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FEATURES
| 8 | Editorial We all want and need a responsive, sustainable health-care system. The OMA is committed to advocate strongly at every level for resource investments and new solutions and opportunities that will enhance physicians’ ability to deliver quality health care in a timely manner in hospitals and the community. |
| 20 | Funded Benefits for Members: Key Enrolment Deadline Approaching Eligible physicians have until April 30, 2008, to enrol in the new OMA Priority Insurance Program without having to provide proof of good health. |
| 26 | Liability Coverage Among Allied Health Professionals: Key Issues for MDs In response tomember queries, the OMA Legal Services Department has summarized the scope of professional liability protection coverage held by various health-care professionals with whom physicians work, including nurses, nurse practitioners, and midwives. |
| 28 | Physician Accountability: Background Paper The Ontario health-care system is evolving toward increased accountability and transparency. The movement toward a system that places increased emphasis on measuring physician performance should occur in a systematic way, over time. For the transformation to be successful, it is important that physicians continue to be involved at all stages of the process beginning with design, through to implementation. |
| 36 | Ottawa Academy Hosts Clinical Day 2008 The Academy of Medicine Ottawa recently hosted its first Clinical Day—a unique interdisciplinary gathering of researchers and clinicians that showcased the excellent work ongoing in the national capital region, and the immediacy of local research to local practice. |
| 38 | Breast Screening in Ontario Physicians provide vital leadership in assisting patients to make appropriate decisions about breast screening. Cancer Care Ontario’s Greater Toronto Area Cancer Prevention and Screening Network has prepared an overview of breast screening guidelines and organized programs in Ontario, including helpful contacts and resources for physicians. |
| 59 | Doctor’s Business: Critical Illness Insurance With the ongoing advances in medicine, and a better understanding of healthy lifestyles, people are living longer, and there is an ever greater chance of surviving a critical illness. While most people recognize the need for life insurance to provide income for dependents in the event of death, and disability income insurance to provide income if one is unable to work, less is understood about critical illness plans. |
| 62 | WebWatch: Securing Member Log-in to the
OMA Website, Tips for Choosing a Password Passwords are the primary keys to unlocking access to personal information that is stored on computers or within online accounts. Regardless of the technology used to safeguard personal information, the password is usually the security element that is most vulnerable to attack. This month, WebWatch offers tips on how to create a strong personalized password that is easy to remember. |
| 1 | OMA Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Section Chairs
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| 6 | OMA Committee Chairs |
| 59 | Readers' Views |
| 78 | Committee seeks up to three new physician members to advise on OMA insurance programs and related premium reimbursement |
| OMA Board of Directors Report: Jan 30-31, 2008 | |
| 84 | Health Policy Report CPSO Proposed Amendments on Cosmetic Facilities, Use of Specialist Titles and Mandatory Physician Questions; CPSO Draft Policies on Establishing and Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship; Physician- Employed Physician Assistants; Wait Times Initiative System; Disruptive Physician Behaviour. |
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