October 31, 2024

In this issue:

• Meet the 2024 AMA Awards Recipients
• Congratulations to Dr. Christine Molnar, recipient of the Alberta Society of Radiologists Lifetime Achievement Award! 
• 2025 Primary Care Strategic Forum – call for speakers open 
• Attention family physicians and rural generalists! Register now for PCCM Panel Prep, Part 3
• Referral information available online for patients through My Personal Records
• AHS Updates:
  • Active health advisories
  • Viral haemorrhagic fever testing and outbreaks
  • APL laboratories moving to the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
  • Important: Fax number update for oncology referrals to the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
  • FAST multi-specialty launch coming December 2
  • Edmonton Zone: FAST December 2 launch notes
  • Item for Edmonton, North and Central Zones only: Changes to reportable range for C-Reactive Protein (CRP at Edmonton base lab
  • Food recall due to listeria
  • Update: Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) kits

• MD Financial
  • Everything you need to know before buying an electric vehicle 
• Community Connections
  • Syphilis Treatment Outreach and Prevention Education (STOP) Project health care provider survey

Meet the 2024 AMA Awards recipients

Each year the Alberta Medical Association celebrates the contributions that our members make every day to support health care for Albertans. These awards not only acknowledge individual excellence and leadership, but also inspire the broader medical community by showcasing the dedication and standards that drive the profession forward. 

At the President’s dinner in September, 22 honourees were recognized in the following categories:

• AMA Achievement Awards
• AMA Long-Service Award
• Member Emeritus

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Molnar recipient of the Alberta Society of Radiologists Lifetime Achievement Award!

On October 19 the inaugural Alberta Society of Radiologists Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Christine Molnar in recognition of her exceptional contributions and dedication to the field of diagnostic imaging in Alberta. 

Dr. Molnar is a truly deserving recipient and the epitome of excellence in the medical profession.

2025 Primary Care Strategic Forum – Call for speakers

The call for speakers is now open for the Primary Care Strategic Forum. The Primary Care Strategic Forum Advisory Committee is looking for engaging, interactive and inspiring sessions that focus on the key content streams. Submissions will be accepted until December 3 at 12 p.m. MT. The call for breakout speakers proposal guide is a helpful resource to guide you through the submission process. More information is available on the event website. 

Attention family physicians and rural generalists! Register for PCCM Panel Prep Part 3

Join AMA-ACTT for Part 3 of our webinar series and learn how to access, understand and action CPAR reports. These reports allow you and your team to manage demographic mismatches and reduce conflicts, which improves care continuity and may improve the accuracy of your AH panel size estimate. Understanding how to action these CPAR reports will help you prepare your panel for the Physician Comprehensive Care Model (PCCM) launch, which has a panel component.  
  
Physicians and teams - register today and take control of your panel size! 

• Monday, November 25, 5:30 p.m. or
• Thursday, November 28, 8 a.m.

If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, there's time to catch up. Watch the recorded webinars and read key takeaways in our growing PCCM resource library. 

Referral information available online for patients through My Personal Records

As of October 31, Albertans will be able to view referral information for urology consults entered in the Netcare eReferral system dated October 31, 2024, and later. Referral information will be viewable through the My Personal Records (MPR) application and will include referral date, referring provider, reason for referral, referral statuses and referral status reason. 

The first release of referral information in MPR will be for urology consults only. Referrals sent to other specialties will be released at a later date. 

AHS Updates

The following AHS updates have been provided for your information:

• Active health advisories
• Viral haemorrhagic fever testing and outbreaks
• APL laboratories moving to the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
• Fax number update for oncology referrals to the new Calgary Cancer Centre (Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre)
• FAST Multi-specialty launch coming December 2
• Edmonton Zone: FAST December 2 launch notes
• Edmonton, North and Central zones: Changes to reportable range for C-reactive protein (CRP) at Edmonton base lab
• Food recall due to listeria
• Update: rapid antigen testing (RAT) kits

Everything you need to know before buying an electric vehicle 

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This article breaks it all down so you can decide if an EV is right for you. Here, you’ll get an idea about the types of electric vehicles, financing options, rebates, insurance and maintenance. The good news is that Volvo is offering eligible physicians and medical students up to $1,000 on select models. 

Community Connections

Syphilis Treatment Outreach and Prevention Education (STOP) Project health care provider survey

Health care providers have the power to help reduce syphilis rates in our communities, but we need to better understand their educational needs. Information gathered through our survey will help us create accredited CME and PD curricula that will strengthen health care provider knowledge, skills and comfort to better address syphilis. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes. Take the survey.

Promoting a local charitable health-related event?

Recruiting physicians and medical learners for a medical study?

Seeking AMA member participation in a survey?

The AMA receives many requests to promote local events, research participation opportunities and surveys to our members. We consider all requests based on specific criteria and general relevance/appropriateness. Please note that, unless explicitly stated, the AMA is not associated with or responsible for items listed in Community Connections.

In case you missed it...

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Upcoming events

Media Relations 101

November 14

Medical Record Keeping

November 15

36th Annual Cardiovascular Update for the Practicing Physician

November 16

Navigating the inner storms of uncertainty

November 28

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Recognition Roundup

Below are special dates deserving recognition:

November:

Movember 

Fall Prevention Month 

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