By Chris Sulway OntarioMD (OMD) welcomes the Ontario Auditor General’s recent report on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Ontario Government, including the examination of “the procurement of AI scribe systems”. The Auditor General’s report noted that the procurement results may have implications for clinical safety; however, these…
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…
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