Apps avialble to CMA members only:
- CMAJ app – CMA members can browse articles and get access to early releases.
- DynaMed Plus app — Evidence-based summaries covering 4,700 topics updated frequently using systematic literature surveillance.
- RxTx Mobile app — The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (Rx) and Drug Choices (Tx) apps (iOS and Android).
- The NLMA mailed physician resource kits to all primary care physicians in the province to help improve patient-doctor communication. The kits include a brochure and poster designed to educate patients about making the most of their office visit, while helping physicians manage issues that may impact on clinic efficiency. It includes guidance for such topics as urgent care protocol, how to communicate symptoms, and booking appointments among other issues. Included with the patient tools is a list of Quick Tips that doctors may use as a reference for improving patient communication. Additional Quick Tips as well as Quick Tips for reception staff have been made available online. Also available are patient forms for listing symptoms and questions to help physicians prioritize and manage patient expectations during examinations. Additional copies of all materials are available for download or by contacting the NLMA Office.
- OIPC Privacy Checkups for Physicians: The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) invites physicians to undertake a "Privacy Check-Up" designed to help physician custodians and their staff evaluate their level of compliance with PHIA. This educational initiative consists of a short nine-question checklist (with additional follow-up points) that will help Custodians determine whether they have "reasonable security measures" in place to protect personal health information as required by PHIA. The questions also seek to remind Custodians of their additional obligations under PHIA with respect to collection, use and disclosure of personal health information. The OIPC is encouraging all Custodians to contact their office to arrange a short site visit (20 minutes) during which an Access and Privacy Analyst will come to your office and talk with physicians and staff about the checklist and if necessary, discuss ways to improve practices and procedures to become PHIA compliant. For questions, more information, or to set up a visit, contact the OIPC at (709) 729-6309 or commissioner@oipc.nl.ca.
- On June 28, 2019, the Children, Youth and Families Act came into effect to replace the former Children and Youth Care and Protection Act. The new act expands the identification and support of youth in need of protection by increasing the scope of the duty to report to include youth aged 16-17 and removing restrictions so that all youth under a voluntary Youth Services Agreement can receive services until their 21st birthday. A link to the legislation is included below.
- On November 25, 2017, Dr. Robert Morris presented Child Protection: Duty to Report during the Women and Children's Health Day, hosted by the Office of Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University. Dr. Morris is a (now retired) pediatrician and former member of the Child Protection Committee at the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre and former Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Memorial University. His presentation is available below. (Disclaimer: Dr. Morris is not a lawyer and this presentation is his professional assessment of the laws in 2017.)