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COVER Funded Health-care Benefits for Members: OMA Priority Insurance Program Launched  For just $50 a year, as many as 25,000 qualifying physicians currently practising in Ontario will have access to flexible and comprehensive health insurance plans — Extended Health Care insurance or a Health Spending Account (regardless of age), and Critical Illness insurance (for those under age 65) — that are funded through the new OMA Priority Insurance Program, beginning on January 1, 2008. |
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| 7 | Editorial Health benefits are a matter of significant interest among members and our families, and I am very happy to announce the launch of a new funded benefits program for Ontario physicians — the OMA Priority Insurance Program. The Ministry is providing $25 million annually for the OMA to fund the program, and we hope to build on this initiative in our next round of negotiations. |
| 16 | Ministry to Distribute “Mini Billing Profiles”
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care plans to mail “mini billing profiles” to physicians in December ‘07 or January ‘08. The profiles provide physicians with useful information about their billing patterns in comparison with physicians in the same billing specialty. |
| 31 | Infection Protection: Practical Tips for Physicians to Improve Hand Hygiene A provincial pilot program — the Hand Hygiene Initiative — has demonstrated increased hand hygiene understanding and rates. Physician involvement in, and support for, such programs is critical to their success. |
| 33 | Hepatitis C and Injection Drug Use Successful treatment of hepatitis C can occur for patients with addictions histories. The most important variable seems to be the patient having a consistent, long-term, and trusting connection with health-care providers. |
| 39 | End-of-life Care in the Home: How a New Procedure for Paramedics and Firefighters May Affect Your Patients and Practice New practice standards and guidelines for paramedics and firefighters will significantly alter the way patients with terminal illnesses who choose to die at home are managed if caregivers call 911. The new approach calls on physicians and nurses to ensure the appropriate completion of a DNR Confirmation Form for patients in their care. |
| 46 | OntarioMD Connects: Data Portability Between Clinical Management Systems OntarioMD is working to protect physicians’ investment of time and money, and to set the stage for clinical management system interoperability, by mandating data portability among CMS and electronic record systems. |
| 58 | Physicians and the Law:
RateMDs.com — Does Defamation Law Apply? The OMA has received numerous calls from concerned physicians regarding the website RateMDs.com. The OMA Legal Services Department has prepared an overview of members’ rights with respect to challenging negative comments posted to the site, and what legal recourse might be available to them. |
| 60 | At Your Service: OMA Economics Department
The OMA Economics Department is active in a broad range of work across the Association, and provides support for members through three primary categories: research and policy analysis, tariff and fees-related functions, and data/information sources and publications. |
| 64 | Doctor’s Business: Segregated Funds Segregated funds and their guarantees tend to appeal to conservative investors who want the security of knowing that they cannot outlive the income from these funds, but still want the potential increase in value and income that come from market-based investments over the longer term. |
| 67 | WebWatch: Tips for Securing pPersonal Data When Disposing of Old Computers
Custodians of personal health information must be vigilant in thoroughly removing data from computers that are to be sold, passed on to others, or simply disposed of. |
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| 54 | OMA Board of Directors Report: October 17-18, 2007 |
| 56 | Health Policy Report Drugs and Pharmacotherapy/Long-Term Care; Physician Behaviour in the Professional Environment. |
| 57 | Professional Services Report Northern Physician Retention Initiative; CME Program for Rural and Isolated Physicians; Rural Locum Program. |
| 62 | Directory of Key Contacts |
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