Alberta Medical Association
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay; an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. The World Health Organization has put together several informative resources, including this infographic about depression in children: https://cdn.who.int//7_worried_that_your_child_is_depresse See this resource and more on the WHO website: https://www.who.int//world-mental-/2021/campaign-materials

Dr. Gregory Powell has been inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence, which is the highest honor the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. It takes precedence over any other provincial honor or award. Dr. Powell is an emergency medicine physician specialist in #yyc and a professor of family and emergency medicine at University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. He is also co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS Air Ambula...nce) Congratulations, Dr. Powell! https://www.alberta.ca/aoe-greg-powell.aspx

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay; an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. The World Health Organization has put together several informative resources, including this infographic about depression in children: https://cdn.who.int//7_worried_that_your_child_is_depresse See this resource and more on the WHO website: https://www.who.int//world-mental-/2021/campaign-materials

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay; an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. The World Health Organization has put together several informative resources, including this infographic about depression in children: https://cdn.who.int//7_worried_that_your_child_is_depresse See this resource and more on the WHO website: https://www.who.int//world-mental-/2021/campaign-materials

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay; an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. The World Health Organization has put together several informative resources, including this infographic about depression in children: https://cdn.who.int//7_worried_that_your_child_is_depresse See this resource and more on the WHO website: https://www.who.int//world-mental-/2021/campaign-materials

AMA members can get affordable financial protection for their loved ones. Learn more about the AMA Insurance Plans available: https://www.amalifequote.com/

Dr. Gregory Powell has been inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence, which is the highest honor the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. It takes precedence over any other provincial honor or award. Dr. Powell is an emergency medicine physician specialist in #yyc and a professor of family and emergency medicine at University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. He is also co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS Air Ambula...nce) Congratulations, Dr. Powell! https://www.alberta.ca/aoe-greg-powell.aspx

Dr. Gregory Powell has been inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence, which is the highest honor the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. It takes precedence over any other provincial honor or award. Dr. Powell is an emergency medicine physician specialist in #yyc and a professor of family and emergency medicine at University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. He is also co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS Air Ambula...nce) Congratulations, Dr. Powell! https://www.alberta.ca/aoe-greg-powell.aspx

Dr. Gregory Powell has been inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence, which is the highest honor the Province of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. It takes precedence over any other provincial honor or award. Dr. Powell is an emergency medicine physician specialist in #yyc and a professor of family and emergency medicine at University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. He is also co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS Air Ambula...nce) Congratulations, Dr. Powell! https://www.alberta.ca/aoe-greg-powell.aspx

AMA members can get affordable financial protection for their loved ones. Learn more about the AMA Insurance Plans available: https://www.amalifequote.com/

AMA members can get affordable financial protection for their loved ones. Learn more about the AMA Insurance Plans available: https://www.amalifequote.com/

AMA members can get affordable financial protection for their loved ones. Learn more about the AMA Insurance Plans available: https://www.amalifequote.com/

In the November-December 2020 Alberta Doctors' Digest... - Perspectives from the future of laboratory medicine; - Health Law Update: Alberta physicians' sunshine list; and ... - The impact of an adverse event in early practice. These stories and MUCH more: https://add.albertadoctors.org/

Reminder: Nominations for Canadian Medical Association President are due this Thursday, November 26! Even though most health care policy affecting us is at a provincial level, national advocacy has always been important. In the coming years, there are several federal health issues that will need strong physician leadership and advocacy. - plans for a national pharmacare program; ... - addressing the social determinants of health in our First Nations communities; - controlling rising drug costs; - securing a stable medication supply; - improving the health of seniors including addressing conditions in long term care; and - addressing the variability in the pandemic response by the provinces and distribution of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Alberta physicians require a strong voice both provincially and nationally, and if Alberta’s nominee is ratified, that physician will become CMA president in August 2022. Nominate today: https://www.cma.ca/how-become-cma-president#submitting

Dear Members: Every year, the Canadian Medical Association holds nominations and election processes for the position of CMA president-elect and this year the president-elect will be chosen from Alberta. If Alberta’s nominee is ratified, that physician will become CMA president in August 2022. This is an exciting opportunity for Alberta and comes at a very opportune time. The importance of the AMA’s relationship with the CMA cannot be understated. ... Read and learn more in our latest President's Letter: https://www.albertadoctors.org/8412.aspx

