COVID-19 Articles - 2020 Archives

3/5/2021

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Work Is Medicine Preview

3/3/2021

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Disclosure, Apology and Offer

3/2/2021

Course Overview When a patient files a claim against a physician, the toll it can take on a physician and their practice is profound.  On average, it takes about five and a half years for a medical malpractice case to come to a complete resolution in Massachusetts.  In 2012, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law

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Massachusetts Medical Society on primary care physician vaccine access

2/25/2021

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2020 Archives

2/24/2021

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2019 Archives

2/24/2021

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Reducing the Risk of Medical Errors and Mistakes

2/23/2021

Course Overview Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States.  To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, published in 1999, the Institute of Medicine defined medical errors as the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an ai

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Planning and Preparedness February 17

2/18/2021

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Letter to Congress Urging Extension of Moratorium on Medicare Sequester Cuts (PDF)

2/12/2021

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Letter to Congress Urging Extension of Moratorium on Medicare Sequester Cuts

2/12/2021

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