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2018

April 5

• AMA President-Elect: This is the call for nominations
• Are you interested in rural medicine?
• Swing a club in support of medical student bursaries!
• Nominate a colleague for an outstanding achievement
• Reminder: Online applications now being accepted for AMA committees
• WCB makes billing reconciliation easier
• AHS docs: Stay connected through AHS email and intranet
• Tax tips: a guide for physicians and physicians in training
• "Showcase" your products and services
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for an AMA Achievement Award (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor)
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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

March 22: Special issue

• AMA committee openings: Apply now!

March 15

• Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
• New edition of Uninsured Services Guidelines to Billing now available!
• Are you a Covenant Health physician? Read this.
• CPSA seeks a community-based surgeon for IPAC Advisory Committee
• Alberta Doctors' Digest is going digital!
• AMA/WCB Advisory Committee wants you!
• CMA committee opening: Board Chair, Joule
• What physicians need to know about the 2018 federal budget
• It's time for a tune up! myWCB to undergo technical upgrade
• Are you thinking about retirement?
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for an AMA Achievement Award (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor)
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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

March 1

• Are BZDs the appropriate treatment for Ida, age 75?
• Alberta Doctors' Digest is going digital!
• Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
• Psssttt! PSSP coming soon to an Alberta Netcare portal near you
• Check out TOP's newest CPG: Medical Cannabinoids
• Have you registered for Safer Opioid Prescribing?
• Time for a second opinion
• How will AHS improve? 2017-20 Health Plan and Business Plan now available!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for an AMA Achievement Award (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor)
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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 15

• The AMA proudly presents the RF Navigator™!
• Last chance! 2015 CME allotments forfeit March 31.
• Prep for CPAR by measuring your confirmation rate
• Get better rates and benefits with AMA AD&D insurance
• Thank you for your valuable feedback: Property and casualty insurance survey
• AHS podcast series focuses on quality and safety
• Cancer screening status reports now available on Netcare
• Register today for Effective Team Interactions workshop
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for an AMA Achievement Award (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor)
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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 1

• AMA member cards are now digital
• AMA and CMA help students prepare for match day!
• Read the latest financial news for physicians
• CZMSA Zone Advisory Forum wants you!
• Care to share your Bright Idea?
• Fellowship: Are you a leader in the health system?
• Safer Opioid Prescribing program begins in March
• Do you know the next "Doc of the Week"?
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for the AMA Award for Compassionate Service
    • Nominate a colleague for an AMA Achievement Award (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor)
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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 18

• What's next for secure messaging?
• 10 tax tips for physicians
• Do you have a colleague that show tremendous compassion?
• Screening for life: Cancer screening at your fingertips
• For your information: GOA has improved its Employment Standards
• Committee opening: AHS wants you!
• CMA committee openings: Apply online today!
• Central Patient Attachment Registry: LPR starts soon!
• Doing the Right Thing... Right
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for an AMA Achievement Award (Medal for Distinguished Service or Medal of Honor)
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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 4

• Cecelia has osteoporosis. How would you manage her care?
• Election results: Meet your new regional/zonal RF delegates
• Seeking nominations to recognize outstanding achievements
• Screening for Life: Cancer Screening at your fingertips
• Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Will you recognize it when you see it?
• CMA committee openings: Apply online today!
• CPAR is launching this spring. Are you ready?
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Reminders:
    • Nominate a colleague for the AMA Award for Compassionate Service
    • Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
  • 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

2017

December 8

• Have you renewed your AMA membership?
• Can we share your "Bright Ideas?"
• You are represented! Learn about AMA advocacy and AHS clinical information sharing approach
• New Gamma Knife Centre opens at University of Alberta Hospital
• Nominate your colleague for the Compassionate Service award
• Apply for one of four $5,000 TDIMM/AMA scholarships!
• Register today for Safer Opioid Prescribing webinars and workshop
• Mock CaRMS interviews coming January
• Correction: Congratulations to AMA Past President Dr. Michael Giuffre!
• 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

November 16

• Have you renewed your AMA membership?
• Congratulations to AMA Past President Dr. Michael Giuffre!
• Are you prepared? Online CMA courses on Medical Assistance in Dying.
• Prescribing Mifegymiso? Please follow these steps for patient care.
• Read this patient screening update from ASaP
• Residents: Join us for an Info-Brew!
• CPAR rolls out in 2018!
• Take action on Radon this November
• 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

November 2

• Have you renewed your AMA membership?
• Is there a role for antipsychotic use in dementia?
• Represent our Zone at RF: Call for Nominations
• CPSA standards: Your input needed
• Domestic violence education modules now available
• New AHS service eDelivers patient results directly to your EMR
• New AHS policy to help reduce infant injuries and SIDS
• Access new resources: Chronic Kidney Disease in primary care
• 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

October 19

• Call for nominations: 2017 RF delegate zonal/regional elections
• Time to renew your AMA membership
• PCN Board Competency Training: Registration now open!
• Congrats to TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship recipients!
• Presidential ghosts in your email?
• New Safer Opioid Prescribing program coming to Alberta
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • 2017 AMA Representative Forum Reports and Resolutions now available
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 5

