Among the examples of professional liability matters we have assisted physicians and physicians' associations with are:
Representing a physician in Fort Smith charged with inappropriate conduct in conjunction with a medical examination
Representing a provincial medical association in making submissions on behalf of Alberta physicians to a Privacy Commissioner's Investigation regarding the sale of health provider information to an international pharmaceutical association
Defending a physician being sued by the estate of a former patient for damages arising from an alleged failure to detect and properly treat an infection
Representing several physicians called to give evidence at a coroner's inquest arising from the death of a patient while in RCMP custody
Assisting various physicians and physician groups in establishing practices or in joining existing medical practices
Working with the AMA, Alberta Health Services and Alberta Health & Wellness to create a Provincial shared Electronic Health Record
Defending physicians sued as a result of an alleged failure to properly monitor day passes granted to a psychiatric patient
Successfully assisting a physician in responding to a Medical Board of Inquiry complaint alleging medical misconduct in failing to detect cancerous growths in the context of annual physical examinations
Working with various consultants to establish Primary Care Networks throughout Alberta designed to provide multi-disciplinary family practice models
Assisting a provincial medical association in negotiations with the Workers' Compensation Board in arriving at a long term agreement with physicians on the treatment of workers and the form of reporting
Working with the Alberta Medical Association on various projects involving electronic medical records and the various and complex issues surrounding that evolution
Assisting a provincial medical association in responding to a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Alberta regarding an alleged failure to properly respond to a request for health information
Working with the AMA and Alberta Health Services to create a set of Provincial Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules
Representing a Northwest Territories physician in appealing a health board's refusal to grant hospital privileges
Regularly advise physicians' organizations on contract interpretation, drafting and policy issues
Regularly advise government and administrative tribunals on health-related policy and adjudicative matters involving patient issues and professional disciplinary matters
