Massachusetts Medical Society: 5,000 Prescribers have Taken 15,000 Courses in Safe Opioid Prescribing

6/23/2016

be abused or misused.”  Dr. Gessner said that in a span of 13 months, from May 2015 through June 20 … to all prescribers in May of 2015 shortly after it issued its Opioid Therapy and Physician Communication …

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Vital Signs Summer 2016 (pdf)

6/20/2016

the House of Delegates (HOD) passed at May’s annual meeting. The United States Medical Li­ censing … of the Massachusetts Medical Society on May 6 at the Society’s Annual Meeting. MMS leadership for 2016–2017 also …, or point of view that may be offered. The MMS expressly disclaims any representations as to the accuracy …

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Committee on Professional Liability Meeting Minutes - June 20, 2016

6/20/2016

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The Policymaking Process

6/17/2016

complete list of current MMS Policy may be viewed here.  Step 1: Resolutions and Reports Any member … member of the Society may testify online or in person. Hearings are also open to the public and the media …

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Question 2

6/16/2016

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Remarks on the Pathology of the Typhoid Fever of New England

6/13/2016

, with the same minuteness and care with which it may be done in a public hospital. The rule so much insisted … necessary that his facts be accurately observed and stated with precision; and although they may … their statements may be. We are especially precluded from all negative inferences. If we might be sure that every …

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Firearm Violence: Policy, Prevention & Public Health

6/13/2016

This CME-certified online activity is eligible for the designated number of AMA PRA credits listed in the course description.  Physicians who successfully complete the activity are awarded the number of credits for which the activity is designated. Click heading to learn more.

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A Discourse on Mental Philosophy as Connected with Mental Disease

6/9/2016

the question of man's future existence; for whatever substance it may be, which has existence, knowledge …, and feeling here, the same may exist, and know, and feel hereafter. The brain is admitted to be an organ …, and volitions are executed. We have no difficulty in believing, that an impression upon an organ of sense may …

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A Medical History of the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

6/9/2016

imperfect, and I think the enumeration too small. From some observation on this subject, I think there may …, and resigned in 1803. Such instances of longevity are rare, and worthy of record. Others may be found …, as the subject of the ensuing discourse. It may appear trivial to some; but, in the language of the late …

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The Character and Qualifications of the Good Physician

6/9/2016

and practically apply, unless each has, to some extent, a sound mind in a sound body, we may rightfully assign …: and sometimes he may have a shadow of doubt, perhaps even a humiliating conviction, that, though the verdict … respect, that hearty interest in it, which every physician ought to entertain and cherish, I may proceed …

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