2024
July 25
- Get ready for a brand new AMA! (Website, that is)
- Time to update your AMA website login credentials
- Be aware! Blood culture bottle shortage
- Additional diagnostic reports for patients available through My Personal Records
- Interim fax routing - Changing Connect Care provider communication method
- Changes to AHS DI appointment notifications sent to ordering providers
- Have your say in improving the new Pathway Hub digital tool
- Attend the ADM town hall on PCN transition
- AHS Updates:
- Active health advisories
- APL merging duplicative requisitions
- Alberta wildfire information update
- Cardiac test results available in My Personal Records
- MD Financial
- What's the best order for drawing your retirement income?
- Community Connections
- AI scribe tools in health care study
July 11
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Managing falls
- Physician leaders wanted!
- 20 medical students each granted $500 courtesy of AMA's ADIUM Insurance
- AHS Updates:
- Active health advisories
- Alberta Health update on tetanus, diptheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine
- For EMR Connect Care users: Improved Netcare access via Connect Care
- Updated routine immunization schedule
- MD Financial
- Portfolio positioning as the Bank of Canada cuts rates first
- Community Connections
- Patient questions, concerns and myths for vaccines
June 27
- Preventing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Two new vaccines
- Avoid excess lab testing: How you can help
- New AMA award celebrates rural/remote medicine
- Discounts on driver's medical exams: How will this affect your practice?
- AHS Updates:
- Active health advisories
- MD Financial
- The tax rules for common-law partners
- Community Connections
June 13
- The new Physician Comprehensive Care Model: Stay informed
- Apply to join the AMA Rates Committee
- New titles for AMA senior management team
- AHS Updates:
- Active health advisories
- New primary care measles resources
- PaxlovidTM funding changes
- FAST launched gynecology in Calgary, Central, North, South Zones June 10
- MD Financial
- Safeguarding your hard-earned assets is an important consideration
- Community Connections
May 30
- Your perspective is needed: Serve in the Health System Refocus Working Table
- EMR strategies a focus for Physician Champion Network webinar
- Connect, learn, explore: New Clinic Managers Network launches
- Apply to join the AMA Rates Committee
- AHS Updates:
- Active health advisories
- Alberta Precision Laboratories: Reminder on measles
- Alberta's Pathway Hub: Pathway of the week
- FAST launching gynecology in Calgary, Central, North and South Zones June 10
- MD Financial
- Rising capital gains taxes: To crystallize or not to crystallize – that is the question
- Community Connections
- Do you have a connection with the historic Calgary General Hospital?
- Building Healthy Communities: Mentorship and Resilience Project (MRP)
May 17
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Alcohol use disorder
- What do you think of your AMA section? Complete the survey.
- Learn how WCB-Alberta can expedite surgery assessments and procedures
- Two years of PaRx in Alberta: Are you prescribing nature?
- Are you eligible? Apply for the ADIUM Student Elective Travel Grant.
- You’re invited to join the Physician Health Inclusion space on CMA Community
- AHS Updates:
- Active health advisories
- Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL), Edmonton Hub Lab phone changes
- Research and Innovation Report now online
- and more!
- New MD Culture Shift: May issue
- MD Financial
- Federal Budget 2024: Highlights for physicians
- Community Connections
- Do you have a connection with the historic Calgary General Hospital?
- Building Healthy Communities: Mentorship and Resilience Project (MRP)
April 25
- April 2024 changes to the SOMB
- It's time to prepare for wildfire season
- Does your practice see a high proportion of injured workers?
- Fecal Immunochemical Tests: Are you FIT to order?
- Student-led health care project aims to improve patient safety experience
- AMA Achievement Awards: Nomination deadline extended to May 15
- New MD Culture Shift: April issue
- AHS Updates
- Measles updates from AHS and APL
- COVID-19 vaccine update
- Goals of Care Designations
- Netcare eReferral changes
- ADAPT project: Get support to improve transitions for patients with chronic diseases
- MD Financial
- How new trust reporting requirements for bare trusts could impact you
- Community Connections
April 11
- Important measles updates from AHS and APL
- WCB fee increase update
- AMA committee openings: Online applications now being accepted
- Are you eligible for Canada Student Loan forgiveness?
