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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... week. I’ve had the privilege to be in the emergency room, occasionally in the delivery suite, in the office, in ... for authentic connections. In the world of social media, being someone’s Facebook friend or following them on ... at times, and that has served me well—in the exam room, managing people, at the community level, or when ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... We’ve garnered some worldwide attention, so engaging the media and sharing the collective wisdom is also a significant ... your partner can inject you, you can find someone in the room, etc. At OPS we don’t require staff to do any of those ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... if they use the same platform. Handwritten emergency room notes arrive by mail. Requests for health care services ... give up some of this right daily to interact on social media. I take a chance that my banking or personal data will ...
Beyond Medicine November 2015
... physicians and to the BC Children’s Hospital emergency room for influenza-like illness were well above average ... in the duration of illness and incidence of acute otitis media but increased nausea and vomiting.4 Benefits of ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD October 2009
... the severity of this year’s flu season might be, the media has perpetuated the H1N1 hype to such a degree that we ... should be made available at the entrance to the waiting room with a sign explaining that patients who arrive with ... patients with flu symptoms. Perhaps segregate your waiting room, if possible, or have patients with flu symptoms ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, October 2007
... paper A Prescription for Quality. Each garnered a lot of media and member response. Following this was the CMA’s ... maneuver between the chickens in the open-walled emergency room. The suture used looked like 00 green nylon in large ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD March 2005
... by politicians and health care providers on the news media. I’ve talked publicly about the need to ensure the ... up more operating rooms and give surgeons more operating room time. There are many other constant and perennial health ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD June 2005
... profession. I have had many interesting and stimulating media interviews concerning the sustainability of our ... experienced by our patients. Waiting times, emergency room chaos, lack of sufficient acute care hospital beds, ... I attempted to improve our image with the public and the media as well as converse with government in an attempt to ...