Health Professionals: May 2011 Archives

Wednesday May 25, 2011

To Err Is Medicine Mailbag

Preventable medical mistakes kill as many as 24,000 Canadians a year. This Monday, White Coat, Black Art aired a special one-hour edition about medical errors.  "To Err is Medicine: Minimizing and Managing Medical Errors" was recorded in front of live audience at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto last October.   A panel of experts and I talked about some of our worst medical mistakes and what we need to do to make the system safer for patients.  Hit the jump below to read a selection of your reactions to the show - including some painful stories in which you or loved ones experienced medical errors up close. Read more »

Categories: Accountability, Blog Archives, Communication, Health Professionals, Patient Safety

 

Wednesday May 18, 2011

Nursing Home Violence Show Mailbag

Our show this week looked at growing problem of violence at Canada's long-term care facilities:  nursing home residents who act violently against fellow residents and staff.  Violent attacks at Canada's long-term care facilities are not isolated incidents.  A study from Laval University published in 2005 found that more than one in five older residents at long-term care facilities act aggressively. The issue gained national attention after Frank Alexander died in hospital four days after allegedly being assaulted by Joe McLeod at Parkview Place personal care home in Winnipeg - where both Alexander and McLeod resided - on March 24th of this year. 

On our show this week, featured an interview with Real Cloutier, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's point man on long-term care, the same region where fatal assault on Mr. Alexander took place.  He took me on a tour of Winnipeg nursing homes to show me what they're doing in Manitoba to protect residents and staff.  And then, we heard from you.

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Categories: Accountability, Blog Archives, Health Professionals, Hospitals

 

Tuesday May 17, 2011

The Black Art of Delivering Bad News to Patients

This week, a CBC News series explores what it means to have "A Good Death" in Canada.  One of the areas they're looking at is palliative care:  treatment that focuses not on the cure...but the relief of suffering.  The moment doctors refer patients to a palliative care team may be the first that a patient realizes that death is near.  And it's one of the most difficult conversations a physician and patient can ever have.  As an ER physician, I've been through it many times myself. Read more »

Categories: Blog Archives, Communication, Health Professionals, Law & Ethics

 

• December 2011
  • Fri., 23 – Inspiration Show
     
  • Thu., 8 – Generation Rx: Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 6 – Your Next MD Will Be a Woman
     
  • Fri., 2 – Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Generation Rx - The Role of Doctors in Opioid Abuse
     
  • Tue., 29 – Generation Rx: Four Days to Go
     
  • Thu., 24 – Generation Rx: Some Quick Thoughts
     
  • Thu., 17 – Emergency Rooms Must Deliver Palliative Care
     
  • Fri., 11 – Unsung Heroes of Health Care Show
     
  • Thu., 10 – Marketing Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 9 – A Computer Teaches Doctors Some Empathy
     
  • Fri., 4 – Marketing Medicine Show
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 26 – Breaking Up Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 19 – Can We Talk? Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 14 – Can We Talk? Show
     
  • Wed., 12 – Respect Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 7 – Respect Show
     
  • Wed., 5 – Nelson Dream Team Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 4 – Overdiagnosis = Overkill
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Nelson Dream Team Show
     
  • Wed., 21 – Nurse Bullying Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 16 – Nurse Bullying Show
     
  • Wed., 14 – Personal Support Worker Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 9 – WCBA Season Debut: Personal Support Workers and Seniors
     
• August 2011
  • Tue., 30 – Pulling the Plug: Why Hospitals Aren't on the Same Page
     
  • Wed., 10 – Do Mental Health Patients Fall Through the Cracks?
     
  • Wed., 3 – Right to Die: This Time May Be Different
     
• July 2011
  • Tue., 26 – Before You Fire Your MD - Have a Chat
     
  • Mon., 11 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part Two
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part One
     
  • Fri., 24 – The Perils of Involving MDs in Crime Prevention
     
  • Wed., 22 – Sleepy Residents Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 16 – Unifinished Business Show Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 15 – Update on Alleged Plagiarism by University of Alberta's Dean Baker
     
  • Wed., 15 – Getting Past Vaccine Skepticism
     
  • Mon., 13 – Medical Deans Who Plagiarize Should Resign
     
  • Thu., 9 – Mental Health Show Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 3 – Mental Health Show
     
• May 2011
  • Wed., 25 – To Err Is Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 18 – Nursing Home Violence Show Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 17 – The Black Art of Delivering Bad News to Patients
     
  • Wed., 11 – Mother's Milk Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 10 – "Is There a Doctor on Board?"
     
  • Fri., 6 – Mother's Milk Show
     
  • Wed., 4 – Healthy Skepticism Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 2 – Early Screening Test for Autism Shows Promise
     
• April 2011
  • Thu., 21 – Nurses and Physician Assistants: Make Nice and Get Along!
     