- Interested in a +1 program? RSVP for the Enhanced Skills virtual information evening
- MD Financial
- Webinar for AMA members - register now to learn about the Medicus Pension PlanTM
- Community Connections
March 28
- Provide your input on working with WCB-Alberta
- AMA President-Elect 2024-25: Call for nominations
- Use your CME dollars! Deadline is March 31
- New MD Culture Shift: March issue
- MD Financial
- Investing through 2024 and beyond with robust portfolios
- Community Connections
March 14
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Medical management of BPSD
- Read two important lab updates: supply ordering and microbiology requisitions
- March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Three new Enhanced Skills programs taking on their first residents in July 2025
- PFSP invites original physician poetry submissions
- Nominate a health hero for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame!
- MD Financial
- AMA members, pay the right amount of taxes
- Community Connections
- Perceived distinctions between research, medical, clinical and surgical innovation and their impact on professional practice
February 29
- Wanted: Physician input on WCB-Alberta experiences
- Declare yourself "in" for panel management support funding
- FAST expands general surgery province-wide on February 26
- Thank a colleague! JPAC Shine On Gratitude Program.
- AMA seeks nominations for our highest awards
- MD Financial
- Get a tailored investment plan
- Community Connections:
- ADAPT study on follow-up care recruiting family physicians
February 15
- Good faith claims billing information session
- Updated fax number for Calgary zone urology referrals issue
- You're making a difference! Enhanced lipid reporting a success
- Taking additional training? Are you eligible for a $7,500 scholarship?
- Applications for the 2024 Student Sponsorship Program are now open!
- New: MD Culture Shift - February issue
- MD Financial
- Tax changes for 2024
- Community Connections:
- Alberta Health Technology Survey
January 25
- Share your voice to help government and the public understand the crisis in family care
- AMA Strike Team: Improving comprehensive primary care
- FIB-4: New test in Alberta to risk stratify patients of developing liver fibrosis
- General surgery to join FAST province-wide
- Alberta's Pathways Hub - Feedback wanted
- Now available province-wide: Family medicine - Menopause symptom advice request reason for referral
- Election results: Meet your new zonal/regional RF delegates!
- Want to help celebrate medicine's achievements? Apply now!
- Applications now open for Health Technology Innovation Program
- MD Financial Management
- Should I invest in a TFSA or leave excess funds in my corporation?
- Community Connections
- Your input is needed on assessing FASD in Canada
January 11
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Part 2 - Emerging acute or decompensated heart failure
- Patients requesting Novavax vaccine?
- TD Insurance/AMA Medical Student Bursary: Application deadline extended to January 14
- Register today: Online session on physician wellness and mental illness
- Physicians needed to interview applicants for the U of A Doctor of Medicine Program
- Expressing our gratitude
- HQCA now publicly reporting hospital care measures
- 2023 EMR Survey - the results are in!
- Join the History of Medicine Committee: online applications now being accepted
- New MD Culture Shift January issue
- MD Financial Management
- U.S. tax planning considerations for Canadian "snowbirds"
2023
December 14
- CMA leadership opportunities closing December 29: Apply ASAP!
- Register for CaRMS interview prep
- Provincial Pathways Unit is looking for help from primary care providers
- Vascular surgery joins FAST
- New: MD Culture Shift December issue
- MD Financial Management
- Here are some financial FAQs for medical students
- Community Connections
- Chiropractors want to understand your perception of chiropractic care in Alberta
November 30
- Vote now: 2023 RF delegate zonal/regional elections
- Lung cancer screening available to eligible Albertans
- New online clinical decision support tool for patients in Alberta
- New pediatric functional GI education website
- Apply for the TD Insurance AMA Medical Student Bursary
- MD Financial Management
- Preparing for the family meeting: How to talk to your children about your estate plan
- Community Connections
- U of C CME&PD 2023-2024 needs assessment
- Participate in a study on pregnancy care referral
November 16
- Your issues, media coverage, AMA in the news
- Vote now: 2023 RF delegate zonal/regional elections
- Are you contemplating retirement or are already fully retired?
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Emerging acute or decompensated heart failure?
- Changes to lipid reporting and the LDL-C equation in Alberta
- Want to advise the health minister on health information management?
- Reminder: Community providers take action to receive results without delay
- New: MD Culture Shift November 2023 issue
- MD Financial Management
- Preparing for the family meeting: How to talk to your children about your estate plan
- Community Connections
- Research study: Medical education needs of myalgic encephalomyelitis
- Disability and accessibility in First Nations health centre survey
- Research study: COPD care
- Talent Research Roundtable: Health technology in Alberta
October 26
- Help Alberta get immunized: Alberta's fall vaccine program has launched
- Call for applications: AMA Income Equity Initiative Dispute Resolution Committee
- 2023 Tarrant Scholarship: Congratulations Hailea Purcell and Tina Nash!