• How can I help my colleagues? Join the Physicians for Physicians network.
• New AMA committee openings: Apply online today!
• Time to renew your AMA membership
• Looking for a unique dining experience with your colleagues?
• Are you attending APCC? Here's an update!
• CPAR will roll out in 2018!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • 2017 AMA Representative Forum Reports and Resolutions now available
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 21

• Time to renew your AMA membership
• READ THIS: AMA members and Equifax hack!
• Do you have plans October 5? We're hosting an Open House!
• Ready, set... CPAR is coming in 2018!
• Opioid safety: Help your patients be partners in their own safe care
• Use AHS Clinical Information Systems?
• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Alberta government seeking full-time Medical Consultant
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 7

• Doctor, I'm taking too many pills!
• Access new population level health data!
• Reduce your risk of cyberattacks
• Congrats! Three Alberta physicians awarded CCPE credential!
• Online suicide prevention tool for family physicians
• Don't pinch the broom: Discover curling with doctors!
• Here are tips for talking to kids about cannabis
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • AMA 2017 Fall RF/AGM observers registration
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 17

• Students and residents: We have funding for you!
• Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA
• Apply today: AMA has two committee openings!
• CMA online and in-house course on MAiD
• What is your #MDNextStep?
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • AMA 2017 Fall RF/AGM observers registration
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 3

• Opioid dependency care – just a phone call away
• Rate AHS Laboratory Services
• Over $69,000 raised for medical student bursaries!
• We moved in together!
• Choosing Wisely patient engagement: You can help!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • June 10, 2017 Special RF Resolutions now available online. Login required.
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 20

• Notice of Elections and changes to the AMA Constitution and Bylaws
• Seeking Physician Wellness #GOATs
• Have an idea on advancing patient collaborative care?
• Get help for your work-injured patients
• Legal recreational cannabis: Tell the government what you think!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • June 10, 2017 Special RF Resolutions now available online. Login required.
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 6

• Is it an asymptomatic bacteriuria or a urinary tract infection?
• New obstetrical ultrasound reporting guidelines
• Apply today: There's a new AMA committee opening!
• WCB-Alberta takes further steps to minimize opioid harm
• Congratulations, Dr. Brad Bahler!
• New online suicide prevention tool for family physicians
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 15

• The results are in: PCN Governance Framework vote
• Where are the med students going? (ADIUM knows!)
• Primary Care Innovators: Save the date for APCC 2017
• It's stroke month: Educate your patients on healthy behaviors for healthy brains
• Prevent opioid abuse in work-injured patients
• Final year residents? Don't miss this information!
• New resource for care of elderly patients
• Important note for emergency department physicians
• Edmonton Prospects Baseball celebrates you!
• Attention PCNs: Provincial perinatal forms have moved to AHS
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 1

• Data security: Protect yourself now
• Have your say on the future of PCNs - VOTE today!
• New CPSA Advice to the Profession: Opioids and benzodiazepines
• The AMA Calgary office on the move!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • President-Elect election now underway
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 19

• Election now underway! AMA President-Elect 2017-18
• Your voice is critical - VOTE today on the collective future of PCNs!
• Voting is your privilege!
• Meet your Alberta CMPA council candidates!
• Register today - North/South Golf Tournament
• Clarifying rules: Pre-op cataract medicals
• AMA Calgary office on the move!
• Medical students: We want to fund your electives!
• Register today - North/South Golf Tournament
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • AMA's 2017 Spring Representative Forum reports and resolutions for members now available
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 4

• John is 78. How would you manage his chronic pain?
• Deadline extended: Submit nominations for the AMA's highest honors
• New committee openings: Apply online by May 12
• Clarifying rules: Pre-op cataract medicals
• Medical students: We want to fund your electives
• Register today - North/South Golf Tournament
• AMA student sponsorships: The results are in!
• Legal marijuana: Know the workplace risks
• Bugs and Drugs® now free for all Albertans
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds 
• Sidebars:
  • AMA's 2017 Spring Representative Forum reports and resolutions for members now available
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 20

• Are you registered to vote on the proposed PCN Governance Framework?
• Swing a club in support of medical student bursaries and physician health programs!
• Canada’s first stroke ambulance is on the road!
• Treating patients exposed to oil and gas emissions?
• CMA online and in-house courses on MAiD
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • AMA's 2017 Spring Representative Forum reports and resolutions for members now available
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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 6

• AMA President-Elect - This is the call for nominations
• AMA committee openings: Online applications now being accepted
• PCN voting ballots: Are you on the list?
• Nominate a colleague who's made an outstanding achievement in health care
• Don't miss the Tarrant Scholarship deadline!
• Are you e-consulting yet?
• April 1, 2017 updates to the SOMB
• Do you have plans for Saturday?
• AMA announces 2017 bursary recipients
• AMA welcomes medical students to its first Advocacy Night
• Choosing Wisely Canada goes mobile!
• Top stories from our last issue
• MD Scope Classifieds
• Sidebars:
  • AMA's 2017 Spring Representative Forum reports and resolutions for members now available
  • Activate your dr2dr account
  • 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