CMPA Perspective

In this issue:

• From the CEO: Technology in healthcare: Taking the lead in responding to change
• Feature: What happened to the physical exam?
• Hit the brakes: Do you need to report your patient’s fitness to drive?
• Medical-legal cases in spinal surgery: 3 essential lessons
• When patients make special requests, how should you respond?
• Texting safely about patient care: Strategies to minimize the risks

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Message from the CMPA President: Supporting members in a changing healthcare environment
• Closing the loop on effective follow-up in clinical practice
• Advance care planning the key to person-centred end-of-life care
• Prenatal tests for genetic screening and diagnosing: Changes, choices, challenges
• Is it time to rethink your use of chaperones?
• If a colleague relies on your professional opinion, you may have a duty of care

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Managing stress when transitioning to new electronic record systems
• Avoiding pitfalls in the emergency department: Recognizing and managing risks of diagnostic error
• The CMPA Member Support Program: A year of positive change
• Limited health-care resources: The difficult balancing act
• Safe prescribing: Risks for older patients

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Accepting new patients: The key to effective practice management
• Creating a culture of accountability promotes safe medical care
• The medical-legal risks of opioid therapy: Questions from members
• The unanticipated complicated airway: Are you ready?

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• How physician leaders can nurture teams that provide highly reliable healthcare
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: We can still be safer
• Medical assistance in dying: Where do we stand two years later?
• Responding to a patient without a health card
• Providing access to independent medical examinations
• Medical scribes: An increasing reality

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Navigating the complexities when treating patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
• Suspect unlawful activity with prescriptions or medications? Here’s how to respond
• College complaints on the rise: Better communication can help
• What to do if you’re notified of a College complaint
• Is your patient a woman of reproductive age? Consider pregnancy

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Hazards in the operating room: Surgical fires and burns
• Using electronic record systems with care
• How the patient’s voice advances safe care
• Chronic care can be improved with skillful communication
• Healthcare directives: What you really need to know

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Safe surgery: Closing the gap with the surgical safety checklist
• The ransomware threat: Are you prepared?
• Is that eConsultation or eReferral service right for your medical practice?
• Safe care in obstetrics—Maternal postpartum care: When things don’t go as planned after delivery

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• Mutuality and the Member Support Program
• Social networks in healthcare: Opportunities and challenges for a connected future
• Shining a light on the medical-legal risks of laparoscopic surgery
• New to practice? Practical tips for physicians in the first 5 years
• Disarming statements can lessen conflict in the healthcare workplace

In this issue:

• From the CEO
• How to manage conflict and aggressive behaviour in medical practice
• Organ and tissue donation: Who has the final say?
• Patient portals—A new communication tool for doctors and patients
• Smartphone recordings by patients: Be prepared, it’s happening
• The office safety plan