MEMO: Final Reminder - Public Health Communications for Health Care Professionals

TO: Health care professionals in the Niagara region

FROM: Niagara Region Public Health

REFERENCE: Final Reminder - Public Health Communications for Health Care Professionals

DATE: September 26, 2022

Final reminder - Beginning October 1 all medical advisory/memo communications will be sent using the new email distribution list. Please read below for background and action required to continue to receive these important Public Health alerts, warnings and urgent notices.

Niagara Region Public Health (NRPH) is streamlining our distribution lists for Public Health communications with health care professionals. NRPH truly values relationships with local physicians and primary care providers and wants to ensure that we have your current details and email address on file and included in our new email distribution lists.

Background

Niagara Region Public Health uses two types of communication to regularly share information with local health care providers.

Medical Advisories and Memos are Public Health alerts, warnings and urgent notices. As you have come to know, these are distributed on an as-needed basis by Public Health. Current distribution includes fax and email distribution lists.
Physicians’ Newsletter is disseminated at the end of every month via email and covers Public Health-related topics of interest to physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and other allied health professionals

Over the years, Public Health has established different distribution lists and communication channels to share information. Currently you may receive multiple copies of these communications through email and/or fax. Public Health is now working towards consolidating these lists and working to ensure the information is reaching the intended recipients.

Public Health will also be discontinuing the use of fax distribution for medical advisories and memos and will communicate via email only using updated distribution lists. Fax distribution will cease effective October 1. Please note limited fax communication may still continue for certain updates or requests from your office (i.e., influenza vaccine program).

Action required

To continue to be included in Niagara Region Public Health’s email distribution list for local health care providers, please sign up to receive these communications by visiting Niagara’s Health Care Professionals webpage
If you would like to have the email updates sent to someone else in your office, please ensure that they also sign up using the link above

More information

Previously distributed medical advisories and memos are saved on our website
Visit the Health Care Professionals web page to learn about the programs and services offered by Niagara Region Public Health
Request an office visit and/or free resources by contacting HCPengagement@niagararegion.ca