March 28, 2019, 11:00am-12:00pm
People who experience trauma, especially Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), are at an elevated risk for substance use disorders, mental illness, and physical disorders.
The first-ever CurrentCare Public Service Announcement began airing during morning and evening news on WLNE (ABC 6), WJAR (NBC 10) and WPRI (CBS/Fox 12) on Monday, February 11, extending for five weeks.
Training for the primary care workforce about dementia, and caring for those affected, is essential. The facts are compelling: currently more than five million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease. Ultimately, one out of every three Americans will die from Alzheimer's disease or another dementia.
The conference will take place on April 2 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI from 8am-2pm, featuring guest speaker Felipe Fregni, MD, MPH, from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School. CME/CE are anticipated for this event. RSVP By March 18, 2019. Reserve your seat by emailing: dlt.wcedcunit@dlt.ri.gov.
PCPCC, in a partnership with ABIMF, is hosting a discussion on March 14 from 1-2pm with Dr. Cate McKegney and Dr. Bill Doherty to share the insights and tools they have helped create to empower caregivers and clinicians working with caregivers. Click here for details.
Registration is now open for the Brown Arrhythmia Symposium being held on on Friday, April 26. Click here for details.
The mission of CTC-RI is to support the continuing transformation of primary care in Rhode Island as the foundation of an ever-improving integrated, accessible, affordable, and equitable health care system. CTC-RI brings together critical stakeholders to implement, evaluate and spread effective multi-payer models to deliver, pay for and sustain high-quality, comprehensive, accountable primary care.