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Advocating for health system improvement

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10492

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC12-40; The Canadian Medical Association insists that physicians be protected from intimidation when engaging in health and health care system related advocacy.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC12-40; The Canadian Medical Association insists that physicians be protected from intimidation when engaging in health and health care system related advocacy.

Best practices in physician leadership

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10468

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC12-43; The Canadian Medical Association will facilitate knowledge transfer of best practices in physician leadership and engagement across the country.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC12-43; The Canadian Medical Association will facilitate knowledge transfer of best practices in physician leadership and engagement across the country.

Bill 114, An Act to Ensure the Continued Provision of Emergency Medical Services in Québec

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1611

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2002-08-17

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: BD02-07-176; That the Canadian Medical Association and its divisions would strongly oppose any government legislation that would undermine the provision of quality patient care and enforce restrictions on the freedom of choice for physicians and patients.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2002-08-17

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: BD02-07-176; That the Canadian Medical Association and its divisions would strongly oppose any government legislation that would undermine the provision of quality patient care and enforce restrictions on the freedom of choice for physicians and patients.

Change in the economic climate

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10520

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC12-99; The Canadian Medical Association supports a national strategy to assist communities in the development and implementation of comprehensive health plans to address short- or long-term adverse effects associated with a sudden change in the economic climate.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC12-99; The Canadian Medical Association supports a national strategy to assist communities in the development and implementation of comprehensive health plans to address short- or long-term adverse effects associated with a sudden change in the economic climate.

Clinical practice guidelines

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10456

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Physician practice/ compensation/ forms; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC12-19; The Canadian Medical Association will propose deployment strategies to ensure maximum use of clinical practice guidelines by physicians.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2019-03-03

Date: 2012-08-15

Topics: Physician practice/ compensation/ forms; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC12-19; The Canadian Medical Association will propose deployment strategies to ensure maximum use of clinical practice guidelines by physicians.

Collaboration on non-coercive solution to physician shortages

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy71

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2002-08-21

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC02-86; That Canadian Medical Association, divisions and affiliates urge all levels of government to provide Canadians with timely access to quality medical care by working in collaboration with the physicians to promptly implement non-coercive means of addressing physician resource issues.

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Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2002-08-21

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC02-86; That Canadian Medical Association, divisions and affiliates urge all levels of government to provide Canadians with timely access to quality medical care by working in collaboration with the physicians to promptly implement non-coercive means of addressing physician resource issues.

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A Collective Vision for Postgraduate Medical Education in Canada

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10569

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2012-05-25

Topics: Health human resources; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: BD12-06-157; The Canadian Medical Association endorses A Collective Vision for Postgraduate Medical Education in Canada, the Future of Medical Education in Canada’s Postgraduate project report as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-133

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2012-05-25

Topics: Health human resources; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: BD12-06-157; The Canadian Medical Association endorses A Collective Vision for Postgraduate Medical Education in Canada, the Future of Medical Education in Canada’s Postgraduate project report as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-133

Corporate privacy policy respecting the collection, use and disclosure of personal information (Update 2012)

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10633

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2012-10-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

1 document

Policy Type: Policy document

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2012-10-20

Replaces: Corporate Privacy Policy Respecting the Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information (Update 2007)

