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Is it therapeutic failure or is she forgetting to take her pills?
Case
Mrs. Home is a 75-year-old retired teacher who lives alone in a seniors' independent living apartment. She's had three emergency room visits in the last six months for hyperglycemia and poor blood pressure control. Her past medical history is significant for Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, previous stroke, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease and osteoarthritis.
She currently takes 11 different medications and admits to forgetting to take her pills sometimes. How would you approach helping her?
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Connect Care implementation: What does this mean for your clinic?
Alberta Health Services will be implementing the next wave of Connect Care this coming May.
As community practitioners are a large part of the health care team, AHS wants to ensure they have the right information on file about community clinics. If your clinic is in an area impacted by this implementation, AHS will contact your clinic staff to collect this information.
This process will help ensure diagnostic imaging and laboratory test results are routed correctly to your clinic once Connect Care is in place.
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What is the target age for cervical cancer screening in Alberta?
The Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program would like to share a reminder about the following:
- All women aged 25 to 69 are recommended to screen every three years.
- Women under age 25 are not recommended for screening.
- Colposcopy may pose a greater risk for women under age 25.
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Physician leaders and innovators:
Apply for the Joule Innovation grant
Call for applications is open to CMA members from February 11 – March 24
The Joule Innovation grant program seeks to support physician-led innovation by providing flexible funding to CMA members who are making a difference in health care.
The 2020 Joule Innovation grant program is offering $500,000 in funding to nine recipients in five grant categories. There are two new grant categories this year (“Physician health and wellness” and “Sustainable health care”), which are designed to complement the existing categories and align with the CMA’s flagship issues and areas of focus.
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Great news for AMA members and their families who travel!
AMA members can now purchase new Manulife Travel Insurance at specially negotiated savings of 10% off existing affordable rates. Travel insurance plans help save members on unexpected medical costs, which is important, because anything can happen when you travel and out-of-pocket costs can add up:
- 56,687 Canadian travellers claimed in-patient or out-patient medical expenses outside Canada between 2017 and 2018.
- $10,700 USD is the average cost of a U.S. hospital stay.
- $20,000 is the cost of treatment for a broken leg in the U.S.
- 28% of travel insurance claims by Canadians are due to accidents causing injury.
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HQCA has new family physician practice data available
The newest release of the Primary Healthcare Panel Reports will be available March 17 – and comes with a few notable improvements, including:
- Patient Health Numbers in the Confirmed Patient List reports;
- New measures on laboratory utilization rates and sedating medications in older adults; and
- Tools for diving deeper into patient data and comparing care patterns with peers at PCN, Zone or provincial level.
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Survey Corner
Health care partners and other organizations often seek physician feedback through surveys. This month, the following is available for your consideration:
Editor's note: "Survey Corner" presents survey requests received and reviewed by the AMA, that may be of interest to our members. We will publish new opportunities as we receive them.
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Your colleagues make a difference
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For our Community Connections initiative, we profiled Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, Blood Tribe Clinic, Standoff family physician.
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Edmonton orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Robert Chan gets our Physician Wellness #GOAT (Greatest of All Time).
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For our Shine A Light initiative, we profiled Dr. Lori Lobay, Strathmore rural family physician.
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Student Spotlight: University of Calgary medical student Rachel Bethune is a role model for her peers and with her incredibly positive infectious energy, she helps bring out the best in the people around her.
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Student Spotlight: University of Calgary medical students Crystal Liu and Mirna Matta collaborate with women's health system partners to raise awareness and advocate for those affected by interpersonal and intimate partner violence.
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Top stories from our last issue
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MD Scope Classifieds
In the March 5, 2020 MD Scope Classifieds you'll find listings for:
- Locums wanted
- Physicians wanted
- Space available
- For sale
- Services
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