Medical Staff News

Check out the latest news for medical staff by area:

• Provincial
• Regina
• Saskatoon
• Rural
• Northern

For confidential news and alerts, click here. This site requires a login and password. For questions, contact eHealth at 1-888-316-74446.

Provincial

Wuhan Pneumonia Cluster Notification
Jan 10, 2020

This Notice informs Saskatchewan Health Authority Staff and health care providers about this outbreak and requests that health care providers ask patients with severe respiratory disease about travel history to Wuhan City. Wuhan City is a major transportation hub about 700 miles south of Beijing with a population of more than 11 million people. Read more.  

• SARI Screening Tool

Yellow Fever Vaccine Shortage
December 30, 2019

North America is currently experiencing a shortage of the vaccine for yellow fever, which has been extended into 2020. Read more.

Physician Dictation Satisfaction Survey
December 20, 2019

3S would like to hear from the physicians utilizing transcription services or self edit software about their experiences and things that could be improve on. To participate in their survey click here.

Physician Survey - Clinical Practice Guidelines
November 26, 2019

The Improving Access to Specialists team is interested to hear from Saskatchewan physician’s about their experiences using Clinical Practice Guideline (CPGs) and their thoughts about making locally relevant CPGs available for easy access and use.  Our team believes that increasing the use of CPGs could help patients receive more timely care that is closer to home and could help specialists’ reduce wait times by reducing unnecessary referrals. The results will help inform future research and possible improvement work with CPGs.  There is one survey for Family Practice physicians to provide feedback and another for specialists.  Please complete the applicable survey below by December 16th.

Family Practice survey: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Specialist survey: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Please contact Gaya.Livingston@health.gov.sk.ca with questions, your comments or if you’d like to learn more about CPG use in Saskatchewan.

MySaskHealthRecord: New Provider Materials Now Available

November 19, 2019

Based on feedback from providers and to support providers in navigating MySaskHealthRecord, updated materials are now available including: additional FAQs, a family doctor testimonial video, tips on how to incorporate MySaskHealthRecord into patient conversations, as well as a CMAJ article on patient portal impacts in other provinces. 

Access the new materials on the eHealth website. To order MySaskHealthRecord posters and brochures for your clinic, please contact eHS.Communications@eHealthSask.ca and provide your mailing address.

All are encouraged to review and share updates with your teams.  Please continue to encourage patients to sign up on the eHealth website, and consider signing up yourself!

Increase of Histoplasmosis Cases

October 22, 2019

We are currently seeing an increased number of cases of Histoplasmosis in Saskatchewan. Click here to learn more.

Online Therapy Team

August 1, 2019

Do you have difficulty finding evidence-based resources you can refer patients to for anxiety or depression? In a partnership with the University of Regina Online Therapy User Unit, the new SHA Online Therapy Team provides online therapy for Saskatchewan patients at no cost to them and with no additional paperwork for you. Read more.

Pneumococcal Disease and Vaccines to Prevent it

Pneumococcal disease is caused by gram positive Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. There are currently more than 90 serotypes recognized worldwide, 15 of which cause the majority of disease. In Canada, approximately 50 different serotypes are identified each year. Read more.

Eat Well Saskatchewan

May 29, 2019
We are pleased to announce that a new nutrition service aimed at improving the nutrition status of residents of Saskatchewan is now available.  Eat Well Saskatchewan is a free nutrition service that includes direct access to a registered dietitian for general nutrition inquiries via a dietitian call center.  Learn more. Click here for the poster.

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Regina

Chronic Pain Pathway Co-Design Event, Nov. 30

November 1, 2019

The Opioid Stewardship Team invites you to join patient advisors, and other community and SHA affiliated practitioners interested in chronic pain management to help co-create a pilot Chronic Pain Pathway for the Regina service area, with a provincial context in mind. Click here for more information.

Self-edit Dictation Overview

November 1, 2019

3sHealth and the SMA are partnering to bring self-edit dictation technology to interested clinicians throughout the province. During the weeks of November 4 & 11, a team of representatives from 3sHealth, eHealth & SHA will be on site at the Regina General Hospital to assess IT infrastructure and speak with physicians about their workflow, their interest and the feasibility of using self-edit dictation. Click here to learn more.
If you would like us to speak with you while on site and learn more about using self edit dictation software, please contact 3sHealth at selfedit.dictation@3sHealth.ca.

New hires in Regina and area

October 30, 2019

Read more.

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Saskatoon

Self-edit Dictation:  Once & Done Patient Information
December 15, 2019

3sHealth and the Saskatchewan Medical Association are partnering to bring self-edit dictation technology to interested clinicians throughout the province.  From December 17-20, 2019, a team of representatives from 3sHealth, eHealth & SHA will be visiting the three acute facilities in Saskatoon to assess IT infrastructure and speak with physicians about their workflow, their interest and the feasibility of using self-edit dictation. Read More

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Rural

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Northern

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