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2019

November 7

• Important updates to Alberta Netcare Portal for Connect Care launch
• Blood pressure management and dementia prevention: Is lower better?
• Register for AMA general billing seminars
• Introducing: the Section of Family Medicine
• Are you transitioning from residency to practice?
• Want to enhance your knowledge of chronic pain and addiction?
• Survey Corner:
  • Investigating Alberta physicians’ opinions, knowledge and experience regarding medical cannabis and Canadian legislation - Conducted by University of Calgary researchers.
• Sidebars:
  • 2019 Fall Representative Forum Reports and Resolutions now available
  • Renew your AMA/CMA membership online!
  • 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

Extra issue – October 17, 2019

• Have you renewed your membership yet?
• CII making a difference for specialists and patients
• Shine A Light on an everyday leader physician who’s making a difference
• Get extended health and dental coverage from AMA
• Students and residents: Have you applied for the ELiHP grant yet?
• Physician Advocacy Group – Call for Expressions of Interest

October 15, 2019

• October 1 updates to the SOMB
• What is Connect Care?
• Five tips to get retirement ready
• CII making a difference for specialists and patients
• Need help with the diagnosis of a work-related injury?
• Trained Chaperones – an asset to your health care team
• Changes to Alberta Netcare Portal
• Get extended health and dental coverage from AMA
• Students and residents: Have you applied for the ELiHP grant yet?
• Sidebars:
  • Correction: Incorrect link in last issue of MD Scope
  • Renew your AMA/CMA membership online!
  • 2019 Fall Representative Forum 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

October 4

• Need to send personal health information? Email may be convenient but it's risky.
• Have you renewed your AMA membership?
• Presidential ghosts in your inbox?
• Preparing for retirement?
• Register for the AMA general billing seminars
• Should you agree to be someone’s executor?
• Flu immunization starting earlier this year
• Students and residents: Have you applied for the ELiHP grant yet?
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• HPV Test of Cure: Optimizing colposcopy discharge for patients post-treatment
• Sidebars:
  • Your colleagues are making a difference
    • Shine A Light: Dr. Daisy Fung
    • Shine A Light: Dr. Gregg Robinson
  • 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

September 19

• Time to renew your AMA/CMA membership
• What is substance use disorder and how can the AMA's PFSP help Alberta physicians?
• We're celebrating service milestones!
• Your journey in medicine starts with onboardMD
• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Important reminder for Alberta Netcare Portal users
• Connect Care is coming: What do I need to know as a community physician?
• Save the date: Alberta Health Services i4 2020
• Sidebars:
  • Your colleagues are making a difference
    • Shine A Light: Dr. Daisy Fung
    • Shine A Light: Dr. Gregg Robinson
  • 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

September 10

• Congrats! Two physicians awarded CCPE credential.
• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Outbreak of syphilis in Alberta
• Early HQCA evaluation of CII/CPAR shows promise
• Help improve eReferral Advice Request
• Celebrating World Patient Safety Day
• Become rich and famous (well, mostly just famous): AMA seeks new Dr. Gadget medical tech columnist for Alberta Doctors' Digest
• Sidebars:
  • 2019 AMA Fall RF/AGM - Observer's registration deadline: September 20
  • 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

September 5

• Changes coming to Alberta Netcare
• Promoting diagnostic stewardship: How can we ensure clinically relevant microbiology results?
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Heads up on health and welfare trusts
• Transgender care now available on Alberta Netcare eReferral
• Simplify your referrals with Alberta Referral Directory
• September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month
• Make an impact on health care in Alberta with the CPSA Council
• Are you interested in improving cirrhosis care in Alberta?
• PEIP 2019 Conference: Over 50% sold out!
• Sidebars:
  • 2019 AMA Fall RF/AGM - Observer's registration deadline: September 20
  • 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

August 22

• AMA website: What would you improve?
• Two docs needed to talk about your careers
• Help your patients get back to their life after an injury with WCB-AB programs
• How will current eHealth initiatives enhance continuity of care?
• Planning for a sabbatical
• Read new reports on SCNs: Accomplishments and future direction
• Latest updates: CII/CPAR adoption and eNotifications
• Updating your clinic Privacy Impact Assessment: Where to start?
• Survey Corner
• Sidebars:
  • Survey Corner
    • Family physicians: Resident Research Study - Genetic Testing in Primary Care conducted by University of Saskatchewan family medicine resident.
  • 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

August 1

• Changes to AMA bylaws & notice of elections
• Tell us what you think about the AMA's websites & WIN!
• Do you have a plan under AMA HBTF? Be aware of proposed changes.
• Equifax in the news
• Paging first-time home buyers
• Enhanced community support & Access to a Designated Living Option in Continuing Care
• Wanted: Your perspective on surgical safety
• AHS Medical Staff Bylaws voting results
• Are you a physician with an interest in opioid change?
• Sidebars:
  • The NEW Physician Banking Program - Scotiabank and MD Financial Management
  • Your colleagues are making a difference
    • Shine A Light: Dr. Setorme Tsikatas
    • Community Connections: Dr. Fozia Alvi
  • 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

July 18

• Are you an IFHP-approved provider? Your contact information may be online.
• AMA switching to Manulife
• Are you taking the right vacations?
• Are you interested in improving cirrhosis care in Alberta?
• Sidebars:
  • Your colleagues are making a difference
    • Shine A Light: Dr. Setorme Tsikatas
    • Community Connections: Dr. Fozia Alvi
  • 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

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