President's Letter
Dear Members,
The Representative Forum held a productive two-day meeting March 10 and 11 in Calgary. The major topics included:
- Agreement implementation update.
- System integration: Partnership among initiatives including Modernizing Alberta’s Primary Health Care System (MAPS), activities of the Specialty Care Alliance (SCA), Community Integrated Information/Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR), Home to Hospital to Home (H2H2H) transitions and Connect Care.
- Physician Compensation Strategy: Income Equity Initiative, AHS payments including stipends and on-call.
- Governance.
- AMA’s plans for a public information program around the upcoming provincial election.
Across all activities and initiatives, we will judge our success with three questions:
- Are we stabilizing physician practices that are struggling every day to survive?
- Are we ensuring Alberta is competitive with other provinces in retaining and attracting talent?
- Are we building up integrated team-based care toward developing a medical and health home for every Albertan?
You are always welcome to share your thoughts with me. You can email me via president@albertadoctors.org. You can also comment on this letter on the AMA website.
Regards,
fred Rinaldi, MD, CCFP, FCFP, LLB, MBA, MPA(HSA), BCom
President, Alberta Medical Association
"Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You can not withstand the storm.' The warrior whispers back, 'I am the storm.'"