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Volume 23, Number 2 Summer 2004
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
NEWSLETTER
2004 AGAA
► www.nlma.nf. ca
New president sets priorities
The new president of the Newfoundland and
Labrador Medical Association identified some key
priorities for the coming year in his inaugural
speech at the Association's recent annual general
meeting in Gander.
St. John's anesthesiologist Dr. Andrew Major
emphasized that although the year ahead will
have its share of challenges, there will also be
many rewards. "We are moving forward with
exciting new enterprises to better equip
physicians to do their jobs and improve the
quality of care in this province."
Chief among these new enterprises is a
partnership with the other Atlantic divisions to
develop an enhanced physician health program.
The first step in developing the program is a
^fcrvey of physician wellness programs in the
^^ion.
As a part of this review, an on-line survey about
physician health and well-being is being
distributed to NLMA members. Physicians in the
other Atlantic Provinces will also be surveyed.
Dr. Major noted that this is the first survey of its
kind of physicians in the region, and the findings
will help shape program design and delivery in
this important area. This short survey (less than
five minutes to complete) will focus on general
physician health as well as any knowledge and use
of existing physician health supports.
The survey is confidential, and it and the overall
review is being conducted by an external research
group. IHRD and Goss Gilroy Inc, private local
social research organizations with extensive
experience in developing and implementing online surveys, will receive the data directly and will
ensure that no information captured on-line will
be related to any particular respondent by any
means.
"The importance of looking after our own lives
lly came home to me during our job action,"
fid Dr. Major. "I ran into a family doctor at the
store and he told me that he had nothing to do in
his free time. It was the first time that he had had
free time and he didn't realize how little he did
outside of work."
New president Outgoing NLMA President Dr. Susan King and CMA President Dr. Sunil Patel offer their
congratulations to the new NLMA President Dr. Andrew Major (centre).
Hospital ship inspires new name for EMR project
Nell, the new name and visual
identity for the NLMA's
electronic medical record
project, is inspired by a piece of
Newfoundland and Labrador
medical history.
The Bonnie Nell was a hospital
ship that served the people who
lived along Newfoundland's
rugged east coast in the 1940s
and '50s. The Nell, as the ship
was known locally, was state-
of-the-art for her time and
carried on board x-ray
equipment and housed the
medical records for all those
treated. Cries of "the Bonnie
Nell is here" or "here comes the
Nell" were often heard in the
isolated communities along the
JieJL
coast as the ship, carrying with
her doctors and nurses, arrived
in port.
"Our Nell is also state-of-the-
art for our time," said NLMA
President Andrew Major. "We
hope that the spirit of the
Bonnie Nell will be captured in
our project, as we move
forward with this exciting,
leading edge enterprise to
provide the physicians of the
province with the tools they
need to provide the best care
possible to our patients."
Nell: Charting a Lifetime of
Care will be the focus of an
awareness campaign in the
coming months and years as
the project is developed and
implemented.
"From now on, when you hear
about the electronic medical
record, you'll be hearing about
Nellfn said Dr. Major. "We
believe the good work of the
Bonnie Nell so many years ago,
a service the people of the
province trusted and relied
upon, will live again in our
efforts to implement an
electronic medical record."
Dr. Major encouraged all physicians to take better had his blood pressure checked lately and he
care of themselves. "We need unbiased objective
assessments of our own health," he said. "I was in
the OR one day and many of the nurses and
orderlies were taking their blood pressures. I
asked the surgeon, who was in his mid-40's, if he
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answered that it had been "a couple of years".
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| Transcript | Volume 23, Number 2 Summer 2004 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2004 AGAA ► www.nlma.nf. ca New president sets priorities The new president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association identified some key priorities for the coming year in his inaugural speech at the Association's recent annual general meeting in Gander. St. John's anesthesiologist Dr. Andrew Major emphasized that although the year ahead will have its share of challenges, there will also be many rewards. "We are moving forward with exciting new enterprises to better equip physicians to do their jobs and improve the quality of care in this province." Chief among these new enterprises is a partnership with the other Atlantic divisions to develop an enhanced physician health program. The first step in developing the program is a ^fcrvey of physician wellness programs in the ^^ion. As a part of this review, an on-line survey about physician health and well-being is being distributed to NLMA members. Physicians in the other Atlantic Provinces will also be surveyed. Dr. Major noted that this is the first survey of its kind of physicians in the region, and the findings will help shape program design and delivery in this important area. This short survey (less than five minutes to complete) will focus on general physician health as well as any knowledge and use of existing physician health supports. The survey is confidential, and it and the overall review is being conducted by an external research group. IHRD and Goss Gilroy Inc, private local social research organizations with extensive experience in developing and implementing online surveys, will receive the data directly and will ensure that no information captured on-line will be related to any particular respondent by any means. "The importance of looking after our own lives lly came home to me during our job action," fid Dr. Major. "I ran into a family doctor at the store and he told me that he had nothing to do in his free time. It was the first time that he had had free time and he didn't realize how little he did outside of work." New president Outgoing NLMA President Dr. Susan King and CMA President Dr. Sunil Patel offer their congratulations to the new NLMA President Dr. Andrew Major (centre). Hospital ship inspires new name for EMR project Nell, the new name and visual identity for the NLMA's electronic medical record project, is inspired by a piece of Newfoundland and Labrador medical history. The Bonnie Nell was a hospital ship that served the people who lived along Newfoundland's rugged east coast in the 1940s and '50s. The Nell, as the ship was known locally, was state- of-the-art for her time and carried on board x-ray equipment and housed the medical records for all those treated. Cries of "the Bonnie Nell is here" or "here comes the Nell" were often heard in the isolated communities along the JieJL coast as the ship, carrying with her doctors and nurses, arrived in port. "Our Nell is also state-of-the- art for our time," said NLMA President Andrew Major. "We hope that the spirit of the Bonnie Nell will be captured in our project, as we move forward with this exciting, leading edge enterprise to provide the physicians of the province with the tools they need to provide the best care possible to our patients." Nell: Charting a Lifetime of Care will be the focus of an awareness campaign in the coming months and years as the project is developed and implemented. "From now on, when you hear about the electronic medical record, you'll be hearing about Nellfn said Dr. Major. "We believe the good work of the Bonnie Nell so many years ago, a service the people of the province trusted and relied upon, will live again in our efforts to implement an electronic medical record." Dr. Major encouraged all physicians to take better had his blood pressure checked lately and he care of themselves. "We need unbiased objective assessments of our own health," he said. "I was in the OR one day and many of the nurses and orderlies were taking their blood pressures. I asked the surgeon, who was in his mid-40's, if he N-E-X-U-S answered that it had been "a couple of years". continued on page 3 NEXUS defined: A connected group or series; a bond, a connection. |
