Improving Accountability in Canada's Health Care System: The Canadian Medical Association's Presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
A Healthy Population for a Stronger Economy: The Canadian Medical Association's Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance's pre-budget consultations
The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Government of Canada to:
- implement an anti-counterfeit drugs strategy which could include track-and-trace technology, severe penalties for infractions, and an alert network to encourage reporting by health professionals and patients; and
- work with other countries and international organizations on a global effort to stop drug counterfeiting.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Government of Canada to:
- implement an anti-counterfeit drugs strategy which could include track-and-trace technology, severe penalties for infractions, and an alert network to encourage reporting by health professionals and patients; and
- work with other countries and international organizations on a global effort to stop drug counterfeiting.
The Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors expresses its strong support for self-regulation of physicians and opposes any legislation that undermines this principle.
The Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors expresses its strong support for self-regulation of physicians and opposes any legislation that undermines this principle.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy framework and design principles for access to publicly funded medically necessary services in the home and community setting that can become the basis for urging governments to develop a Canada Extended Health Services Act.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy framework and design principles for access to publicly funded medically necessary services in the home and community setting that can become the basis for urging governments to develop a Canada Extended Health Services Act.
