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- 11/18/2012
Over half of Canadian family doctors now use EMRs
More Canadian physicians than ever are embracing the move from paper to electronic medical records (EMRs), according to a new international report. - 11/18/2012
Ottawa rejects plea for generic OxyContin ban, tells provinces to better control abuse
Aglukkaq is also telling the provinces to use their own power over doctors and pharmacists to crack down on wayward prescriptions - 11/18/2012
Is there a poet in the hospital?
- 11/18/2012
Infoway launches clinician-to-clinician support plan
‘Knowing is Better’ campaign aims to help doctors find local peers interested in e-health - 11/18/2012
Five common foot pain complaints (and how to treat them)
Helping patients deal with these painful conditions not only improves quality of life, but can also avoid bigger problems down the road - 11/18/2012
Fasting not needed
- 11/18/2012
DISPATCH: The 10,000 hours theory of great doctoring
Dr. Anders Ericsson (PhD) is known as the ‘10,000 hours guy.’ The Swedish-born professor of psychology at Florida State University published seminal research on talent, popularized by writer Malcolm Gladwell, which seemed to answer the question: What makes a superstar? - 11/18/2012
Cracking the complexity of chronic pelvic pain
The causes of CPP can be challenging to diagnose and treat, but family physicians are in an ideal position to help women struggling with this pain - 11/18/2012
Cancer drug treats MS
- 11/18/2012
A vote in favour of seniority – and against the Ontario doctor deal
Perhaps the most important of several reasons why I will vote against the tentative Ontario Medical Association-Ontario Ministry of Health Physicians Services Agreement is the abandonment of the Service Recognition program. Personal economic loss is not a consideration here, since I now work to keep the brain from boredom rather than because I have to. But relinquishing this single item illustrates better than any other I can think of why the OMA not only seems to have lost its way, but also seems befuddled in its role as bargaining agent. - 11/17/2012
For he’s an honorary fellow . . .