FMCH 2020-2021 Annual Faculty Awards Ceremony
January 12th, Tuesday - 12pm - 1pm: Please join us (virtually) to acknowledge great teaching, great care and community engagement in our department.
Faculty Development Workshop - Feedback and Evaluation
January 13th, Wednesday - 12:15pm - 1:15pm: Presented by Reid Evans, PhD
FMCH Monthly Research Forum
January 15th, Friday - 12pm - 1pm: Yara Halasa-Rappel, DMD, PhD presents “The Cost Effectiveness of Fluoride Sealants on Primary Molars in High Caries Risk Children Under 6 Years Old”
FMCH Virtual Town Hall Meeting
January 19th, Tuesday - 12pm - 1pm: Zoom information to follow.
Faculty Development Workshop - Feedback and Evaluation
January 28th, Thursday - 8am - 9am: Presented by Reid Evans, PhD
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Department News Spotlight
Welcome!
This week Ethan Eisdorfer, PsyD began his faculty work in Barre and Shahida Fareed, PsyD has started her work as Director of IBH and her clinical work in Fitchburg. Please Welcome them to the team.
Telehealth
Good news! UMass Memorial has executed a system-wide agreement with Doximity that will continue Doximity access for all providers. This includes multiparty video conferencing and no time restrictions.
Zoom continues to be our vendor of choice for video visits in the ambulatory setting. Doximity will remain available for use as a back-up solution with no time limit on visits.
True North - Health Equity and Well Child Care Visits
Are you seeing children in your practice? Our goal this year is to make sure no child is left behind in receiving the well child visit. Currently, the organization has set a metric to improve the number of WCC visits to decrease the gap noted between ethnic minorities (Black and Latino) and whites. It is a multidisciplinary approach with Family Medicine and Pediatrics working along with OCI and IT to improve this metric.
Watch your emails for updates. These are a few things you can do in your practice:
- Actively manage scheduling of WCC visits of those who have not been seen.
- Schedule visits both in person and by telehealth as applicable.
Below are some key points to remember when scheduling or completing well childcare visits:
- Consistent with previous guidance, all well-childcare should occur in person whenever possible and within the child's medical home where continuity of care may be established and maintained.
- Our goal is to see "in person" children less than 4 years of age, those who require vaccination, and for those who require a physical exam for more complex reasons.
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Telehealth visits are part of a combined matrix of care options available to provide the right care in the right place at the right time. Use of telehealth should be based on the medical condition, preferences of the patients, families, provider, and resources available.
- Elements that require in-person care include, at a minimum, the initial newborn visit, the comprehensive physical examination; office testing, including laboratory testing, hearing, vision and oral health screening, fluoride varnish and immunizations.
- All pediatric health care services, including telehealth, should be coordinated through the medical home.
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Items that cannot be done using telehealth: the complete physical exam, immunizations, and complex medical visits.
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All telehealth visits should be followed up with a physical exam as soon as feasible.
- Parents should be educated on the processes in place to make the medical home a safe place for the clinical visit.
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Telehealth visits must be audio/video.
