MD Scope archive

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2019

July 4

• Too dizzy to walk: Managing dizziness in the elderly
• Are you a physician with an interest in opioid change?
• WCB retro payments for Business Costs Program
• When the time comes to retire...
• Is your patient a quad enthusiast?
• Call for applications: Indigenous Health Care Award, ADHD interest
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

June 20

• Do your patients experience gaps in care? There’s a CPG for that!
• Med students hit the road with help from the AMA's ADIUM Insurance Services
• Have you tried the new AMA app?
• Five key findings about how Canadian physicians are preparing for retirement
• Alberta Netcare Portal updated per clinician feedback
• 23 community specialists clinics now exchanging info with Netcare using CII
• AHS Well Child Clinic standardization. What does this mean for physicians?
• How to manage jaundice in well babies
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

June 6

• Office building code changes: What physicians should know
• The results are in: Winners of the 2019 AMA student sponsorships
• Have you registered yet?
• Extended coverage for water damage
• New specialties added to Alberta Netcare eReferral
• CII CPAR initiative update
• Primary care physician needed for advisory committee
• Are robo advisors right for you?
• Sidebars:
  • Save time and energy with the new AMA App!
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

May 16

• Apply to join the Healthy Working Environments Advisory Committee
• Introducing the AMA mobile app!
• Dr. Paul Boucher is AMA’s President-Elect
• Three AMA change management programs now merged into one
• University of Calgary resident physicians recognized for wellness efforts
• Do you have AMA member-preferred rates from TD Insurance Meloche Monnex?
• Do you need to order that Pre-Op X-ray?
• Meet us in Red Deer for the 92nd Annual North/South Doctors’ Golf Tournament!
• Students: Need to travel for your elective?
• Opioids Don't Discriminate: An Interactive Experience
• Help shape the future of MD
• Sidebars:
  • Register for the Annual North/South Doctors' Golf Tournament
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

May 2

• How to manage apathy in Alzheimer’s-type dementia
• Facing personal difficulties or health issues?
• Students: Have you travelled to complete an elective?
• Contribute to the well being of your AMA HBTF plan
• 15 grants available for youth mental health and substance use programs
• Help improve eReferral Advice Request
• Live discussion: Sexual Harassment of Canadian Medical Students
• What do emerging markets and medical students have in common?
• Buying your first home? MD Financial has you covered!
• Sidebars:
  • Register for the Annual North/South Doctors' Golf Tournament
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

April 18

• Have your say on an AMA committee
• Achievement Awards deadline extended
• Tools for supporting your trans patients
• Treating chronic pain in children
• New: Practice Guide for Sickle Cell Trait
• Serve on the HBTF Board of Trustees
• CII/CPAR: Early adopters tell all!
• 5 tax tips you may not know about
• How does the environment affect health?
• Sidebars:
  • 2019 Spring RF reports and resolutions now available
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

April 4

• AMA President-Elect: Call for nominations
• Several AMA committees are recruiting. Apply online today!
• Reminder: Achievement Award nominations are due April 30!
• The sun is out, the snow is melting and golf season is just around the corner.
• Alberta Antenatal Pathway now available
• Federal Budget 2019
• Sidebars:
  • 2019 Spring RF reports and resolutions now available
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

March 21

• Rethinking RRSPs and TFSAs for incorporated doctors
• Call for applications: Physician Compensation Committee
• Physician leaders and innovators: Apply for a Joule Innovation grant
• Alberta newborns will soon be screened for more treatable conditions
• Join the HQCA Board of Directors
• Help improve eReferral Advice Request
• March is colorectal cancer month: Are your patients getting enough screen time?
• Opioid change training for PCN staff
• Sidebars:
  • Don't forget!
    • TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applications due March 31
    • AMA Achievement Awards (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor) nominations due April 30
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Get in touch with the ARP PSS
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

March 7

• We need to talk about physician suicide
• Deadline: EMR Funding Extension Program
• Immunization policy changes
• New specialties added to Alberta Netcare eReferral
• Post-menopausal osteoporosis: how would you approach treatment?
• How to adapt to health challenges after retirement
• Specialists: Upload your consult reports to Alberta Netcare
• Seeking Associate Zone Medical Director: Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
• Sidebars:
  • Don't forget!
    • TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applications due March 31
    • AMA Achievement Awards (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor) nominations due April 30
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

