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Pat Rich
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Bye Bye Birdie: Ruminations on social media 2024: Part 1. No longer posting on Twitter/X after almost 16 years.
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"What AI is going to do is keep myself and more of my colleagues in practice longer," Dr. Chandi Chandrasena,
Chief Medical Officer at @ontariomd.bsky.social speaking a public forum on AI in healthcare in Ottawa.
AI is the only thing that will be able to transform emergency care in Ontario hospitals: Bold contention from Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, an emergency physician at @ottawahospital.on.ca speaking at a public forum on AI and healthcare in Ottawa.
"We can’t really believe we are taking care of a population of patients when we only see them once or twice a year. Health happens outside of visits” @drdannysands.bsky.social, a US primary care physician and pioneer of participatory medicine.
AI tools that provide health information to patients are only accurate 60%-80% of the time: Dr. Elizabeth Borycki, Director of the Global Laboratory for Digital Health Innovation at @uvic.ca speaking at #HealthWorkforceConnects
"Health care worker safety is a moral and strategic imperative when we look at costs to the system (and it) directly impacts patient care," Michael McMillan, President and CEO, Health Employers Association of British Columbia at #HealthWorkforceConnects
Balancing the imperative to provide care with the need to protect the health workforce is one of the key issues being addressed at a workshop at the Health Workforce Canada symposium this morning #HealthWorkforceConnects
Results of this year's @cmadocs.bsky.social Physician Health Survey show things have improved since 2021 but "doctors are still struggling with excessive workloads, exhaustion and burnout — leading some to reduce clinical hours or consider leaving practice altogether."
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From pressure to progress: Results from the CMA’s 2025 National Physician Health Survey
The 2025 National Physician Health Survey shows that Canadian physicians experience mental health challenges and burnout.
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@cmadocs.bsky.social has rejoined @medwma.bsky.social seven years after quitting the association following allegations the WMA plagiarized a CMA speech. The decision was made at the recently completed WMA General Assembly in Porto.
Fascinating little exhibit if you are interested in medieval Flemish art. At the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto
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At @cape-acme.bsky.social we're sometimes asked, Why don't doctors stay in their lane?

The answer: health is about more than health care.

Planetary health is public health, which is why the first National Day of Action on Planetary Health is happening Oct. 6.

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Planetary health is public health - Healthy Debate
Ignoring planetary health would be a gross dereliction of duty by the public health profession.
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When every word is a hand-crafted gem, cutting is never easy.
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I need to say a few words about Darren.
He was, in many ways, the doctor all doctors needed to be. Compassionate, caring, an advocate and a poet. We were all privliged to have him in our world.
And we are poorer for his departure from it.
Wherever you are, I hope there are paddles and pedals.
Darren Markland Obituary | Edmonton Journal Remembering
View Darren Markland's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 17 tribute posts from the community.
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Essential that physicians don't lose their capacity for critical thinking when they work in an AI-enhanced environment: @arjalali.bsky.social speaking at @ontariomd.bsky.social conference #
In opening remarks at second day of @ontariomd.bsky.social conference, @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social CEO Kimberly Moran talks about good news from recent arbitration award but no comment on recently announced government plans to expand scope of practice for optometrists, pharmacists and others
"“It is way, way past time that we built a health system where primary care is the foundation” @janephilpott.bsky.social speaking at #dhc2025 conference from @ontariomd.bsky.social "The sad reality is not everybody in Ontario has access to primary care"
"Putting patients before paperwork is the true value of technology" @ontariomedical.bsky.social president Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman #dhc2025