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism

Text: Corporate Privacy Policy Respecting the Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information (Update 2012) Why a Corporate Privacy Policy? The CMA has always valued your privacy and acted to ensure that it is protected. The CMA has enacted this Corporate Privacy Policy to put into writing its current practices and to conform to legislative requirements requiring organizations to have written privacy policies. We have looked to the 10 principles of the Canadian Standards Association's (CSA) Model Code, which has been incorporated into federal privacy legislation, to formulate this policy. This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information, excluding CMA employee information and information in the public domain, that has been and will be collected, used and disclosed by the CMA. The CMA has a separate but consistent online privacy policy for the cma.ca Web site (www.cma.ca). What do we mean by "personal information"? Throughout this policy, we discuss "personal information," and it is important from the outset to set out what we mean by this term. "Personal information" is information that reveals a distinctive trait about yourself and helps others identify you. Some personal information such as your business address may be found in the public domain by accessing publications like telephone or professional directories. The focus of this policy is personal information collected, used and disclosed by the CMA that is NOT in the public domain. What types of personal information does the CMA collect and use? Primarily, the CMA collects and uses personal information about its members. CMA also has personal information about individuals who purchase CMA products and services, attend CMA sponsored events and seminars and submit manuscripts to CMA publications. The CMA assigns a personal identifier called a "CMA ID" to each member or purchaser of a CMA product or service so that you can use this number when contacting the CMA, ordering CMA products and publications or registering for the cma.ca Web site. The CMA collects personal information directly from individuals or receives it from one of its provincial or territorial medical associations ("PTMAs") or subsidiaries, the CMA group of subsidiary companies, including our primary financial services company, MD Physician Services Inc. For instance: -If you are a CMA member, you might have provided on an application form or will provide to the CMA or a PTMA or a CMA subsidiary, personal information like your home address, date of birth and gender. If you are both a client of one or more of CMA's financial subsidiaries and a CMA member, the fact of your client status, but not detailed financial information, will be known to CMA. A circumscribed and limited number of CMA employees, all of whom receive enhanced privacy training and sign specific undertakings, will have access to more detailed MD PS information such as frequency of meetings about your MD client status (but still not specific financial transactional details) in order to perform statistical analysis. - If you have attended an event organized through CMA's Meetings and Travel Department, you might have provided us with credit card data as well as information about certain travel preferences and food sensitivities. - If you have purchased a CMA product (e.g., classified advertising) or attended a CMA seminar (e.g., Physician Manager Institute), you provided us with personal contact information such as your name and address. We might also have collected credit card information if you chose to pay for the product or service by this method. - If you have submitted a manuscript for publication in a CMA journal, you provided us with contact information, financial disclosure and competing interests data and the manuscript itself. Why does the CMA collect and use personal information? The CMA will collect and use only the personal information necessary to achieve the following purposes or one consistent with them: 1. to determine an individual's eligibility for membership in the CMA or to serve as a potential contributor to a CMA publication 2. to determine an individual's eligibility to benefit from the services of one of CMA's subsidiaries or its preferred third-party suppliers 3. to provide and to communicate information about CMA member benefits and services (e.g., the delivery of publications and travel reservations, financial services, advocacy, etc.) 4. to develop and to market products and services tailored to the interests of CMA members and the purchasers of CMA products and services 5. to update contact information in the CMA database 6. to assist the CMA PTMAs and CMA's subsidiaries with the maintenance of their membership and client contact information 7. to provide individuals with the opportunity to benefit from supporting the Canadian Medical Foundation which provides CMA members and others with valuable educational programs and services 8. to conduct surveys and research studies of the physician population in order to analyze for statistical and research purposes such issues as the demographics of physician human resources 9.to engage members and physicians in CMA's policy development process 10.to broadcast urgent health alerts of national significance When and to whom does the CMA disclose personal information? The CMA does not sell personal information. The CMA will only disclose your personal information to an organization for a purpose outlined in this policy, unless we obtain your consent for a new purpose. For example, one purpose identified above is maintaining up-to-date membership and client contact information. The CMA and its subsidiariesshare a core data field for the purposes of updating addresses and confirming membership status. In addition to a core data field for the purposes of updating addresses and confirming membership status, CMA shares with its wholly owned subsidiary, MDPS, information about a member's participation in CMA activities and products such as Physician Manager Institute events. MDPS, as the most highly rated provider of CMA