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Aboriginal peoples and mental illness
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9210
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC08-21
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to include in their curricula material related to the deleterious effect of negative stereotyping of Aboriginal peoples suffering from mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC08-21
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to include in their curricula material related to the deleterious effect of negative stereotyping of Aboriginal peoples suffering from mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to include in their curricula material related to the deleterious effect of negative stereotyping of Aboriginal peoples suffering from mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Long-term care strategy
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9216
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-35
- The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will design and advocate for a long-term care strategy that includes wait times, standardization of optimal care and financing for long-term care facilities.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-35
- The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will design and advocate for a long-term care strategy that includes wait times, standardization of optimal care and financing for long-term care facilities.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, will design and advocate for a long-term care strategy that includes wait times, standardization of optimal care and financing for long-term care facilities.
Funding for long-term care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9218
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-37
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with governments to ensure appropriate funding for long-term care including physician involvement.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-37
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with governments to ensure appropriate funding for long-term care including physician involvement.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with governments to ensure appropriate funding for long-term care including physician involvement.
Funding models
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9220
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-39
- The Canadian Medical Association will produce a primer on pay-for-performance and patient-focused funding that includes an assessment of major impacts, benefits and risks expected to arise from adoption of these funding models.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-39
- The Canadian Medical Association will produce a primer on pay-for-performance and patient-focused funding that includes an assessment of major impacts, benefits and risks expected to arise from adoption of these funding models.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will produce a primer on pay-for-performance and patient-focused funding that includes an assessment of major impacts, benefits and risks expected to arise from adoption of these funding models.
Alternate level of care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9222
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-41
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations advocate for a management strategy for patients requiring an alternate level of care that alleviates the pressure on acute care hospital resources.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-41
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations advocate for a management strategy for patients requiring an alternate level of care that alleviates the pressure on acute care hospital resources.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations advocate for a management strategy for patients requiring an alternate level of care that alleviates the pressure on acute care hospital resources.
Acute care beds
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9224
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-43
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with governments to implement transparent and publicly available principles for the supply and effective management of functional acute care beds.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-43
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with governments to implement transparent and publicly available principles for the supply and effective management of functional acute care beds.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with governments to implement transparent and publicly available principles for the supply and effective management of functional acute care beds.
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-50
- The Canadian Medical Association, provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates call on the federal and provincial auditors general to design and implement a protocol for quantifying the direct and indirect costs of waiting in their health care systems and report on them annually.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-50
- The Canadian Medical Association, provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates call on the federal and provincial auditors general to design and implement a protocol for quantifying the direct and indirect costs of waiting in their health care systems and report on them annually.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates call on the federal and provincial auditors general to design and implement a protocol for quantifying the direct and indirect costs of waiting in their health care systems and report on them annually.
Access to family physicians
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9231
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-51
- The Canadian Medical Association, while recognizing the need for better management of chronic illnesses and vulnerable populations, considers that such an emphasis should not be detrimental to the efforts aimed at guaranteeing access to family physicians.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-51
- The Canadian Medical Association, while recognizing the need for better management of chronic illnesses and vulnerable populations, considers that such an emphasis should not be detrimental to the efforts aimed at guaranteeing access to family physicians.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, while recognizing the need for better management of chronic illnesses and vulnerable populations, considers that such an emphasis should not be detrimental to the efforts aimed at guaranteeing access to family physicians.
Pay-for-performance programs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9232
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC08-52
- The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy discussion paper on the use of incentives designed to improve the quality and outcomes of patient care, such as pay-for-performance programs directed at providers, patients and health systems.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-52
- The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy discussion paper on the use of incentives designed to improve the quality and outcomes of patient care, such as pay-for-performance programs directed at providers, patients and health systems.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy discussion paper on the use of incentives designed to improve the quality and outcomes of patient care, such as pay-for-performance programs directed at providers, patients and health systems.
Patient-focused funding
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9233
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-53
- The Canadian Medical Association recognizes that any patient-focused funding model should incorporate an incentive for providing timely access to services close to the patient's home to minimize increases in medical travel costs.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-53
- The Canadian Medical Association recognizes that any patient-focused funding model should incorporate an incentive for providing timely access to services close to the patient's home to minimize increases in medical travel costs.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association recognizes that any patient-focused funding model should incorporate an incentive for providing timely access to services close to the patient's home to minimize increases in medical travel costs.
