Search Results - Canadian Medical Association

Health risks associated with tanning facilities

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9880

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-82; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will call on governments to strengthen labelling requirements on tanning equipment and require signage in tanning facilities that outlines the carcinogenic potential and overall health risks associated with tanning facilities.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-82; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will call on governments to strengthen labelling requirements on tanning equipment and require signage in tanning facilities that outlines the carcinogenic potential and overall health risks associated with tanning facilities.

Regulating the artificial tanning industry

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9881

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-83; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations and other stakeholders, will call on all levels of government to regulate the artificial tanning industry, with a focus on banning access to children and youth under 18 years of age.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-83; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations and other stakeholders, will call on all levels of government to regulate the artificial tanning industry, with a focus on banning access to children and youth under 18 years of age.

Comprehensive pregnancy care

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9882

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-84; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations, and other stakeholders to further develop educational materials for primary care providers and women on the importance of pre-pregnancy and early-pregnancy health, and early access to comprehensive pregnancy care.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-84; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations, affiliate and associate organizations, and other stakeholders to further develop educational materials for primary care providers and women on the importance of pre-pregnancy and early-pregnancy health, and early access to comprehensive pregnancy care.

Installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9884

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-87; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, supports where feasible and cost-effective the installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities and high traffic areas such as sports arenas.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-87; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, supports where feasible and cost-effective the installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities and high traffic areas such as sports arenas.

Prenatal screening tests

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9885

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC10-86; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders, calls on governments to offer, promote and fund prenatal screening tests for the most common chromosomal abnormalities.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC10-86; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders, calls on governments to offer, promote and fund prenatal screening tests for the most common chromosomal abnormalities.

Pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9901

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-78; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, urges governments to ensure that liquor boards and other relevant bodies comply with existing Health Canada regulations for the sale of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-78; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, urges governments to ensure that liquor boards and other relevant bodies comply with existing Health Canada regulations for the sale of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks.

Antibiotic resistant organisms in humans

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9902

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-79; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will work with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to investigate the agriculture-related release of antibiotic resistant organisms and residual antibiotics into earth and water ecosystems, as well as the role they play in the emergence of antibiotic resistant organisms in humans.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-79; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will work with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to investigate the agriculture-related release of antibiotic resistant organisms and residual antibiotics into earth and water ecosystems, as well as the role they play in the emergence of antibiotic resistant organisms in humans.

Antibiotics in animals

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9904

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-81; The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to investigate animal husbandry techniques that decrease the need for antibiotics in animals and to support techniques proven to be effective.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-81; The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to investigate animal husbandry techniques that decrease the need for antibiotics in animals and to support techniques proven to be effective.

Mixed Martial Arts

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9906

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-88; The Canadian Medical Association advocates for a ban on Mixed Martial Arts prize fighting matches in Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC10-88; The Canadian Medical Association advocates for a ban on Mixed Martial Arts prize fighting matches in Canada.

Medical records

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9923

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC10-106; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders including patients to develop a national strategy for the long-term retention, retrieval and disposal of medical records.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC10-106; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders including patients to develop a national strategy for the long-term retention, retrieval and disposal of medical records.

Random breath tests

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9976

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-06-01

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: BD10-05-194; The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) supports the use of random breath tests in existing police spot check programs as part of a comprehensive plan to reduce drunk-driving related mortality and morbidity in Canada. Any such programs should be consistent with the protections established in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-06-01

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: BD10-05-194; The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) supports the use of random breath tests in existing police spot check programs as part of a comprehensive plan to reduce drunk-driving related mortality and morbidity in Canada. Any such programs should be consistent with the protections established in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Home-care agencies be mandated to have a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11223

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-40; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all home-care agencies be mandated to have on staff a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-40; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all home-care agencies be mandated to have on staff a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional.

Improved screening tools to detect drug-impaired drivers

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11226

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-42; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of improved screening tools to detect drug-impaired drivers.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-42; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of improved screening tools to detect drug-impaired drivers.

Development of a process to assess potential environmental risks posed by new substances in products regulated under the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11231

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-35; The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a process to assess potential environmental risks posed by new substances in products regulated under the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC14-35; The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a process to assess potential environmental risks posed by new substances in products regulated under the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations.

Physician input into environmental assessments of industrial projects

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11232

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-36; The Canadian Medical Association calls on bodies that conduct environmental assessments of industrial projects to seek input from physicians.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-36; The Canadian Medical Association calls on bodies that conduct environmental assessments of industrial projects to seek input from physicians.

Efforts to protect arable land from non-agricultural development

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11233

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-37; The Canadian Medical Association supports efforts to protect arable land from non-agricultural development.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-37; The Canadian Medical Association supports efforts to protect arable land from non-agricultural development.

Food security for all Canadians

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11234

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-27; The Canadian Medical Association supports targeted population health programs aimed at improving food security for all Canadians.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-27; The Canadian Medical Association supports targeted population health programs aimed at improving food security for all Canadians.

Code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11235

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-39; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that a code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution: GC14-39; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that a code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field.

Health care from the first trimester of pregnancy

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11236

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-28; The Canadian Medical Association believes that all provinces and territories should have a legal obligation to provide health care from the first trimester of pregnancy.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-28; The Canadian Medical Association believes that all provinces and territories should have a legal obligation to provide health care from the first trimester of pregnancy.

Routine nutrition risk screening of all hospitalized patients

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11237

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-29; The Canadian Medical Association supports the establishment of routine nutrition risk screening of all hospitalized patients to help prevent, detect and treat malnutrition.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2014-08-20

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC14-29; The Canadian Medical Association supports the establishment of routine nutrition risk screening of all hospitalized patients to help prevent, detect and treat malnutrition.

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Health risks associated with tanning facilities

Regulating the artificial tanning industry

Comprehensive pregnancy care

Installation of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities

Prenatal screening tests

Pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks

Antibiotic resistant organisms in humans

Antibiotics in animals

Mixed Martial Arts

Medical records

Random breath tests

Home-care agencies be mandated to have a director who is in good standing as a registered health professional

Improved screening tools to detect drug-impaired drivers

Development of a process to assess potential environmental risks posed by new substances in products regulated under the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations

Physician input into environmental assessments of industrial projects

Efforts to protect arable land from non-agricultural development

Food security for all Canadians

Code of ethics be developed to govern business-development strategies of companies in the health field

Health care from the first trimester of pregnancy

Routine nutrition risk screening of all hospitalized patients