Andre Picard reports on the PEI governments attempts to force Family Physicians to maintain minimum panel sizes and meet family visit quotas, requirements seemingly added after a new contract was signed.
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Canada's struggling health systems have not gone unnoticed by the rest of the world. Calgary has the ignominious distinction of having the largest drop of any city in this year's Economist's Global Liveability Index, plummeting from 4th to 18th.

I’m proud to be working as a Strategic Advisor with the team at Ava EMR. Health systems need to rapidly evolve to meet the increasingly complex needs of patients and providers.
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I'll be presenting 'Best Practices for Virtual QI Workshops that Effectively Engage Clinicians' at the Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting next week. There'll be great discussion and we'll be learning from one another about how to best support healthcare improvement.

I’m proud to be a member of the Scientific Planning Committee for COVID Corner awarded with the 2023/2024 Course Innovation Award from the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.

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Audit and feedback is effective in improving professional practice based on analysis just published by the Cochrane Review. At the Physician Learning Program we provide clinicians with meaningful, personalized practice data and host peer-led group audit and feedback sessions.

Is a focus on preventative medicine in primary care failing patients? An insightful article in the BMJ highlights the balancing act that Family Physicians manage daily between preventative care for low risk populations vs. managing acute and chronic illness for sick patients.

Thank you @acoyne.bsky.social for reframing our current crisis of identity as an opportunity to redefine why we should be proud to be Canadian, "... a nationalism, not of identity, but of purpose, ambition and connection."

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This is a fascinating international comparison of national health expenditure vs. life expectancy... It's critical that we implement new ideas and best practices in health system design to support struggling healthcare systems.

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It’s critical that we support healthcare providers to make improvements in complex health systems that save money and improve care. Virtually delivered, peer-led Audit and Group Feedback is a method to achieve this. rdcu.be/d36ly