelines are included because this platform is both a forum and a listserv: you can interact with it completely via email, without visiting the website at all, or you can use the web or mobile app to read and post.
Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright or confidentiality without the permission of the owner. In addition, by posting material, you grant to SOMSA and the members of this community the nonexclusive, worldwide, transferable right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material in any way and in any medium, including but not limited to print or electronic form.
This service is provided as a member benefit of SOMSA. SOMSA is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on these sites by others. SOMSA disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on these sites, whether posted by SOMSA or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall SOMSA be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.
SOMSA does not actively monitor these sites for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to SOMSA’s attention, SOMSA will take all appropriate action.
SOMSA reserves the right to block any users who do not abide by these guidelines.
With Topicbox, you have three levels of notifications. For each group, you may set up a different notification pattern. To adjust your settings, click on the forum from Our Topicbox home page, then Click “Edit delivery options –>” in the right-hand menu. Select your notification level, outlined below.