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Physician recruitment and retention programs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10163
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-24
- The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-24
- The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
Courses on health system operations and financing
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10164
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-26
- The Canadian Medical Association requests the faculties of medicine to include courses on health system operations and financing in the curricula.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-26
- The Canadian Medical Association requests the faculties of medicine to include courses on health system operations and financing in the curricula.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association requests the faculties of medicine to include courses on health system operations and financing in the curricula.
Standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10186
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC11-50
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and adoption of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators to: - establish performance targets, - track progress, - pursue continued improvements against those targets.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-50
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and adoption of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators to: - establish performance targets, - track progress, - pursue continued improvements against those targets.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and adoption of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators to: - establish performance targets, - track progress, - pursue continued improvements against those targets.
Standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10187
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-51
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the mandatory reporting of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-51
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the mandatory reporting of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the mandatory reporting of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators.
Patient Charter
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10190
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-42
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-42
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.
Health administration programs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10203
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-37
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends the integration of clinical observation and epidemiology training into health administration programs.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-37
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends the integration of clinical observation and epidemiology training into health administration programs.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends the integration of clinical observation and epidemiology training into health administration programs.
Process improvement methodologies
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10204
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC11-47
- The Canadian Medical Association will work to identify how funding can be used to support physicians and physician groups who wish to learn about process improvement methodologies, participate in process improvement initiatives, and become physician champions of such methods and initiatives.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-47
- The Canadian Medical Association will work to identify how funding can be used to support physicians and physician groups who wish to learn about process improvement methodologies, participate in process improvement initiatives, and become physician champions of such methods and initiatives.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will work to identify how funding can be used to support physicians and physician groups who wish to learn about process improvement methodologies, participate in process improvement initiatives, and become physician champions of such methods and initiatives.
National standards for patient care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10216
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-48
- The Canadian Medical Association will explore options for a cross-jurisdictional approach to the development of national standards for patient care.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-48
- The Canadian Medical Association will explore options for a cross-jurisdictional approach to the development of national standards for patient care.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will explore options for a cross-jurisdictional approach to the development of national standards for patient care.
Perioperative Improvement Committee
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10217
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC11-52
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the establishment of a multi-stakeholder Perioperative Improvement Committee to develop a report with a national framework for improving surgical quality, efficiency and access in hospitals across Canada within two years of its initial meeting.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-52
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the establishment of a multi-stakeholder Perioperative Improvement Committee to develop a report with a national framework for improving surgical quality, efficiency and access in hospitals across Canada within two years of its initial meeting.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the establishment of a multi-stakeholder Perioperative Improvement Committee to develop a report with a national framework for improving surgical quality, efficiency and access in hospitals across Canada within two years of its initial meeting.
Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open with Patients and Families
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10367
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-12-03
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- BD12-03-66
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s document Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open with Patients and Families as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-61.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-12-03
- Resolution
- BD12-03-66
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s document Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open with Patients and Families as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-61.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s document Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open with Patients and Families as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-61.
Health care costs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy708
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1984-08-21
- Topics
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC84-52
- That the Canadian Medical Association supports provincial/ territorial medical associations supplying health providers with cost data; and encourages the associations to work with government agencies to educate the public regarding health care costs.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1984-08-21
- Resolution
- GC84-52
- That the Canadian Medical Association supports provincial/ territorial medical associations supplying health providers with cost data; and encourages the associations to work with government agencies to educate the public regarding health care costs.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association supports provincial/ territorial medical associations supplying health providers with cost data; and encourages the associations to work with government agencies to educate the public regarding health care costs.
Criteria for CMA involvement in studies and other research
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy710
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1984-08-21
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- GC84-55
- That the Canadian Medical Association assess each proposed study on its own merits and that decisions for Canadian Medical Association involvement, or degree of involvement, be based on: quality of research design and methodology, expertise of the investigators, sound statistical analysis, financial liability.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1984-08-21
- Resolution
- GC84-55
- That the Canadian Medical Association assess each proposed study on its own merits and that decisions for Canadian Medical Association involvement, or degree of involvement, be based on: quality of research design and methodology, expertise of the investigators, sound statistical analysis, financial liability.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association assess each proposed study on its own merits and that decisions for Canadian Medical Association involvement, or degree of involvement, be based on: quality of research design and methodology, expertise of the investigators, sound statistical analysis, financial liability.
Tools for tracking patient care costs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy709
- Last Reviewed
- 2011-03-05
- Date
- 1984-08-21
- Topics
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC84-54
- That the Canadian Medical Association actively encourage the development of appropriate information systems and instruments to relate specific patient-care and components of care to their costs; and that the active involvement of physicians is essential to ensure that quality of patient care remains a central concern in the development of these management tools.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2011-03-05
- Date
- 1984-08-21
- Resolution
- GC84-54
- That the Canadian Medical Association actively encourage the development of appropriate information systems and instruments to relate specific patient-care and components of care to their costs; and that the active involvement of physicians is essential to ensure that quality of patient care remains a central concern in the development of these management tools.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association actively encourage the development of appropriate information systems and instruments to relate specific patient-care and components of care to their costs; and that the active involvement of physicians is essential to ensure that quality of patient care remains a central concern in the development of these management tools.