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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
- Your colleagues are making a difference
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
- Your colleagues are making a difference
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
- Survey Corner
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
- Your colleagues are making a difference
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
- Don't forget!
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
- Don't forget!
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
- Don't forget!
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
- Don't forget!
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