MAAPPN December 2016 Quarterly Meeting Announcement
Join MAAPPN for an evening of colleagueship, networking, education, job opportunities, legislative
updates and a great dinner.
September 19, 2016
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September 19th MAAPPN Meeting | New Speaker Announcement
MAAPPN is announcing a last minute change in our September 19th meeting schedule. Unfortunately Dr. Maureen Beirne Streff, EdD, RN, MSN, PMHCNS, BC, our keynote
September 12, 2016
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September 19th Meeting Reminder | MAAPPN
This is a quick reminder that our next meeting will be on Monday, September 19, 2016 at Scarlet Oak Tavern in Hingham, Massachusetts. *** REMINDER: Pre-registration
July 29, 2016
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MAAPPN Quarterly Meeting Announcement | September 2015
Join us for an evening of colleagueship, networking, education, job opportunities, Legislative updates and a great dinner. The Massachusetts Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
August 13, 2015
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MAAPPN responds to MA Attorney General report on Health Care Costs
MAAPPN expressed congratulations to the MA Attorney General for the report on June 30th, 2015 identifying the impact of “historically low reimbursement rates”
July 27, 2015
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Gov. Charlie Baker’s budget | Massachusetts Medicaid
In a briefing with Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders and other top health administration officials, officials said this practice of delaying Medicaid
March 15, 2015
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Mitt Romney and some of his top aides used private email accounts
Some of the emails obtained by AP describe Romney’s internal deliberations on his health care policy and the state’s 2006 budget crisis: “I hate appearing as if I am just playing national politics,”
March 14, 2015
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APNs should be very concerned about this legislation and cannot afford to be complacent.
Our opposition has unlimited financial, organizational, and institutional resources. If we are to have any chance at advancing our legislation and preventing further restrictions to
March 13, 2015
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Update on Prescription Monitoring Program – Webinar Offered
Deborah S. Allwes, BS, BSN, RN, MPH, Director of Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has provided the following update for all Massachusetts Prescribers that describes update on the program, delegates, educational webinar offering and how to log in to the site as well as FAQ
December 4, 2014
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Newly Elected MA Legislators 2015 – 2017
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is comprised of 160 members, each representing a district of approximately 40,000 people. As required by the Massachusetts Constitution, the House meets every 72 hours, year-round in either formal or informal session to consider legislation.
November 6, 2014
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BX/BS Foundation Forum: Tackling Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care
This forum will examine the magnitude and persistence of racial and ethnic health care disparities with a focus on the delivery of behavioral health services. Ongoing challenges and potential solutions will be examined in light of health care system and financing changes under state and national reform. The research will quantify the problem, costs and consequences. The forum will explore potential options and action steps to reduce disparities and move towards a more equitable distribution of critical resources.
November 6, 2014
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Counteracting Ebola Stress
It is hard to escape the stories about ebola today. As the country and individual states scramble to form public health policy, media reports of health care worker exposures are emerging daily. The latest, a nurse in Texas, triggers the question “Just how contagious is this?” and now a possible exposure in Braintree, MA. As psychiatric nurses working in health care facilities and seeing multicultural clients in a multicultural city, these are important times to get educated about actual risks and preventative practices.
October 13, 2014
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Transform Deep Brain Stimulation – Mass General Hospital
Published on Jul 29, 2014
TRANSFORM DBS is a collaborative project between physicians and scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, Draper Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The goal of the project is to develop a deep brain stimulation device that can help treat patients with refractory psychiatric conditions that are insufficiently treated by currently available medication and therapy. We are focusing on conditions of particular relevance to our community of warfighters and returning veterans including posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, major depression, anxiety, substance abuse and chronic pain. For more information visit: http://www.massgeneral.org/about/pres…
October 4, 2014
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MassEHealth: Effective and Proper Use of the Mass HIway Directory October 9, 2014
MeHI is the designated state agency for: Coordinating health care innovation, technology and competitiveness ; Accelerating the adoption of health information technologies; Promoting health IT to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of health care in Massachusetts and for Advancing the dissemination of electronic health records systems in all health care provider settings. This slide presentation is about the Massachusetts Provider Directory and how it is used to name, institutional address, email, specialty, obtain consent and send records.
October 4, 2014
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Health Reform in Massachusetts 2012
“By striking just the right balance, this bill will help slow the spiraling health care costs faced by businesses and individual consumers while also allowing the marketplace to grow and function,” said Attorney General Martha Coakley.
October 4, 2014
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