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...will continue to provide expert counseling and follow up for survivors of sexual assault. The role of the clinical physician and nurse is to provide acute assessment. The evaluating clinician at HUHS explains the plan of care and why it is important to have the services that a SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) site can provide. The SANE site that HUHS has chosen is the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (BIDMC). We then arrange for transfer and notify the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to ensure a smooth transfer and continuity of care...
...assault program in Massachusetts. In 1997, a study was conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) that assessed the quality of care for survivors of sexual assault in Massachusetts. The recommendations of that study resulted in the development and implementation of The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE Program). Sexual assault survivors need an emergency response system that provides immediate comprehensive and compassionate care, and ensures proper collection of forensic evidence. The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) has dramatically changed how healthcare institutions throughout the state respond to sexual assault. HUHS recommends the use of a SANE...
...SANE program nurse is one of a team of professionals from the medical, counseling, advocacy and law enforcement fields who will provide care and services at the designated SANE site. They will assess a patient for injuries and provide treatment and protection from unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases...
...SANE provides expert testimony to assist with prosecution. Thus, SANEs provide sensitive, compassionate, and expert care to survivors of sexual assault in designated SANE sites. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has been very careful to designate emergency departments as SANE sites. This DPH decision was based on many hours of research regarding the best sites for the SANE program. There are medical as well as legal reasons for choosing emergency departments. SANEs must practice in designated emergency departments. Other health care settings, including HUHS, aren't allowed to offer the services of the SANEs. To be a designated...
...Instead, sexual assault victims must travel Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston to receive treatment from a qualified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). SANE nurses, Gould says, usually operate out of a hospital that sees at least 100 rapes a year...