Health System Updates — March 6, 2026
New Supports for Medical Staff Attestation
Shared Health is offering new supports for those completing medical staff attestations prior to the electronic portal closing on March 20. Physicians with a start date prior to September 2024, who have hospital privileges, are required to complete the process.
Support staff will be on-site at St. Boniface and Health Sciences Centre next week. You may also book a virtual Teams call by contacting SH-support@kyndryl.com to be registered for a time.
Learn more about how to connect.
Melissa Peacock Consulting Billing Service
We have heard from several members with concerns about a billing service called Melissa Peacock Consulting. We are here to help. If you are a client, we invite you to contact us at practiceadvice@doctorsmanitoba.ca.
CT Req Clarification
After launching a new CT requisition form earlier this winter, Shared Health has published clarified guidance this week, including:
- The process within Winnipeg for urgent (within 1 week) requests to by-pass central intake, along with guidance when selecting specific sites for outpatient requests.
- Confirmation that requests for rural sites continue to be received and managed by the site, and not central intake.
- A reminder that all requests, including outpatient, inpatient, and from ER, should be using the new CT requisition form.
➡️ Learn more and access the Shared Health guidance and current CT req form.
We have heard frustration from many members about the new standardized CT requisition form, along with other diagnostic imaging processes. We have raised your concerns with health system leaders, and we hope to see some flexibility in the coming weeks.
As we continue to press for changes that reduce your administrative burdens, please let us know what you think by emailing us, in confidence, at adminburden@doctorsmanitoba.ca.
Syphilis Med Shortage Extended
The national shortage of long-acting benzathine penicillin G (Bicillin® L‑A), used to treat syphilis, has been extended with an estimated end date of April 3, 2026. It is possible that this date will be extended further.
Read the memo to health care providers.
Clinical Practice Change: Vasculitis
The Shared Health Immunology Laboratory at St Boniface Hospital will be changing its testing platform for MPO and PR3 antibody testing.