Tricks and Treats: Essential Resources to Enhance Your Practice | Cherry Monthly October 2024

Happy Halloween from Cherry Health! 🎃 The October edition of Cherry Monthly is packed with upcoming events, top stories in healthcare news, and highlights from our partners. We’ve brewed up some tricks and treats to simplify your life and enhance your practice.

Today’s reading time is 6 minutes

Upcoming Event

Boost Your Financial Health with a Second Financial Opinion

As a medical professional, you understand the value of a second opinion. But have you considered one for your financial health?

You’re invited to an exclusive Wealth Care check-up with Sean Wilson, CIM®, CFP®, Owner at Moraine Wealth Advisory. With over 15 years of experience in financial diagnostics, Sean specializes in crafting personalized financial health plans for medical professionals.

In this 90-minute session, you’ll:

• Discover what financial advisors often miss in your financial diagnosis
• Enjoy appetizers and drinks with your peers
• Engage in Q&A
• Support your community’s wellness (100% of ticket proceeds go to support your local Food Bank)

Event Details:

• Calgary: November 12th at the Petroleum Club, doors at 6:30 pm, presentation at 7:00 pm: Get your $20 ticket here
• Edmonton: November 13th at the Derrick Club, doors at 6:30 pm, presentation at 7:00 pm: Get your $20 ticket here

By the Numbers

Check out the latest stats and find your next job on the map

Partner Spotlight

Evolving Trends Shaping Canada's Healthcare Real Estate

Canada's healthcare system continues to experience significant pressure to adapt driven by a need to improve timely access to quality care for all Canadians. As healthcare providers and government leaders contemplate new and innovative healthcare delivery models, we’re seeing an increased focus on alternative healthcare infrastructure that can facilitate and enhance convenient, community-based care.

Best practices in healthcare delivery have long emphasized connected, community-based care, but more recently, one of the major trends shaping changes to the provision of medical care is the push to decant certain services from hospital settings. These shifts are essential for addressing capacity issues in hospitals, where acute care is the priority, and for ensuring that healthcare remains accessible to all Canadians.

The rise of community-based healthcare is gaining momentum as a response to changing patient needs, Canada’s rapidly aging population, and a healthcare system that is still rebounding from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This approach emphasizes care delivery closer to where people live, in local clinics, wellness centres, and specialized outpatient facilities like ambulatory surgical centres, rather than relying primarily on hospital-based care.

Healthcare real estate in Canada must innovate and adapt in step with these shifts in healthcare delivery models to establish the infrastructure necessary to support a strong, sustainable healthcare system. From multi-use healthcare hubs to campuses of care to outpatient care facilities and ambulatory surgical centres, building or repurposing facilities that align with new models of care is necessary not only as a response to current challenges but as an investment in the future of Canada’s healthcare system.

As a real estate partner of choice to leading healthcare operators across Canada, Northwest Healthcare Properties has the experience and knowledge to understand the specialized requirements of individual physicians, multi-disciplinary clinics, and institutional healthcare providers alike. We believe that creating, renewing, and enhancing healthcare infrastructure contributes to the highest standard of healthcare in local communities and enables our healthcare operator partners to deliver critical health services where they're needed most.

For more information about Northwest’s specialized portfolio of healthcare-focused real estate and its commitment to developing innovative healthcare infrastructure solutions, visit here

Healthcare in the News

Catch up on the latest stories in healthcare!

• "AI scribes show promising results in helping family doctors and nurse practitioners spend more time with patients and less time on paperwork" Read here
• “Health-care workers at SickKids Hospital in Toronto are outraged by their employer’s recent announcement that it will continue its ‘pension holiday’”. Read here
• "How many Canadians are without a doctor? Just-released report outlines health-care situation” Read here
• “Why a group of Canadian doctors says workplace sick notes need to go” Read here

Save the Date: Leaders in Healthcare Podcast x FMF Takeover!

Watch our very own Cherry Health CMO, Jordan Vollrath record a live episode of the Leaders in Healthcare podcast at the Family Medicine Forum in Vancouver, BC!

Date: Thursday, Nov. 7th or Friday Nov. 8th
Time: Visit our booth for the exact time and details!

Partner Spotlight

Pippen: Your AI-Powered Physician Assistant

Say goodbye to time-consuming paperwork! Pippen is an advanced AI-powered physician assistant designed to streamline your practice.

How Pippen Transforms Your Workflow:

• Built for Family Doctors: Co-founded by a family physician, Pippen is tailored to address the real-world challenges family doctors face. Every feature and interaction is thoughtfully designed to optimize workflows and deliver meaningful value to physicians.
• Superior Scribing: Pippen offers exceptional scribing capabilities with 93% speech-to-text accuracy—30% more accurate than leading competitors. Transcriptions are up to 40X faster, and responses are processed 2X quicker, keeping your practice running smoothly and efficiently.
• Unlock the Full Power of AI: Pippen enables seamless, interactive communication, fully unlocking the potential of large language models. From drafting referral letters to generating clinical insights such as differential diagnoses, physicians can dive deeper with follow-up questions and leverage this technology in innovative ways.

The Result?

Family physicians can save up to $96,000 annually by eliminating unpaid administrative time. Join the growing community of doctors across Canada who trust Pippen to reduce burnout, increase efficiency, and provide better patient care. Take back your time with Pippen today!

Try Pippen for free today here

Cherry Staffing Solutions

Need additional assistance with finding qualified candidates for open roles at your facility?

With 35 years of combined experience in recruitment, our Cherry Staffing Solutions team is here to manage the search to fill your long-term and permanent roles across all healthcare professions. Plus, you only pay fees based on successful placements. Get in touch with our Cherry Staffing Solutions team today! Click here

Employer Spotlight

In today’s demanding healthcare environment, finding the right balance between professional responsibilities and personal life is essential. Working on contract with Calian offers opportunities for physicians to optimize their time and enhance their work experience.

One of the benefits of contracting with Calian is the exceptional work-life balance they offer. Enjoy fixed clinic hours on weekdays, with no evening, weekend, or on-call obligations.

Calian is committed to supporting healthcare professionals by offering a guaranteed hourly rate, allowing you to focus entirely on providing exceptional patient care without the stress of managing overhead or administrative tasks. This streamlined approach allows you to dedicate your energy to what matters most—your patients.

Explore job opportunities here

Learn more about Calian here

Schedule a 30-minute intro call here or email your questions here

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Get Your Tickets!

Get your tickets to an exclusive Wealth Care check-up with Sean Wilson, CIM®, CFP®, Owner at Moraine Wealth Advisory

• Calgary, November 12: click here
• Edmonton, November 13: click here

Word Search

Inspired by the content in the October Issue of Cherry Monthly, there are 5 words hidden either horizontally, vertically, diagonally or forward in this word search. Did you find them all? 🍒