Maine Medicine Weekly Update - 09/16/2019 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
• Photos from the 166th Annual Session of the Maine Medical Association
• Cell Phone Driving Ban, Other Laws, Become Effective Thursday
• Edmund Hardy Road Race Results & Photos
• Maine Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Oct. 1
• MaineCare Medical Director Opportunity
• This Week's Public Health Updates from the AMA
• September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
• October 10 Webinar Presented by Baystate Financial: Protecting Your Income
• Caring for People Living With Dementia? Diagnostic & Management Tools for Health Systems and Clinicians
• PMP Password Policy Change
129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
• MMA Legislative Calls Finished for the Session
UPCOMING EVENTS
• Upcoming Specialty Society Meetings
• MICIS Individual Academic Detailing Sessions on Opioid Topics
• MICIS: 2019 Clinical & Legal Opioid Update - Fall Dates Scheduled
• Qualidigm Rapid Induction Starting in the ED (RISE) Training
• Obesity Medicine: There is no 'one size fits all' - Monthly Lecture Series Beginning September 18th
• Maine Concussion Management Initiative (MCMI) Training Program - October 9
• Celebrate 65 Years of MMA Executive Leadership on Oct. 26. Tickets Available Now
• MMA partners with the Maine Suicide Prevention Program and the Maine CDC/Sweetser to offer training for clinicians.
HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
• MaineCare Medical Director Opportunity
• Physician
• Nurse Practitioner
• Full-time, Part-time and Leadership Opportunities for Physicians
• Outpatient Internal Medicine Physician – Bangor, Maine
• BC/BE Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Physician
• Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital seeks a BC/BE General Surgeon
• Family Medicine Opportunity in Beautiful Western Maine
• Physician Director of Primary Care
• Family Medicine Specialist or an Internist
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
• Opportunities at the VA for Volunteer Physicians
• Volunteer Opportunity with Partners for World Health

Caring for People Living With Dementia? Diagnostic & Management Tools for Health Systems and Clinicians

The Alzheimer's Association has partnered with government and professional organizations to develop several physician guidelines and recommendations that can help you care for your patients with dementia.

Caring for People Living With Dementia?
The Alzheimer's Association has diagnostic and management tools for health systems and clinicians.

Explore resources regarding detection of cognitive impairment in primary care, recommendations for defining preclinical Alzheimer's disease, appropriate use criteria for amyloid PET imaging, and more.
https://www.alz.org/professionals/health-systems-clinicians/guidelines_index_(1)

New Strategies in Diagnosing, Treating and Managing Dementia: A Course For Primary Care Physicians
https://www.alzmassnh.org/hospital/physician-cme-course/

For more information, contact:
Peter Baker, LCSW, Program Director
Alzheimer's Association, Maine Chapter
207-772-0115 x9691 1-800-272-3900 pbaker@alz.org