School Health Services Update: October 11, 2018
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the MDPH CSHS RFR has been released! Hopefully, you have received the email sent recently with details of this procurement for Comprehensive School Health Service funding! Details are available on the Compass website. Questions can be addressed to Alison Brill at Alison.brill@state.ma.us. Per state procurement protocols, responses to […]
School Health Services Update: October 10, 2018
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Community Health and Prevention’s School Health Services (SHS) Unit is seeking applications from local public school districts, regional school districts, or local boards of health that provide school health services for the Comprehensive School Health Service Model Programs and Regional Consultant Programs. The proposed Comprehensive School […]
October 3, 2018 CSHS RFR Update
All, The first news I have to share is the CSHS RFR is to be released soon….right on schedule! I apologize that I have not been as available as I attempt to be but this has consumed all of my time for the past several weeks including days, evenings and nights! But it will be […]
School Health Services Update: October 3, 2018
Dear Colleagues, A recent nursing blog written by a school nurse entitled “The Challenges of Being a School Nurse and How to Resolve Them” by Tessa Curry (found at https://nursegrid.com/blog/the-challenges-of-being-a-school-nurse-and-how-to-resolve-them/ ) highlighted the challenges of “working as the school nurse at a learning institution” and discussed how practicing nursing outside of a healthcare environment comes […]
School Health Services Update: September 26, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Fall has begun and the school year is in full swing! I’m sure your office is humming with activity and lots of programming occurring! This Email UPDATE for School Health Faculty is full of programs and resources to help you stay current in your practice! Regional meetings will be starting again soon, and […]
School Health Services Update: September 17, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Thank you for participating in our statewide meeting last week. It’s always a full agenda! And wonderful to see so many in attendance and ready for a day packed full of information and resources! Thank you for your presence. And remember, the next one is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5th and we hope […]
School Health Services Update: August 28, 2018
All, Thanks to Patty McCaffrey, Director of Nursing for the Waltham Public Schools, we have obtained the attached pharmacy memo pertaining to the Extended Expiration Dates for Select Lots of EpiPen® 0.3 mg Auto-Injectors and its Authorized Generic. Thank you all, Mary Ann Mary Ann Gapinski, MSN, RN, NCSN Director of School Health Services MA […]
School Health Services Update: August 24, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the beginning of a new school year! Like the children and adolescents we serve, I hope you have come back refreshed, renewed and excited for the many opportunities to improve the health and safety of our students! There is much happening across the state….the email below is filled with important updates, […]
School Health Services Update: July 7, 2018 – Summer Edition
Colleagues, While some of you are away on vacation, many of you are still providing much needed services to our students over the summer months! Many of you are working in your offices, planning programs for the coming year, sorting through volumes of new physical exams and immunization records, cleaning and sorting offices, contacting families […]
June 19, 2018
Dear Colleagues, We are excited to welcome Ms. Alison Brill to the School Health Services Team as our new School Health Program Coordinator! Alison joins Janet Burke and I in managing the services and oversight of the School Health Services Unit at the MDPH. Alison has many years of experience as a Program Coordinator with […]