Vital Signs March 2018 (pdf)

2/27/2018

ment,” says Dr. Sanchez. “A pa- tient told me a PCP said to him, ‘Methadone’s a bad medication; why …, are growing more critical by the day. “Unfortunately, overdose is no longer a rare event,” said Alexan- …, the Baker administration’s chief of health and human services (HHS), said on WGBH in January 2018 that she …

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Clinicians should screen patients for hunger and food insecurity: Report

2/16/2018

to be [a] more assertive and heard leader in my office,” said another. The program is designed … all people," said Dr. Laura Kehoe, medical director at the Massachusetts General Hospital Substance …, the agency said, Arbour Health staff failed to do regular rounds to check on patients or share important …

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MMS Releases New Physicians’ Guide to Accountable Care Organizations

2/15/2018

health care system,” said Ronald W. Dunlap, MD, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. “Many … physicians are reassessing their role in this rapidly evolving system,” he said. “For some, this means … in the decision-making process,” said Dr. Dunlap. The book was written for the MMS and its physicians by Chris Collins …

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Join your colleagues and friends at MMS casual networking events

2/9/2018

in Mass. reaches second-highest level in a decade "It's been a bad season," said Dr. Larry Madoff … in the company of her new companion. Perhaps most notably, Ceurvels said, in the year after adopting the rooster …

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Vital Signs February 2018 (pdf)

2/5/2018

hear things said about patients that are not appropriate — stereotypes relating to ethnicity without … tient, a teenage boy. “The bus,” the patient said. He didn’t seem to be joking. The student tried …. Having said that, even in Massachusetts we weight our investment heavily on health care …

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At Tufts, People with Disabilities Teach Patient-Centered Care

2/5/2018

brought you here today?” the medical student asked the patient, a teenage boy. “The bus,” the patient said …

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Physicians: How to Address Bias in Medicine

2/5/2018

me what’s said when nobody’s around, when the speaker thinks they’re in like-minded company … and W Block.’ The fellow was from another country; he said, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about ….’ But I knew. I said, ‘You’re talking about when hospitals were segregated. There were colored wards …

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MMS Pushes for LGBTQ Policies Based in Evidence, Not Bias

2/5/2018

Representative David Linsky said, “I take a hands-off approach to getting involved about medical procedures …

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“Diversity Should be Central to Health”

2/5/2018

have had a generation of state leadership that has tried to invest in social services. Having said that …

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Minority Affairs Section Aims to Diversify MMS Leadership

2/5/2018

important things. Everyone said, “I never knew I could do it until someone took me under their wing …

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