Discussions

Over the years, I have been asked to participate in dozens of research projects for children with autism. But I became increasingly disappointed. There is a significant amount of money invested in learning about our kids’ brains, but there is too often an imbalance at the heart of research.  

I’m constantly pulling up the digital letterhead in my EMR to write a note to a service agency, landlord or employer to advocate for a change that I believe is in the best interest of my patient.

My solo GP practice was supported by the basic fundamentals of electronic facilitation. Billing, of course, reconciliation, appointment scheduling but, not EMR. Lab requisitioning, imaging both at community clinics as well as hospitals, the full spectrum of speciality and interventional procedures and medical and surgical referrals were all done using FAX.

My physician spouse was going to residency, but I was just going to Ottawa (the coldest capital city in the world, I’ll have you know). He was going toward his future and I was leaving everything behind.

'Why do people have forms for referrals?,' one doctor asked. 'I personally hate them. I often make referrals and the form is a total hold up. It is often not downloadable to my EMR.' Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes says 'hear! hear!'

At the start of the pandemic, there was a marked drop in demand for typical cold and flu remedies. As Canadians have started to get out and about as restrictions lift, is your pharmacy seeing an uptick in demand for these medicines? 

“Could he be having a posterior MI?” I thought to myself. “But he just had an echo and a stress MIBI that was all normal, how could this be?” I persuaded myself that I was wrong. After all, he did have bad reflux and the occasional panic attack. I got up and got him some expired, four-year-old Maalox, and another PPI.  “Do you feel better?” I asked him.