Dear Members: We have heard from many physicians since our October 2 President’s Letter about government’s decision to terminate grant funding for the AMA’s Alternative Relationship Plan Physician Support Services (ARP PSS) program. A variety of things have been underway to determine how the AMA can best assist members in both the short and long term. It is not only with respect to cARPs that the environment is shifting. We are moving into a world of significant change for al...ternative payment arrangements in general. This includes AHS payment arrangements, and potential new contractual models arising out of Bill 30. We will all need to learn about the implications, risks and opportunities. As a result, the AMA will be undertaking a project over the next few months to help us determine the optimal resourcing, structure and methods for representing and supporting physicians in all non-fee-for-service payment arrangements. This project will be future-focused and will involve extensive input from member physicians. Whether in cARP or the Academic Medicine Health Services Plan, members are entitled to representation and we are here for you. Read more in our latest President's Letter: https://www.albertadoctors.org/8401.aspx

COVID-19 rates are once again rapidly increasing in Alberta, leaving physicians with many questions. With this in mind, ACTT is co-hosting a bi-weekly webinar series starting November 18 titled Adapting to Increasing COVID Care Needs in your Practice. This series will be hosted by physicians from AHS, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and the AMA, with support from the Alberta College of Family Physicians. Register and learn more at http://www.albertadoctors.org/8405.aspx

Want to see an Alberta physician serve as President of the Canadian Medial Association? Every year, the CMA holds fair and transparent nominations and elections processes for the position of CMA president-elect. This year Alberta CMA members are invited to present a CMA president-elect nominee for confirmation at the CMA AGM/General Council meeting in August 2021. If Alberta’s choice is ratified, the nominee will become CMA president in 2022. Candidate information will be po...sted on cma.ca this coming mid-January. Alberta CMA members will then be invited to vote between February 11 and 25 and the winning candidate will be announced February 26. Nominations are due right away (November 26), so don't delay! Visit the CMA's website to learn about the elections process and more: https://www.cma.ca/cma-president-elect-nominee-election-pro. Ready to nominate? Submit your nomination documents ASAP: https://www.cma.ca/how-become-cma-president#submitting

November 18 Cozy up to your favourite spot and tune in Dr. Jillian Horton's Arts, Medicine and #Life series featuring world-renowned doctors speaking about their expertise on far-ranging topics in health and wellness. https://nac-cna.ca//popula/packages/arts-medicine-and-life

Don't delay - the deadline for CMA President nominations is fast approaching! Learn more and submit nomination documents today: https://www.cma.ca/how-become-cma-president#submitting

Parachute Canada, a national charity dedicated to injury prevention and the Injury Prevention Centre, University of Alberta, has released a new joint report, the "Evidence Summary on the Prevention of Poisoning in Canada". View the full report: https://parachute.ca//Evidence-Summary-on-Poisoning-in-Can Some key findings include:... - Approximately 4,000 Canadians die each year due to poisoning. - Unintentional poisoning deaths have now surpassed transport-related deaths in Canada. In 2017, there were more than twice as many fatalities due to unintentional poisonings compared to transport-related injuries. - Hospitalizations due to opioid poisonings increased by 27% from 2013 to 2017, with an estimate of 17 opioid-poisoning hospitalizations each day in Canada. - Males in mid-adulthood are the major population at risk for opioid-related poisonings. Nearly half of all opioid-related poisoning deaths in Canada are among those aged 30 to 49, and three-quarters are among males.

Dear Members: About 1,300 physicians registered for an AMA webinar last Friday entitled: Living with the Sunshine List. Government has said it will release the list on or before November 9. A recording of the webinar is available on the AMA website (member login required). Below is some key content for those who may not find time to watch in the next few days. Alberta physicians provide excellent value. Taxpayers have a right to know where their dollars go. We don’t mind peop...le knowing how much we bill the health care system, but we don’t want Albertans to think we earn more than we do. As you are well aware, gross payment data is grossly misleading. We have already released the document Context Matters (https://www.albertadoctors.org//context-matters-facts-phys) that explains the factors that go into the numbers that the public will see (e.g., overhead, hours of work, extra training/shorter career length, economic contributions as employers, etc.). The AMA sought legal counsel when the payment disclosure legislation relating to physician payments was passed in 2015. The advice we received is that it is in government’s purview to release this information and that there is precedent in a number of other provinces. If the objective is transparency, then information on the range of payments by specialty (from the lowest to the highest) is already publicly available in the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan statistical supplement (https://open.alberta.ca/publications/0845-4775). We feel that publishing the names of individual physicians is unnecessary for transparency and merely crosses the line into curiosity. About the exemption process: There are physicians who will be facing significant security concerns when the gross payment information is made public. There is an exemption process and physicians were given three weeks to apply for an exemption for November’s release. The bar is set very high for approval... Read and learn more in our latest President's Letter: https://www.albertadoctors.org/8396.aspx