The Canadian Medical Association urges governments, within their areas of jurisdiction, to adopt the Wait Time Alliance's benchmarks for psychiatric care.
The Canadian Medical Association urges governments, within their areas of jurisdiction, to adopt the Wait Time Alliance's benchmarks for psychiatric care.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on regulatory agencies, hospitals, health regions and others to utilize a non-punitive quality improvement approach to the examination of adverse events while still acknowledging individual accountability.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on regulatory agencies, hospitals, health regions and others to utilize a non-punitive quality improvement approach to the examination of adverse events while still acknowledging individual accountability.
CMA Letter to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs regarding
Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop and implement stigma-reduction-programs that target stigmatization generated within the health care system.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop and implement stigma-reduction-programs that target stigmatization generated within the health care system.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to recommend the basket of medically necessary services required by mentally ill patients be reimbursed by federal/provincial/territorial health plans to support treatment and recovery.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to recommend the basket of medically necessary services required by mentally ill patients be reimbursed by federal/provincial/territorial health plans to support treatment and recovery.
The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian physicians and their organizations to work together to transform patient care for people with mental illnesses through a strategy, including but not limited to:
a) fighting the stigma that exists in our own profession and physician organizations;
b) advocating for parity of allocation of resources toward the continuum of mental health care and research;
c) promoting an evidence-based mental health system anchored on:
- strong primary care networks,
- community-based care,
- team-based and multidisciplinary care in a public system,
- adequate social policy supports such as housing and income, and
- the involvement of primary care and specialist physicians in the planning processes.
The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian physicians and their organizations to work together to transform patient care for people with mental illnesses through a strategy, including but not limited to:
a) fighting the stigma that exists in our own profession and physician organizations;
b) advocating for parity of allocation of resources toward the continuum of mental health care and research;
c) promoting an evidence-based mental health system anchored on:
- strong primary care networks,
- community-based care,
- team-based and multidisciplinary care in a public system,
- adequate social policy supports such as housing and income, and
- the involvement of primary care and specialist physicians in the planning processes.
