Health Professionals
Friday October 1, 2010
Social Medicine
You've heard of social media. What about social medicine?
That's when health professionals blog and tweet and text, not only to each other -- but to their patients. Some even go as far as making friends on Facebook, though there's much debate among health pros about where professional should stop at personal when it comes to social networking with patients.
We pull it all together - the pros and the cons. Give it a listen....and then send us viral by Facebooking and tweeting about it!
Categories: Communication, Health Professionals, Law & Ethics, Policy & Regulations, Technology & Innovation
Thursday September 30, 2010
Money, money everywhere?
If you want to start the eye-rolling among Canadians, you need only to talk about the pay packets of their doctors. They make a good living, no doubt about it. GP's generally pull in $100,000-plus a year; high-earning specialists like opthamologists, cardiologists and interventional radiologists typically make several times that. However, for all the talk of benefits, we rarely look at the costs of being a physician.
This Youtube video is a quick lesson in the financial reality for a lot of physicians. It's from the US, so the numbers vary somewhat, but the basics remain the same: a lot of doctors make a lot of money, but they aren't necessarily getting rich doing it.
Read more »Categories: Family Medicine, Health Professionals
Wednesday September 29, 2010
Bonus Interview on Political Activism with Quebec College President
On my way to Sept-Iles to interview the doctors who threatened to resign to stop Terra Ventures from exploring for uranium, I swung my Montreal to chat with Dr. Yves Lamontagne, President of the Quebec College of Physicians. His candid comments on the doctors' threat to resign made it into the Sept-Iles documentary.
But the good doctor and I had a much longer chat about the dos and don'ts of political activism in La Belle Province. You can listen to our bonus conversation by clicking on the audio link below.
Dr. Lamontagne has had a storied medical career. A psychiatrist by training, Dr. Lamontagne has served both the public and the medical profession well in Quebec. He is an author and is also a quite the crooner, with a successful singing career on the side. In October, Dr. Yves Lamontagne steps down from the College to pursue his many other interests.
We wish him a satisfying transition.
Categories: Accountability, Green Health Care, Health Professionals, Law & Ethics, Policy & Regulation
- October 2010
- Fri., 1 – Social Medicine
- September 2010
- Thu., 30 – Money, money everywhere?
- Wed., 29 – Wednesday Mail Bag
- Fri., 24 – Put down the scalpel and raise a fist
- Fri., 17 – Hospitals Go Green on WCBA
- Wed., 15 – Telling Tales
- Tue., 7 – Euthanasia Debate Heats Up in Quebec
- August 2010
- July 2010
- Mon., 26 – MDs at the Root of Big Pharma's Influence
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