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CMA - 1 - 2022 - Annual Report and Details
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As you know there are lots of interesting things going on at the CMA. I was trying to prepare myself for the AGM.
BC Auditor General issues report on Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation.
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Health professionals not effectively or adequately engaged.
Approach should ensure health professionals, stakeholders and the public are informed.
On February 17, 2010 the Auditor General of BC, John Doyle, issued his report on “Electronic Health Record Implementation in British Columbia” which is available on their website http://www.bcauditor.com
In his report, the BC Auditor General, acknowledges “The development and implementation of an EHR system … is a complex and high-risk endeavour … because of the large investment of public funds” and “because collecting, storing and disclosing information electronically raises concerns about the privacy and security of personal health information”.
The I Ching or Book Of Changes
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The I Ching, or Book Of Changes, is an ancient Chinese book. While there are many translations, the German translation by Richard Wilhelm rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes (1950) has become a well respected classic. The book includes a foreword by CG Jung, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who has elsewhere described using the I Ching in his psychiatric practice from time to time. An electronic version of the text related to the hexagrams (the oracle), from the first part of the translation, can be viewed online or downloaded using the link below.
Bill Good CKNW interview with Dr Essak on why the 2012 PMA should be rejected
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For those who would like to hear the Bill Good CKNW interview with Dr Z. Essak on why the 2012 PMA should be rejected, broadcast on July 4, 2012. Here it is.
Dr Karpiak on Bill Good CKNW - Bureaucracy in health care is not sustainable
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Dr Dennis Karpiak, Internist and former BCMA Board Director from the Interior of BC speaking on the Bill Good Show CKNW radio 980 on July 10, 2012.
"It's become increasingly more difficult to sustain a practice in this province."
"The BCMA 20 years ago formed the Regionalization committee that predicted the rise of bureaucracy and a decline in patient care funding."
"Currently you can walk through any hospital and you'll see more administration offices than patient rooms."
Listen to the whole interview.
Time to Re-invent the Canadian Medical Association
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Dr Chris Sedergreen - 29 April 2022
The humiliating defeat of the Canadian Medical Association in the Supreme Court of BC is about as clear a statement as it is possible to make that the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is a failed entity, and that it’s present form should be dismantled forthwith.
‘Humiliating defeat’ you ask? Well, you could certainly be forgiven for not knowing about it, since the CMA, the CMA Journal, and the CMA web site have been deathly silent about it.
Canadian Medical Association Board breached principles of natural justice and fairness
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Dr Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - May 20, 2022
In a BC Supreme Court Judgment released on April 22, 2022 Justice Nathan Smith found that the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Board breached principles of natural justice and procedural fairness when it suspended the membership of Dr Charles Webb denying him the opportunity to run as a candidate in the election for the BC nominee for CMA President-Elect in February 2022.
Getting easier to de-Google or de-Apple
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You hate those ads and pesky messages from Google, but you’ve become increasingly dependent on their services, right? Cloud storage, Gmail, Google Calendar and so on have just become so necessary that you feel you have to put up with the intrusions on your privacy and constant marketing of 'stuf', and being stalked by trackers everywhere you go? Well, there are alternatives, but one is growing rapidly and can do everything you want and need without those downsides: the eFoundation (Android) operating system.
UBC CPD: Partners in Care: Bolstering Patient Care and Return to Work Through a WorkSafeBC/Physician Collaboration
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A PRESENTATION BY WORKSAFEBC’S MEDICAL SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TEAM
There's consensus across multiple disciplines about the value of returning to work for injured workers — it's healthy, it contributes to recovery, and it leads to better health outcomes.
UBC CPD: COVID-19 Impacts: Running Your Community Office Safely – Incorporating Virtual Musculoskeletal Examinations during a Pandemic
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OVERVIEW
Join us for this online accredited educational session where highly experienced and knowledgeable specialists will share their experiences and best practices in managing virtual musculoskeletal examinations (specifically, wrist/hand and shoulder) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will include a panel of experts and participants will be prompted to ask their questions in real time using webinar technology.
