Advocacy Opportunities:
Doctor of the Day Program 2010 - The only program that welcomes you to the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine State Senate.
Sign up to Participate Now!
Join these family physician colleagues who participated in 2009 -
Peter Amann MD, AJ Candelore DO, Judith Chamberlain MD,
Elisabeth Fowlie-Mock MD, MPH, FAAFP, Kathryn Galbraith MD,
Timothy Goltz MD, Louis Hanson DO, David McDermott MD,
Barbara Moss DO, Lisa Nielsen MD, Challa Reddy MD,
Dustin Sulak DO, Kathleen Thibault DO, Gary Winn MPH DO
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The Consultation Project:
Maine is a predominantly rural state, with a population of 1.2 million. Most of the 300 psychiatrists are geographically concentrated in the lower quarter of the state, leaving family practitioners and other primary care providers throughout the state without access to psychiatric consultation. The Maine Academy of Family Physicians and the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians is attempting to address this problem with an innovative program called The Consultation Project.
Developed in collaboration with the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians, the program links volunteer psychiatrists with rural primary care practices. An ongoing consultative relationship is developed, in which the rural practitioner calls on the psychiatrist as needed for advice and guidance. The contacts are by telephone or email, and are in the nature of "informal consultations" rather than treatment or supervision. Cases which cannot be handled by informal contacts are referred to a state-wide telepsychiatry initiative, which provides a "face-to-face" consultation that is reported back to the practitioner and the consultant.
What is novel about the Consultation Project is the ongoing relationship between consultant and consultee, which allows them to develop a shared body of experience, as well as the opportunity to consult on cases over time. The project is just being implemented, and already 18 psychiatrists have volunteered to participate. This has been a very positive demonstration to primary care providers that the psychiatric community is able to respond to their needs. We anticipate that more volunteers will join as the project proceeds, and that many consultants will cover multiple practices, allowing a substantial impact on the ability of primary care practitioners to provide quality psychiatric treatment across the state.
Advocacy Opportunities:
Doctor of the Day Program 2010 - The only program that welcomes you to the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine State Senate.
Sign up to Participate Now!
Join these family physician colleagues who participated in 2009 -
Peter Amann MD, AJ Candelore DO, Judith Chamberlain MD,
Elisabeth Fowlie-Mock MD, MPH, FAAFP, Kathryn Galbraith MD,
Timothy Goltz MD, Louis Hanson DO, David McDermott MD,
Barbara Moss DO, Lisa Nielsen MD, Challa Reddy MD,
Dustin Sulak DO, Kathleen Thibault DO, Gary Winn MPH DO
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The Consultation Project:
Maine is a predominantly rural state, with a population of 1.2 million. Most of the 300 psychiatrists are geographically concentrated in the lower quarter of the state, leaving family practitioners and other primary care providers throughout the state without access to psychiatric consultation. The Maine Academy of Family Physicians and the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians is attempting to address this problem with an innovative program called The Consultation Project.
Developed in collaboration with the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians, the program links volunteer psychiatrists with rural primary care practices. An ongoing consultative relationship is developed, in which the rural practitioner calls on the psychiatrist as needed for advice and guidance. The contacts are by telephone or email, and are in the nature of "informal consultations" rather than treatment or supervision. Cases which cannot be handled by informal contacts are referred to a state-wide telepsychiatry initiative, which provides a "face-to-face" consultation that is reported back to the practitioner and the consultant.
What is novel about the Consultation Project is the ongoing relationship between consultant and consultee, which allows them to develop a shared body of experience, as well as the opportunity to consult on cases over time. The project is just being implemented, and already 18 psychiatrists have volunteered to participate. This has been a very positive demonstration to primary care providers that the psychiatric community is able to respond to their needs. We anticipate that more volunteers will join as the project proceeds, and that many consultants will cover multiple practices, allowing a substantial impact on the ability of primary care practitioners to provide quality psychiatric treatment across the state.
To Sign up: MAPP Consultation Project: Orientation Letter and Agreement
Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians: http://www.mainepsych.org/
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Speak Out Legislative Action Center:
The Maine Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians, working together to serve family physicians and the American public, present the Speak Out State Legislative Action Center on the AAFP web site.
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AAFP Connect For Reform:
AAFP’s CONNECT FOR REFORM You don’t have to fly to Washington, DC to be heard! You don’t have to draft a letter to the editor from scratch. AAFP has the answer with the Connect for Reform Blog and action center Connect for Reform is a new e-advocacy campaign designed to give AAFP’s members an inside look at the health care reform debate in Washington and offer easy and effective ways to get involved. Nearly 2400 AAFP members have joined!
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