February 21

• Missing your Retention Benefit payment?
• Alberta PCNs recognized for great progress with continuity of care
• Some last-minute RRSP tips for physicians on the go
• What can you do to help improve physician wellness?
• Patient with a concussion? CATT facilitates treatment.
• Help advance clinical health research
• Sidebars:
  • Don't forget!
    • AMA Award for Compassionate Service nominations due February 28
    • TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applications due March 31
    • AMA Achievement Awards (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor) nominations due April 30
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Message from MD Financial Management: Here for Alberta Medical Association members. Today and always.
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

February 7

• How are Alberta's patients feeling about transitions of care?
• Call for applications: AMHSP Advisory Council
• Celebrate compassionate medicine
• Vote: Proposed amendments to AHS Medical Staff Bylaws
• New screening program for Alberta infants
• Mental Health Review Panel opportunity
• Sidebars:
  • Don't forget!
    • AMA Award for Compassionate Service nominations due February 28
    • TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applications due March 31
    • AMA Achievement Awards (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor) nominations due April 30
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

January 17

• Introducing... MyHealth Records patient portal!
• We moved some important information on albertadoctors.org
• First 5 years in family practice? Get skills, connections and opportunities!
• Call for applications: Indigenous Health Committee
• Chair appointed and hub in development: Alberta Public Laboratories update
• Get involved with the SZMSA ZAF
• Call for applications: CMA Committee on Nominations
• Sidebars:
  • Renew your AMA/CMA membership online!
  • Don't forget!
    • AMA Award for Compassionate Service nominations due February 28
    • TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applications due March 31
    • AMA Achievement Awards (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor) nominations due April 30
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

January 3

• Subclinical hypothyroidism: a brief review and suggested treatment approach
• Election results: Meet your new regional/zonal RF delegates
• WCB retro payments
• Interested in serving on the SZMSA Zone Advisory Forum?
• Seeking nominations to recognize outstanding achievements
• Call for applications: CMA Committee on Nominations
• Here's the latest on the CII/CPAR initiative
• Second edition of AHS's Healthy Parents, Healthy Children now available
• Sidebars:
  • Renew your AMA/CMA membership online!
  • Don't forget!
    • AMA Award for Compassionate Service nominations due February 1
    • TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applications due March 31
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

2018

December 6

• Serve on the Ministry of Transportation Medical Review Committee
• Save on taxes: Split your income
• Interested in serving on the SZMSA Zone Advisory Forum?
• Nominate your colleague for the Compassionate Service award
• Scholarship to help physicians meet Alberta's changing medical needs
• Upgraded ANP is live
• Coming soon to eReferral - new specialties added for Consult Requests!
• Share with your staff: Medical Office Chaperone course
• Save the date! Transgender health conference
• Sidebars:
  • Renew your AMA/CMA membership online!
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

November 15

• 2017 Retention Benefit payments issued
• Meet your new RF delegates and vote
• Call for applications: AMA Negotiating Committee
• Call for applications: Committee on Achievement Awards
• Last chance to apply: Physician Compensation Committee Chair
• Call for applications: Chair of CMA Board of Directors
• Important change: AMA group insurance renewal process
• New rules for MAID reporting now in effect
• Important notice: Alberta Netcare Portal is changing its look
• What matters most to continuity of care? Let’s discuss.
• Reduce your risk from cyberattacks
• Estate planning: Secure your digital assets
• Sidebars:
  • Renew your AMA/CMA membership online!
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

November 1

• November 1 updates to the SOMB
• 2018 RF delegate zonal/regional elections: Nominations are due tomorrow, 9 a.m.
• Have you renewed your AMA membership?
• Accepting applications: Committee on Achievement Awards
• CPSA wants your feedback! Draft Opioid Agonist Treatment standard of practice.
• Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: What is the treatment target for Mrs. BB?
• Free dTap vaccine for pregnant women beginning January 1, 2019
• Winter's coming: Think golf!
• Sidebars:
  • 2018 Fall Representative Forum Reports and Resolutions now available (Login required)
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

October 18

• It's time to renew your AMA membership: Dues increase included
• Call for Nominations now open: 2018 RF delegate zonal/regional elections
• Help support the development of future rural physicians
• Recreational cannabis is now legal. How will it impact health?
• Congrats to TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship recipients!
• Do more with your TFSA
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Have you applied for the ELiHP grant yet?
• Sidebars:
  • 2018 Fall Representative Forum Reports and Resolutions now available (Login required)
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

