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News and COVID-19 Updates
MassLive: ’Every mother counts’: Massachusetts House passes bill to study racial disparities in maternal health
June 30, 2020 – "This vital undertaking is a necessary step in remedying a shameful history of racial injustice in health care," MMS President Dr. David Rosman said in a statement.
WBUR: Providers Urge State To Stock Up On PPE For Second Wave
June 30, 2020 – "For medical practices right now, PPE is the utilities and although it's not what the state has done in the past, it's an important one," MMS President Dr. David Rosman said.
CommonWealth Magazine: Despite pandemic, health care jobs may be lost
June 10, 2020 – "We need to acknowledge the need for repair of a health care financing system that is leading to financial woes and bankruptcies in the midst of a health care crisis," MMS President Dr. David Rosman
said.
Massachusetts Medical Society on Racism, Violence and Commitment to Equity
June 1, 2020 – Read MMS President Dr. David Rosman’s
statement on racism, violence and commitment to equity.
VIDEO: Massachusetts Medical Society Annual Education Program
May 30, 2020 – Watch the 2020 MMS Annual Education Program, COVID-19: What do we know and how does that help?, with
Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Massachusetts Medical Society Virtual Town Hall Member Forum
May 26 2020 – MMS hosted a one-hour Virtual Town Hall Member Forum for members to engage with the medical society's leadership and subject-matter experts to ask questions on the topic of practice operations and delivering
patient care.
WCVB: Health system turns slowly back to preventative care under reopening plan
May 19, 2020 – "The expansion of medical practice must proceed in a collaborative manner among patients, physicians, policymakers, and all who engage with and comprise the health care system," MMS President Dr. Maryanne
Bombaugh said.
Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
May 18, 2020 – The Massachusetts EOHHS has released a 22-slide PowerPoint overview of its plan for a phased reopening of the state’s health care system.
WBUR: Reopening plan allows limited expansion of non-emergency health care
May 18, 2020 – MMS commended the Baker administration for guidelines that "rightfully prioritize the safety of individuals above all, while increasing access to high-priority preventative care and other urgent procedures
and services."
Massachusetts Medical Society COVID-19 Resources
May 15, 2020 – VIDEO: MMS President Dr. Maryanne Bombaugh and Jane Doe Inc.’s Diana Mancera talk about using telehealth to assist domestic and sexual violence patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
