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Correspondence/Other
Obesity Network - Dec. 2008
In December 2008, NSPA (then NSCPA) submitted a letter to the Capital District Health Authority, encouraging the funding of a physiotherapy role within a planned Obesity Network.
Letter to Diana Lawlor, CDHA Obesity Network
Privacy Legislation - 2008-2010 and ongoing
NSCPA contributed to the Nova Scotia Physiotherapy Advisory Group submission to the Nova Scotia Department of Health regarding the development of privacy legislation for health records
NSPAG Submission re: Health Records Privacy Legislation.
The Personal Health Information Act was passed into law in the fall of 2010, however it has not yet (Dec. 2011) been proclaimed into force. Information on the Act can be found at http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/phia/
NSPA Responds to Knee Surgery Study
Media coverage of a 2008 Canadian study published in the New England Journal of Medicine provided NSCPA with an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message to government regarding the cost effectiveness of physiotherapy treatment.
The study confirmed that physiotherapy and exercise are as effective for osteoarthritic knee pain as arthroscopic surgery. Study subjects all received physiotherapy and anti-inflammatory medications; some also received arthroscopic knee surgery. The study determined that the patients receiving only the physiotherapy and anti-inflammatories fared equally well as those undergoing the surgical procedure. The patients who had surgery did not experience any additional benefits.
In response to the story, the Branch sent letters to the Honourable Chris d'Entremont, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Barry Barnet, Minister of Health Promotion and Protection, highlighting the study results as an excellent example of the potential for physiotherapy to contribute to the health, well-being, and mobility of Nova Scotians, while contributing to reduced surgical wait-times for necessary procedures, cost effective treatments, and the active engagement of individuals in their mobility and overall health.
The full text of the research article can be found here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0708333
Letter to Minister d'Entremont
Letter to Minister Barnet
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