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  1. Be sure to check out @cma_docs and hear what's going on at the Canadian Conference on Physician Health.
  2. Keep up with the CMA between GC mtgs. Follow @cma_docs for updates. Topic du jour: next week's conference on Physician Health.
  3. RT: @nationalpost Doctors want action from Ottawa to solve isotope issue http://tinyurl.com/l6txkn
  4. #cmaer Doig: Transforming our health care system so that it puts patients first is more than a rallying cry. It is our mission.
  5. #cmaer Doig: If standing up to put the needs of patients first is being a villain, then I’m ready to be fitted for my black hat.
  6. #cmagc "Opening up the next chapter in transforming health care requires a Triple-E Focus: Efficiency, Effectiveness and Effecting Change"
  7. #cmagc New CMA President Dr. Anne Doig gives her inaugural address
  8. #cmagc Motion passed urging establishment of an independent centre for excellence in population health outcomes to report on health goals
  9. #cmagc CMA will be updating its policy on medical marijuana to reflect new research
  10. #cmagc Motion to support a "physician support trust" to provide financial and personal support to MDs in need.
  11. #cmagc Motion passed calling for the designation of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous chemical
  12. #cmagc Motion passed calling for the fed govt to ban the sale of household antibacterial products due to risk of bacterial resistance
  13. #cmagc CMA gives strong support to New Brunswick Med Society in its fight with the prov. govt for reneging on negotiated agreement
  14. #cmagc CMA urges feds to invest heavily in research of new technologies that could present viable alternatives to technetium-99m
  15. #cmagc CMA "deeply troubled that the prolonged and unpredictable shortage of medical isotopes "is compromising patient care
  16. #cmagc Discussion turns to resolutions on the isotopes issue
  17. #cmagc Sentiment of eliminating the fee differential between public and private gets support but two thirds vote against it
  18. #cmagc Motion saying MDs working in private clinics will not bill more than they would earn in public system generating much discussion
  19. #cmagc "We are about to experience an unprecedented increase in private health care" Delegate quote
  20. #cmagc A resolution to define “sustainability” in the context of health care funding is defeated by one vote.