products and services, is seeking to have a better understanding and appreciation of physicians' relationship and interaction with CMA. Knowledge of an individual's participation in CMA events and activities provides this complete or "integrated" picture. If a CMA member objects, a note will be entered in the database. If you are both a CMA member and a client of a CMA subsidiary company, when you inform us of an address change, with your permission, this information will be changed for both organizations. The CMA might also disclose personal information to third parties or to organizations or companies that are not CMA-affiliated companies or Divisions if these organizations have contracted or partnered with the CMA to help us provide products and services or do research. For example, the CMA might out-source the mailing list function for one of its publications or work with the Canadian Post-MD Education Registry to study physician resource planning. We may, in certain instances, contract with a third party service provider located in other countries such as the United States. Your information may be processed and stored in the United States and the United States governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies may be able to obtain disclosure of your information under a lawful order made in that country. If you would like more information about the jurisdictions in which we our service providers may operate please contact us as noted in the What if you have a question... section of this policy. Within the CMA itself, your personal information in the form of interactions with the CMA will be shared amongst CMA departments. This will enable CMA to have a better understanding of your interests and activities such that CMA might tailor its product and service offerings to your interests. For example, if a member has completed a number of Physician Manager Institute courses, we might send him or her information about our Physician Leadership Credential Program. If a member objects to a particular disclosure of an activity, for instance a particular CME course, a note will be entered into the database What if you object to CMA's collection, use or disclosure of personal information? The CMA seeks to respect and honour your privacy and communication preferences. For instance, if you indicate to the CMA that you do not wish to receive certain publications, participate in surveys or receive information about new or specific benefits and services such as communications from CMA's subsidiaries, your preference will be noted and you will no longer receive correspondence from us on these issues. Please contact the CMA Member Service Centre at 888-855-2555 to make such a request. You may also at any time, subject to restrictions required by law, object to the CMA's collection, use or disclosure of personal information. You need only provide the CMA with reasonable notice in writing of your intention and the details of your objection. For instance, if you do not wish to have contact and demographic information shared with the Canadian Medical Foundation, we will respect your choice. Please note, however, that your objection to the disclosure of other information might mean that the CMA is unable to continue to provide you with some products or services. For example, if you object to the sharing of your CMA membership status with CMA's financial subsidiaries, then you will not be eligible to benefit from their products or services. MD Physician Services has to confirm your CMA membership status in order to offer you financial services. It is your responsibility to contact the CMA in order to determine how an objection to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information might affect the services supplied. How accurate is the personal information held by the CMA? The CMA makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and currency of your personal information so that we might fulfill the purposes for which it was first collected. Your personal information is subject to change so please advise us accordingly of such changes so that we might better meet your needs. How do you access the personal information held by the CMA? You may send a written request to the attention of the Chief Privacy Officer at 1867 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5W8or to privacy@cma.ca to obtain the personal information held about you by the CMA. Within a reasonable time frame, the CMA will then advise you in writing whether it has such personal information and the nature of this information unless there is the rare occurrence that the release of such information is legally prohibited. If the CMA cannot release the personal information, we will provide you with the reasons for denying access. You may challenge the accuracy and completeness of the personal information that is maintained by the CMA. The CMA will amend personal information when an individual successfully demonstrates inaccuracy or incompleteness. How secure is your personal information? The CMA makes every reasonable effort to protect your personal information by implementing security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. The CMA uses physical, organizational and technological measures as methods of protection. For instance, only a limited number of staff have access to such sensitive information as credit card numbers. Moreover, the CMA will ensure that employees are aware of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of personal information. How long does the CMA retain personal information? The CMA keeps personal information as long as it is needed to fulfill the purposes identified above. When personal information is no longer required to fulfill the identified purposes, it will be safely and securely destroyed. Moreover, the CMA will retain personal information that is the subject of an access request for as long as is necessary to allow an individual to exhaust any legal remedy that is provided for in applicable federal or provincial/territorial privacy legislation. What if you have a question or concern about this privacy policy or CMA privacy practices?