Health Care System’s Carbon Footprint
Reading time: 4 minutes A Choosing Wisely Canada keynote panel connects the dots between the health care system’s carbon footprint, waste in practices, and the ultimate harm to patients and the planet.
Monkeypox Precautions
Reading time: 3 minutes Public Health Ontario provides infection prevention and control recommendations to health care workers treating patients who may be infected with the monkeypox virus.
The Cost of Working in a Culturally Unsafe Environment
Reading time: 3 minutes On top of all the other stressors of practising medicine, imagine feeling your hard work is undervalued because of the colour of your skin, sexual orientation and/or religion.
Allyship: Stronger Together
Reading time: 3 minutes The pandemic has brought so much cultural upheaval and political polarization into our lives, as a result, allyship has become more important than ever.
June 2022 Council at a Glance
Reading time: < 1 minute We present the highlights from Council’s recent discussion at its June meeting, including the Report from the Registrar and policy updates.
Ensuring Records Accessible for Regulatory Processes
Reading time: 2 minutes A new provision to a CPSO policy clarifies physicians’ obligation to ensure their records are accessible to CPSO, when required, for regulatory purposes.
Blood Tube Conservation
Reading time: 4 minutes With the extraordinary strain COVID-19 imposed on laboratory medicine in Canada, medical labs are facing critical shortages in blood tubes, devices and lab staffing.
Dispensing Drugs: A Consultation
Reading time: < 1 minute CPSO is reviewing its expectations for physicians who dispense drugs in their practice. The aim is to ensure they meet the same standards as pharmacists when dispensing drugs.
Whitelist CPSO Emails
Reading time: < 1 minute It’s important you receive membership and regulatory updates. Please ensure that the organization or email platform you use does not block @cpso.on.ca emails.
Email Communication can Pose Risks
Reading time: 3 minutes One of the major risks of using modern technology to communicate personal health information is that it could be inadvertently disclosed to someone who should not have it.
Digital Initiatives
Reading time: 3 minutes OntarioMD has undertaken several digital health initiatives to make it easier for physicians to manage their practice and provide effective patient care during the pandemic.
By-Law Revisions
Reading time: 3 minutes Amendments to the General By-Law, which add and amend certain information displayed on CPSO’s Public Register, were approved by Council.