By Cedaleia Graham, Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist Physicians play a crucial role in ensuring the health and well-being of individuals and communities. They are the pillars of our health care system, dedicating their lives to saving lives, providing medical care, and improving…
Community Clinicians’ Voices Heard on “Data Privacy Day” Reflections on OntarioMD’s participation in the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s panel – and where we can do more Ariane Siegel, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, OntarioMD Recently, I was invited to speak on the…
By Kathy Tudor, Director, Communications & Marketing, OntarioMD Ontario’s doctors inspire me every day. I see their dedication to their patients whenever I use the health care system. I read about the immense workload they face. We, at OntarioMD (OMD), hear their feedback…
By Dr. John Crosby, OMD Physician Peer Leader and practicing family physician in Cambridge, Ontario OntarioMD (OMD) offers a variety of blog posts to support clinicians with digital health tips and tools for varying skill levels. Content is tailored towards clinicians’ diverse needs,…
By Dr. Ted Jablonski, who is a singer-songwriter, emerging playwright and neophyte poet who has retired his family practice to focus on sexual medicine and transgender health in Southern Alberta. He now finds himself advising medical students at the Cumming School of Medicine…
By Patricia Borja, Legal Intern, OntarioMD Canadian health care institutions are attractive targets for would-be cyber attackers. Volumes of sensitive information, as well as clinicians’ reliance on networked systems to provide care, present vulnerabilities to exploit. Recent attacks against hospitals and provincial networks…
By Cedaleia Graham, Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist OntarioMD (OMD) will be virtually hosting our third annual Digital Health & Virtual Care (DHVC) Conference on September 29 and 30. This 2-day event is complimentary and features CME-accredited educational sessions on digital health and…
By Christina Jones, Policy Analyst, OntarioMD THE ISSUE Opioid-related harms continue to be an ongoing epidemic health care providers and policymakers are striving to remedy. The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic brought forward the significance of social determinants of health (SDOH) in connection…
By Cedaleia Graham, Communications & Marketing Intern Working in a rapidly changing and increasingly stressful environment, physicians are finding themselves spending less time focusing on their wellness and more time overworking themselves to the point of burnout. In one of our recent OMD…
by Dr. Keith Thompson, OMD Physician Peer Leader This column was originally posted on Dr. Thompson's LinkedIn on July 10, 2022. Compassion - HHR Staff- An Asset or an Expense? This is the first in a series of Newsletters that I will explore…