COVID-19 Catapults Telehealth Expansion

5/12/2020

body { background:#fff; } By Sandra Jacobs, Vital Signs Editor As March 2020 roared forward and COVID-19 threatened the office-based patient-physician encounter, telehealth expanded and took hold among Massachuset

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Through the Surge and Beyond: COVID-19 Action and Advocacy

5/12/2020

body { background:#fff; } By Sandra Jacobs, Vital Signs Editor Illustration by Chris Twitchell While the Commonwealth remains in the grip of the pandemic’s daily and ever-changing challenges to clinical car

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Massachusetts DPH Notification to Test Contacts Regardless of Symptoms

5/12/2020

Epidemiologist Larry Madoff, MD, Medical Director, BIDLS DATE: May 11, 2020 RE … to quarantine for the full 14 days, even following a negative test result. • Close contacts may present …

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COVID Mindfulness

5/12/2020

training may not have prepared you to handle all that may arise in times of challenges like COVID-19. We … all have our ways of coping with extreme stress. Mindfulness and meditation may provide a well-needed … in our lives. Listen to audio » The Importance of Pausing You may be used to a very busy pace, sometimes …

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Creating a Resilient Organization

5/11/2020

for the health care worker may decrease their risk of leaving practice or limiting their fulltime effort … not yet imagined. How does the workforce respond to this crisis? Stress may come from one of four major … without sufficient rest and recovery How one reacts to stress may vary, from a minor reaction (i.e …

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Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - May 7, 2020

5/8/2020

Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - May 7, 2020 …May … 7th MMS /DPH Call: DPH Update and Summary of Q & A On May 7, the MMS hosted its seventh COVID-19 …

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MMS Considerations and Recs to Move Forward Medicine

5/8/2020

and preserving personal protective equipment (PPE), these necessary actions may lead to complex, long-term … in Massachusetts is an important step for the Commonwealth to take so that the health of its residents may be best … unrestricted access to testing so that population exposure may be tracked more accurately. • Expansion …

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How to cope with the stay-at-home advisory

5/8/2020

, and clothes need to be washed, folded, and ironed. This is an opportunity to teach life skills that we may …

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Testimony in Support of An Act Addressing COVID-19 Data Collection and Disparities in Treatment

5/8/2020

barriers. Additional data gathered and studied by this task force may help identify COVID-related … disparities, which may include inequitable access to testing, treatment, and care. Accordingly, the Medical …

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Healthcare Personnel Return to Work Guidance May 7

5/7/2020

Healthcare Personnel Return to Work Guidance May 7 … COVID-19 COMMAND CENTER Healthcare Personnel: Occupational Exposure & Return to Work Guidance, Revised May … 7, 2020 Quarantine is for individuals who may have been exposed to someone who is COVID-19 …

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