- Turning lost minutes into patient care: the Health Care Unburdened Grant program
- Does your President's Letter come from a former president?
- MD Financial Management
- Why it's ok to delegate your financial responsibilities
- Community Connections
- Seeking physicians to discuss pregnancy and reproductive services for women with disabilities
- CanMeds open call for public consultation on physician training and practice
- Research study: Culture and positive regard
October 12
- Local doctors, local issues town hall meetings begin October 16
- Call for nominations: Zonal/Regional RF delegates
- Apply today: AMA Informatics Committee
- Alberta's Pathway Hub now live
- Follow these steps to ensure you get lab, specimen and imaging results
- Alberta Medical Association/TD Insurance Stabilization Fund
- Presidential ghosts in your inbox?
- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- New: MD Culture Shift October 2023 issue
- MD Financial Management
- Practice management team: Assemble!
- Community Connections
- Are you interested in shared care planning with complex patients?
September 28
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- 2023-24 AMA membership: United for the health of the profession
- AMA staff announcements: Service milestones and retirement
- Family physicians needed for Caregiver-Centered Care: Physician Education Advisory
- Apply for leadership opportunities with the CMA
- MD Financial Management
- Meet Dr. Franco Rizzuti, AHS medical health officer and member of the MD Physician Council
- Community Connections
- Call for Abstracts - Pediatric Academic Societies
September 14
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Nocturia
- Giving Alberta infants the best start to life possible
- Meet this year's recipients of TD Insurance AMA Scholarships
- New resource guide for physicians for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Congratulations to AMA Executive Director Mike Gormley on his retirement!
- New: MD Culture Shift Issue #24
- MD Financial Management
- Should I invest in a TFSA or leave excess funds in my corporation?
- Community Connections
- Focus on Caregivers: Active wellness for Calgarians under age 65 with dementia
August 31
- AMA committee openings closing soon: Apply online ASAP!
- AMA reps needed for Alberta Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Programs’ Advisory Committee
- CMA Awards: Nominate in one-step
- MD Financial Management
- Investing as a physician: a primer
- Community Connections
- COVID-19 related Moral Injury in Health Care Workers
August 17
- Notice of elections and changes to AMA Bylaws
- Members needed for several important committees. Apply online today!
- Register for town hall Connect Care conversation with Alberta physicians
- Do you have an up-to-date Privacy Impact Assessment? Time-limited offer.
- Thinking of a +1 residency in 2024-25?
- CMA Awards: Submit a one-step nomination today!
- Curl with colleagues this winter
- MD Financial Management
- Bank of Canada: Another 0.25% hike, target overnight interest rate now 5.0%
- Community Connections
- Level 2 Advanced Caregiver-Centered Care Education – all six domain modules now online
July 27
- Don't miss out! Claim up to $2,200 in CME reimbursement before July 31.
- Members needed for important committees. Apply online today!
- MD Financial Management
- Canadians are living longer. How does that impact my retirement savings?
- Community Connections
- Is Alberta's surgical referral system working for your and your patients?
July 13
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Constipation in the elderly
- Important committees: Members needed. Apply online today!
- Are you an Edmonton and area physician? Two special events to celebrate you!
- New MD Culture Shift Issue #23
- MD Financial Management
- A guide to TFSA stock trading rules
- Community Connections
- Is Alberta's surgical referral system working for your and your patients?
June 29
- A step toward anti-racism and anti-discrimination
- Medical students receive a boost from AMA's ADIUM Insurance!
- Lung cancer screening program expanding
- Want to help celebrate medicine's achievements?
- MD Financial Management
- Medicus Pension Plan: Canada's first multi-employer pension plan for physicians has launched
- Community Connections
- Educational needs assessment of Canadian health care professionals on myalgic encephalomyelitis
- National survey of health care professionals' responses on domestic sex trafficking
June 15
- Claim your 2023 Continuing Medical Education allotments by July 31
- Connect Care surveys: Update from AHS and AMA
- AMA Committee on Achievement Awards: Online applications now being accepted
- New MD Culture Shift Issue #22
- MD Financial Management
- How to use income splitting to keep more of your money
- Community Connections
- Educational needs assessment of Canadian health care professionals on myalgic encephalomyelitis
- National survey of health care professionals' responses on domestic sex trafficking