Author: Brenda Robinson We live in busy busy times. Our intuitive response is to see this as a problem. We use the refrain “I’m so busy,” as a reason to see our work from a problem perspective. Can we reframe that to celebrate being busy by approaching it in positive, productive ways? When our “busyness” comes across to our patients and clients we may give a message of impatience or a hurried approach. We need to work hard to [...]

My patient is here for their test, whose responsibility is it for informing the patient of all the risks involved? Is this activity within a regulated member’s scope of practice? As a healthcare professional, a regulated member has to ensure that informed consent for the procedure has been obtained. What is appropriate informed consent? Informed consent requires a healthcare professional to explain the procedure, all the implications, and recognize that the patient has the right to accept or refuse [...]

Author: Jonathan Schaeffer Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be a popular media topic these days, and with good reason. The past decade has seen a phenomenal growth in deployed AI applications, many of which are having or will soon be having profound effects on society. Three are three things driving the rapid advances in the field: Fast, inexpensive, and plentiful computers (i.e., speed); Lots of data (i.e., storage/memory); and Data analysis (i.e., learning). This is the technology triumvirate of [...]

Hello and welcome to a new component of the newsletter. The intent of this section is to be a platform for the sharing of information. This information can be one of interesting topics, new ideas to educate, workplace commonalities, or other facets of patient care that can impact us all…or not. The content is up to us…Also, to be included are some of the aspects that are on the forefront of our profession that are worthy of discussion. The [...]