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Welcome to AI-IntegratedCare: Connecting Patients and Doctors with Innovative Technologies

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Post published:September 18, 2023
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In the not-so-distant future, artificial intelligence (AI) tools will become standard features of patient visits with their doctors. A wave of advancements in AI is already beginning to reshape the health care landscape. This article addresses the art of the possible from the patient’s and doctor’s perspectives, however, it does not exhaustively catalogue commercial technology offerings for any market/area referenced.

The Art of the Chart: 10 Tips That Help Me Never Chart at Home

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Post published:November 11, 2022
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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…

Compassion in Digital Health – Innovation within Digital Health has the potential to heal or harm

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Post published:August 1, 2022
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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…

OMD Luminary Awards – Honouring clinicians who inspire in digital health!

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Post published:June 7, 2022
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Watch this video and get inspired to acknowledge your colleague! OMD’s annual Luminary Awards will begin accepting 2022 nominations next Monday, June 13. This is your opportunity to acknowledge a clinician colleague who has embraced and inspired the use of #digitalhealth tools in their practice…

Technology tips for treating patients with insomnia

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Post published:April 7, 2022
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by Dr. John Crosby, OMD Physician Peer Leader This blog post features useful tips for treating patients with insomnia, offered by Dr. John Crosby, an OntarioMD (OMD) Physician Peer Leader and practicing family physician in Cambridge, Ontario. OMD offers a variety of blog posts…

Part 2: 10 Reasons Doctors are Late and How to Fix Them

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Post published:February 14, 2022
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By Dr. John Crosby, OMD Physician Peer Leader This is part 2 of our video blog (vlog) where Dr. Crosby discusses time management tips for doctors. OMD can help you to reduce paperwork using your EMR and provide other advice to save time…

The 10 Reasons Doctors Are Late and How to Fix Them

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Post published:February 4, 2022
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By Dr. John Crosby, OMD Physician Peer Leader In this 2-part video blog (vlog), Dr. Crosby discusses time management tips for doctors. OMD can help you to reduce paperwork using your EMR and provide other advice to save time and effort. Contact us…

Digital Health and Virtual Care Day: Another Huge Success!

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Post published:October 14, 2021
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by Dr. Chandi Chandrasena, OMD Chief Medical Officer On September 30, OntarioMD (OMD) hosted its second annual Digital Health and Virtual Care (DHVC) Day Conference. This full-day online event was complimentary and featured CME-accredited educational sessions on digital and virtual care topics geared…

COVID-19 Historical Reports: Important Message from OMD’s Chief Medical Officer

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Post published:September 29, 2021
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by Dr. Chandi Chandrasena, Chief Medical Officer, OntarioMD OntarioMD (OMD) is aware that HRM-COVaxON historical reports are creating added work for many physicians. As a family physician with a busy clinic in Ottawa, I acutely understand what these added reports are doing to your workload. We had consulted extensively…

Breaking the Visit – collecting health data before and after in person clinical visits

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Post published:February 17, 2021
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Dr. Daniel Pepe, OntarioMD Physician Peer Leader The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged us in so many ways. One major change we have seen within our own office is that seeing patients routinely for hypertension or diabetes has become less frequent than in the…