  • Fri., 15 – MS Zamboni: Here We Go Again
     
  • Thu., 14 – Overdiagnosed Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 13 – Beware of "Off-Label" Prescribing
     
  • Tue., 12 – Older Doctors: Update
     
  • Fri., 8 – Will to Die Part 2 + Overdiagnosed
     
  • Fri., 8 – Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein Diagnosed with Dementia
     
  • Tue., 5 – Take Two Pills and Skype Me in the Morning
     
  • Mon., 4 – Will to Die Mailbag
     
• March 2011
  • Thu., 31 – Older Doctors Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 29 – Taking Better Care of Seniors in the ER
     
  • Fri., 18 – Older Doctors Show
     
  • Thu., 17 – Concierge Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 16 – Does Your Doctor Check Your Medical Tests?
     
  • Thu., 10 – Breaking Up Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 7 – Breaking Up: Reaction to Your Reaction
     
  • Fri., 4 – Breaking Up Show
     
  • Fri., 4 – A Leaky Medical Gadget?
     
• February 2011
  • Fri., 25 – Good Samaritan show
     
  • Fri., 18 – Wandering Show and a Personal Reflection
     
  • Thu., 17 – Listen to Me Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 15 – Beware the Blood Test Not Checked
     
  • Fri., 11 – Listen to Me show
     
  • Wed., 9 – No Appointment Show Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 7 – Reverse Medical Tourism?
     
  • Wed., 2 – Mailbag on Euthanasia (Corridor) Show
     
• January 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Shared Medical Visits Help People Lose Weight
     
  • Thu., 27 – Hospital Fixer Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 25 – Surgeons and Suicidal Thoughts: Behind the Mask
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Hospital Fixer Show
     
  • Wed., 19 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 18 – Surgeons Need Some Understanding
     
  • Thu., 13 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 11 – Prepare for H3N2 Seasonal Flu!
     
  • Mon., 10 – Patient Privacy: More to Come
     
  • Fri., 7 – Patient Privacy show
     
  • Wed., 5 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
• December 2010
  • Fri., 17 – Knee-high Medicine show
     
  • Tue., 14 – More on Haiti
     
  • Mon., 13 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Dr. Goldman Interview
     
  • Fri., 10 – Lights and Sirens show
     
  • Thu., 9 – Sneek Peek: Our "Lights and Sirens" show
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Thank Yous
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Live Chat on December 8, 2010
     
  • Fri., 3 – The Stress Show
     
  • Thu., 2 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 2 – Sneak Peek: Public Health, Private Lives
     
• November 2010
  • Tue., 30 – Does 'Telemonitoring' of Patients Improve Care?
     
  • Fri., 26 – Time to Mention the Unmentionables
     
  • Thu., 25 – Sneak Peek of Our Unmentionables show
     
  • Wed., 24 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 22 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Where are We Now?
     
  • Fri., 19 – Home Care Episode
     
  • Thu., 18 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 17 – Sneak Peek of our Home Care Show
     
  • Tue., 16 – Can Doctors Impose Do Not Resuscitate Orders? They Can
     
  • Tue., 16 – MS Zamboni Treatment: new developments
     
  • Fri., 12 – In Sickness and In Health
     
  • Wed., 10 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 9 – Don't Label Patients Difficult
     
  • Tue., 9 – Duty to Refuse Death-Delaying Treatment?
     
  • Fri., 5 – Healthy Design
     
  • Fri., 5 – More From Our Residents' Panel on End-of-Life
     
  • Fri., 5 – Join Me Sat. November 6 at a Public Forum on Palliative Care
     
  • Thu., 4 – Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 29 – When Your Life is Circling The Drain Episode
     
  • Thu., 28 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 26 – ER Wait: Shame on ERs!
     
  • Fri., 22 – Sex, Lies and Medical Mistakes Episode
     
  • Wed., 20 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 18 – More Excerpts from Our Townhall
     
  • Sat., 16 – 'To Err is Medicine' Townhall Episode
     
  • Thu., 14 – Sneak Preview of Our Medical Errors Town Hall
     
  • Sat., 9 – Pain: a Terrible and Misunderstood Affliction
     
  • Thu., 7 – To Err is Medicine? Anatomy of a Modern Problem
     
  • Wed., 6 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 1 – Social Medicine
     
• September 2010
  • Thu., 30 – Money, money everywhere?
     
  • Wed., 29 – Bonus Interview on Political Activism with Quebec College President
     
  • Wed., 29 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 24 – Put down the scalpel and raise a fist
     
  • Tue., 21 – My Book: 'The Night Shift - Real Life in the Heart of the ER'
     
  • Fri., 17 – Hospitals Go Green on WCBA
     
  • Wed., 15 – Telling Tales
     
  • Mon., 13 – Sneak Peek at WCBA's Next Show on Green Hospitals
     
  • Sat., 11 – WCBA Season Debut
     
  • Tue., 7 – Euthanasia Debate Heats Up in Quebec
     
• August 2010
  • Wed., 11 – Medical Errors: a list you don't want to ignore
     
  • Wed., 4 – Pharma-Sponsored Research: Good News Means Bias
     
• July 2010
  • Mon., 26 – MDs at the Root of Big Pharma's Influence
     
  • Thu., 22 – MDs and Patients as Facebook Friends? Think Twice