Jun 6, 2016 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
From time to time, a staff RT will call to tell me that they have been asked to take on an additional role in their organization. Maybe it’s writing policies & procedures or perhaps it’s sitting on a special committee. The question that generally follows...
May 3, 2016 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
Until recently, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) had been prohibited in Canada under the Criminal Code. However, in the Carter v. Canada decision (February 6, 2015), the Supreme Court of Canada found that an absolute prohibition on MAID violated an individual’s...
Jan 26, 2016 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Public, Students
When considering the possible outcome of any given situation, I often find myself beginning with the worst possible scenario and working backwards from that (my friends will attest to this). I don’t see that as a bad thing. It’s RT Risk Management 101 – prepare for...
Dec 21, 2015 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Public, Students, Uncategorized
The astonishing array of personal information available at our fingertips has had two very different effects on our society, our healthcare system and on us as healthcare professionals. One is the growing awareness that we need to safeguard our privacy from the...
Sep 8, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
Over the past 8 years, I have been asked a number of times “whose responsibility is it to ensure that I am competent to do my job”. The short answer is easy – you are. Certainly your employer has a stake in you being the most competent professional possible, and...
Jun 19, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
For some reason I can’t quite understand, there have recently been a number of very serious privacy breaches involving health care professionals being caught snooping into patient personal health records. Surprisingly, some of these incidences have involved fairly...
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