Committee on Geriatric Medicine - November 17, 2020

11/17/2020

Members Asif Merchant, MD, FACP, CMD, CPE, chair, presiding Hannah Caringal Jenny Chang, MS, MD Joanna Duby, MD Shivani Jindal, MD Rebecca Kowaloff, MD Tom Perls, MD Eric Reines, MD, FACP Mariette Young Mark Yurkofsky, MD Staff Candace Savage Welcome Committee memb

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Massachusetts Medical Society supports AGO report on racial justice and equity in health

11/16/2020

. The recommendations offered by the AGO have amplified the lived experience of health care professionals and patients …

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Massachusetts Medical Society on false claims against physicians treating COVID-19 patients

11/6/2020

– physicians, nurses and health care workers putting our own lives on the line to save COVID-19 patients …

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Massachusetts Medical Society on infection risk to health care workers, essential workers

11/5/2020

make will save lives or will cost lives. The second surge is here, and it is a threat to all of our … lives, including those who choose to or must work closely with those who are ill and contagious …, but you’re protecting the lives of your health care team and essential workers. We need to be doing …

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Letter to Congressional Leadership on Medicare Payment Cuts and Waiving Budget Neutrality

11/3/2020

to contain the virus and save lives while putting our own lives and those of our families at great risk …

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PHS 2020 Annual Report

10/27/2020

2020 Annual Report Improving Physicians’ Lives MISSION: Physician Health Services, Inc … teams, and organizations to support everyone’s collective efforts to save lives in this unprecedented … that inner need for relief lived — then I could fix myself, solving the problem that is me …

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Vital Signs October 2020

10/22/2020

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Racism as a Health Issue: “We Must Act,” Says MMS President

10/22/2020

body { background:#fff; } By ROBYN ALIE, MANAGER, HEALTH POLICY AND PUBLIC HEALTH On May 25 in Minneapolis, a Black man lay on the ground while a White police officer knelt on his neck. “I can’t breathe,” he said, as bystanders filmed and other police officers stood b

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Member Making a Difference - Dr. Jane Lochrie

10/22/2020

and how happy they were to be back. Students now are more aware of the needs of patients who live below … difference in their lives. VS: What would you tell a physician colleague about volunteering, particularly …

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2020 Complete Proceedings

10/20/2020

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