MEDICO-LEGAL RISK OF ERRORS IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND ERRORS BY SECRETARIAL STAFF IN SENDING REFERRALS.

PATIENT WITH ACTIVE PLASMSA CELL CANCER-MULTIPLE MYELOMA- WAS REFERRED TO ONCOLOGIST. IN ERROR NON-URGENT SQUARE WAS TICKED BY RECEPTIONIST. MD HAD FAILED TO TICK CORRECT 'URGENT' BOX. ERROR WAS DISCOVRED AFTER A WEEK WHEN THERE WAS NO APPOINTMENT GIVEN. PATIENT DID NOT COMPLAIN TO CPSO.

CONSULT LETTER FROM UNIVERSITY CLINIC TOOK TWO YEARS TO REACH GP. LASIX HAD BEEN REDUCED FROM DAILY TO 3 X WEEK. APART FROM RAISED URIC ACID THERE WERE NO SERIOUS RESULTS. SECRERTARY JHAD TYPED WRONG ADDRESS OF GP.. LETTER WAS NOT SIGNED; A COMMON DANGEROUS HABIT

PERSIONAL INJURY LAWYERS  ON CONTINGENCY PAYMENT EAGER TO MAKE CLAIMS WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO DEFEND,

CERTIFIED IN HEALTH LAW TORONTO LAWYER TRACEY TREMAYNE-LLOYD JD (UWO 83) CS HEALTH LAW

ALL CPSO SALARIED LAWYERS ARE FEMALE.

IN DISCIPLINE TRIBUNAL CASES GOOD TO RETAIN A FEMALE LAWYER THROUGH CMPA ISURANCE  ;ESPECIALLY ONE WITH HIGJHER QUALIFICATIONS THAN CPSO LEGAL EMPLOYEES.

COMMENT; DISCIPLINE HEARINGS ARE TRIBUNALS NOT COURTS; IN TRIBUNALS  OATHS NOT NECESSARY.. STANDING WHEN COMMITTEE COMES AND GOES IS NOT REQUIRED. CPSO HAS A SEPERATE "PRISONER'S DOCK" TO INTIMIDATE IN FRONT OF A TV SCREEN CONTINUALLY PHOTOGRAPHING THE ACCUSED.

QS RANKING; 4 CANADIAN MED SCHOOLS IN TOP 50

12 TORONTO

27 MCGILL-MONTREAL

28 BRITISH COLUMBIA - VANCOUVER

33 MCMASTER- HAMILTON

OMA MEMBER SATISFACTION SURVEY BY NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS

5,705 OUT OF 37,661 MEMBERS REPLIED   15.2 PER CENT

EMIGRATION OF ONTARIO DOCTORS TO BRITISH COLUMBIA

REASON FOR EMIGRATION

NO CONTRACT WITH ONTARIO LIBERAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

REVOLUTION WITHIN ONTARIIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATIION WITH NO CONFIDENCE VOTE PASSED AGAINST BOARD..

LIBERAL PROV GOVT  POLICY  REDUCED PROFESSIONAL
MONOPOLY OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONS IN FAVOUR OF PARAMEDICALS;

EASIER TO PRACTICE IN BC FOR ANGLOPHONE DOCTORS,

WARMER WEATHER IN VANCOUVER COMPARED TO TORONTO

LOWER RENTS IN VANCOUVER

SUPERB RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN BC.

BCMA NOW NAMED  DOCTORS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TO EMPHASISE BRAND IMAGE OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.

DOWNSIDE RISK; EARTHQUAKE.

ONTARIO LIBERAL GOVT PLANS TO ALLOW REGISTERED NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS MORE CLINICAL POWER TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT,

FEDERAL SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING

$1 MILLION MAX FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY

$350,000 FOR EQUIPMENT

VARIABLE PRIME PLUS 3% OVER 7 TO 10 YEARS

ONE TIME 2%  GOVT ADMIN FEE