October 4

• Call for applications: Peer Review Committee
• Presidential ghosts in your email?
• It's nearly time to renew!
• Section Member Engagement Survey Results
• AMA staff announcements
• Students and residents: Get funding for health promotion!
• Editor’s note: Correction to document attribution
• Sidebars:
  • 2018 Fall Representative Forum Reports and Resolutions now available (Login required)
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

September 20

• Have you named a successor custodian?
• Students and residents: Get funding for health promotion!
• How can I help my colleagues? Join the Physicians for Physicians network.
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Support primary care research and improve patient care with CPCSSN
• Demystifying the TFSA
• AHS: A decade of health care transformation in Alberta
• Important HIV PrEP update: No cost for high-risk individuals
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

September 6

• We're recruiting for Chair, Physician Compensation Committee
• Mandatory breach reporting now in effect
• Billing over statutory holidays
• Are you a resident working to improve physician health?
• New diagnosis or Rx-related side effect?
• Play a role in the future of health care
• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Enroll today: PCN Board Competency Training
• Want to curl with colleagues? Doctors curling league returns October 3
• RRSP or TFSA: Which is right for you?
• Sidebars:
  • 2018 AMA Fall RF/AGM
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

August 16

• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Why you should stay level headed despite turbulence in tech stocks
• Sidebars:
  • 2018 AMA Fall RF/AGM
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

August 2

• What are your experiences working with WCB-Alberta?
• What is the Rx use of opioids among Albertans?
• 91st Annual North/South Doctors' Golf Tournament a swinging success!
• Patients with dementia? Refer them – and their caregivers – here.
• Share with your staff: Medical Office Chaperone course at MacEwan
• Is there a magic number for retirement savings?
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

July 19

• How do you resolve aggression in patients with dementia? Treat pain.
• New advisory committee opening: Apply online by August 3!
• Updated standards now in effect
• It’s now easier to help patients with AISH applications
• Resident physicians: Your Top 10 Questions About Lines of Credit Answered
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

July 5

• Where are the med students going? (ADIUM knows!)
• To image or not to image… New recommendations for arthritis X-rays and knee ultrasound
• Register for new CME eLearning Module: Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain
• Abnormal Pap tests: New follow-up tools
• The U of A's BedMed study needs family physicians
• Too many goals? Here's how to prioritize them.
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

June 21

• Physicians wanted for Diversity and Inclusiveness Working Group
• Students: Submit your story to Student Spotlight
• Don't just tough it out alone: PFSP
• Residents: We’d hate to lose touch!
• New resource: Talking sexual health with kids
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

June 8

• Wanted: Physician input on WCB-Alberta experiences
• “My bursary gave me more time with my kids.” – Curtis Woolf
• Help improve care of transgender patients
• We are seeking abstracts for this year's Accelerating Primary Care Conference
• Are you ready for the new mandatory privacy breach reporting?
• Albertans to be honored by the Canadian Medical Association
• Congratulations, Dr. Alika Lafontaine!
• Mammography not thermography!
• Do your part with patients to keep AHS sites smoke-free
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

May 17

• Updated asthma CPG from TOP
• There's someone new on the AMA Senior Management Team!
• New committee openings: Apply online by May 31
• Access and update your AMA services using the Member Dashboard
• Investing is easy – until it's not
• Take note: Changes to Alberta's HBV and HPV school immunization program
• Revised Alberta Treatment Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

May 3

• Why does MD Scope look different?
• Deprescribing PPIs: Do I still need the acid-reducing pill?
• Physicians wanted for AMA-WCB committee
• Save the date for APCC 2018
• TOP wants you for CPG Working Group: Relational Continuity
• Change for the better
• Primary care docs needed for Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infection working group
• Are you aware of Connect Care?
• Sidebars:
  • Top stories from our last issue
  • MD Scope Classifieds
  • 2018 Spring RF Resolutions
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line

April 19

• Expanded WCB coverage now available for injured workers
• Routine lab bulletins from AHS are now available online
• Must read: 3 dimensions of continuity of care
• New CPG available: Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Medical students: We want to reimburse your electives
• AMA announces 2018 bursary recipients
• Try the world's first tele-ultrasound solution for free!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
  • AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
  • Get in touch with the ARP PMO
  • Physicians and Family Support Program
  • Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line