Interoperability and the Mass HiWay

5/7/2018

meet the requirement may be subject to penalties starting in Year 4 The 4-year phase-in period is based …

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Artificial Intelligence: What it is and how to treat it

5/4/2018

learning' hype. The event will be held on May 12 at MMS Headquarters, Waltham; information and registration …, charitable giving, and college planning. It will be held on May 8, 6:30–8:00 p.m., in Brookline. The classes … Longwood Avenue, Boston. The event will be held May 8, 6:00 pm; information and registration. Share your …

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Dr. Alain A. Chaoui, President, Massachusetts Medical Society, Comments on CARE Act Revisions

5/4/2018

to streamline the process for securing naloxone statewide, particularly for those who may be at increased risk …

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Richard N. Levrault, Sr., D.O. is honored by Plymouth District Medical Society as 2018 Community Clinician of the Year

5/2/2018

passed away last May after a sudden diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer, was feted at the district’s …

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MMS Individual Claims Consultation Days

5/1/2018

with a different payer, you will be redirected after 10 seconds and repeat process. *Please be aware that you may …

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Case in Microethics: Is It OK to Hug Your Patient?

5/1/2018

conference panelist. Cultural Awareness Ethicists consider factors that others may not, such as cultural … entirely, however, they may lose a valuable element of care. “Hugging them conveyed my condolences …

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Carving a Collaborative Path through Medical Injury Disputes

5/1/2018

relationship, some relief may come from an unlikely place: a communication-based approach to resolving medical … company representatives, moves into the resolution phase, which may include discussions about compensation … us back to why we decided to work in health care.” MACRMI’s 6th Annual Forum will take place on May …

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Ethical Dilemmas: Terminating a Patient-Physician Relationship

5/1/2018

or are extremely difficult to work with, they may think about dismissing these patients from their panel …. This is not an easy decision. Physicians have an ethical duty to promote continuity of patient care, and may fear … may continue to work with problematic patients, even to the detriment of their own well-being …

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Hiding in Plain Sight: How Clinical Ethics Shape Everyday Care

5/1/2018

in daily clinical care, too; we just may not recognize them as such. For example, when a procedure carries … difficult cases — though this may surprise some physicians, who “associate the word ‘ethics’ with reproach …

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Providers versus Patients: The MMS Grapples with Ethics in Public Health Policy

5/1/2018

of existing ones, the rights or needs of one individual or group may be weighed against those of another … the source was unknown. In addition, HIV is now a treatable disease. Those facts, however, may not eliminate …. Some argue that HIV is no longer stigmatized, and exceptional policies around HIV may themselves create …

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