How to Care for Patients with Intellectual or Developmental disabilities

6/9/2017

MMS NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Free live webinar: Caring … to care. Most people with ID/DD live in the community and are expected to receive primary medical care … of pediatric care. This live 1-hour risk management webinar, Medical Care of Adults with Intellectual …

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About Supervised Injection Facilities (pdf)

6/5/2017

litter. What is the benefit of a SIF? SIFs can save lives. Overdose due to opioid drugs can …, during an opioid overdose, medical intervention with a medicine called naloxone can help save lives … of medication-assisted treatment. In general, the data show that SIF can save lives in case of emergency, but can …

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Understanding Supervised Injection Facilities (pdf)

6/5/2017

also must do a better job at saving the lives of persons who inject drugs; access to naloxone can help … of a state-led task force. SIFs have been proven to save lives, and even to open doors to recovery …

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About Supervised Injection Facilities (SIFs)

6/5/2017

, public intoxication, and drug-related litter. What is the benefit of a SIF? SIFs can save lives. Overdose … can help save lives.  Research from a SIF location in Vancouver, Canada, showed a reduction … and an increase in the use of medication-assisted treatment. In general, the data show that SIF can save lives …

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Understanding Supervised Injection Facilities

6/5/2017

Download Interactive PDF (2 pages)  The MMS has been engaged for several years in efforts to address the opioid misuse epidemic. Recognizing that physicians must be an important part of the solution to this epidemic, the MMS formed a Task Force on Opioid Prescribing and Physician Communication in 2014. One

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References

6/5/2017

.: Diabetes Prevention The Healthy Living Center of Excellence …

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If You Treat Male Patients, We've got Your Back (And Theirs)

6/2/2017

our full calendar of upcoming live CME activities.  Managing Workplace Conflict: Improving Leadership …/Developmental Disabilities – Live Webinar Friday, June 16, 2017, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.  Norfolk County Safe …

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Prediabetes (pdf)

6/2/2017

 Medicare, employers and private  insurers can use to help 86 million Americans live healthier.” - HHS …

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Senate Budget: Strong On Opioids, Weak on Out-of-Network Billing

5/26/2017

Headquarters, 860 Winter St., Waltham, MA. View our full calendar of upcoming live CME activities.  Managing ….  Medical Care of Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities – Live Webinar Friday, June 16, 2017 … complex spine surgeries on two patients simultaneously, a judge ruled. Program aimed to help seniors live …

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President of MMS Gives Statement Regarding the Congressional Budget Office Score on the American Health Care Act

5/24/2017

to those living without adequate food to eat. “Long-term, the budget would cut important funding …

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