Mental health services and Canadian Forces members
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9235
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-26
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Department of National Defence to provide high quality evidence-based mental health services to Canadian Forces members and their families resulting from operational stress injury including post-traumatic stress syndrome.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-26
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Department of National Defence to provide high quality evidence-based mental health services to Canadian Forces members and their families resulting from operational stress injury including post-traumatic stress syndrome.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Department of National Defence to provide high quality evidence-based mental health services to Canadian Forces members and their families resulting from operational stress injury including post-traumatic stress syndrome.
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-70
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to work in close collaboration with health care stakeholders to include information on novel psychoactive substances as part of prevention activities aimed at avoiding devastating effects in Canadian provinces.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-70
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to work in close collaboration with health care stakeholders to include information on novel psychoactive substances as part of prevention activities aimed at avoiding devastating effects in Canadian provinces.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to work in close collaboration with health care stakeholders to include information on novel psychoactive substances as part of prevention activities aimed at avoiding devastating effects in Canadian provinces.
Physician-led anesthesia care teams
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9244
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-76
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the concept of physician-led anesthesia care teams.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-76
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the concept of physician-led anesthesia care teams.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the concept of physician-led anesthesia care teams.
Home and community care services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9245
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-49
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with provincial/territorial governments to support the creation of integrated service delivery systems for home and community care services.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-49
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with provincial/territorial governments to support the creation of integrated service delivery systems for home and community care services.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will work with provincial/territorial governments to support the creation of integrated service delivery systems for home and community care services.
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC08-95
- The Canadian Medical Association, in consultation with provincial/territorial medical associations, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, will work with professional regulatory/licensing bodies to establish a harmonized policy environment that would support physicians who are providing telehealth care in multiple jurisdictions.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC08-95
- The Canadian Medical Association, in consultation with provincial/territorial medical associations, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, will work with professional regulatory/licensing bodies to establish a harmonized policy environment that would support physicians who are providing telehealth care in multiple jurisdictions.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, in consultation with provincial/territorial medical associations, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, will work with professional regulatory/licensing bodies to establish a harmonized policy environment that would support physicians who are providing telehealth care in multiple jurisdictions.
Hospital privileges
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9266
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Health human resources
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC08-98
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations to inform faculties of medicine, provincial/territorial ministries of health and regional health authorities that the linking of hospital privileges of attending physicians to the requirement to teach and conduct research is unacceptable.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Health human resources
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC08-98
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations to inform faculties of medicine, provincial/territorial ministries of health and regional health authorities that the linking of hospital privileges of attending physicians to the requirement to teach and conduct research is unacceptable.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations to inform faculties of medicine, provincial/territorial ministries of health and regional health authorities that the linking of hospital privileges of attending physicians to the requirement to teach and conduct research is unacceptable.
National licensing of physicians
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9276
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC08-110
- The Canadian Medical Association and the provincial/territorial medical associations will work with certifying colleges and regulatory authorities to expedite the implementation of a system for national licensing of physicians and license portability between provinces and territories.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC08-110
- The Canadian Medical Association and the provincial/territorial medical associations will work with certifying colleges and regulatory authorities to expedite the implementation of a system for national licensing of physicians and license portability between provinces and territories.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and the provincial/territorial medical associations will work with certifying colleges and regulatory authorities to expedite the implementation of a system for national licensing of physicians and license portability between provinces and territories.
Distribution of physicians in Canada
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9277
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC08-111
- The Canadian Medical Association and the provincial/territorial medical associations will work with the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada and provincial/territorial medical regulatory bodies to assess the national and international implications for the supply, mix and distribution of physicians in Canada as a result of the requirement for full labour mobility as set out in the Agreement on Internal Trade.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-111
- The Canadian Medical Association and the provincial/territorial medical associations will work with the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada and provincial/territorial medical regulatory bodies to assess the national and international implications for the supply, mix and distribution of physicians in Canada as a result of the requirement for full labour mobility as set out in the Agreement on Internal Trade.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and the provincial/territorial medical associations will work with the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada and provincial/territorial medical regulatory bodies to assess the national and international implications for the supply, mix and distribution of physicians in Canada as a result of the requirement for full labour mobility as set out in the Agreement on Internal Trade.
Admissions criteria
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9279
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- GC08-105
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to revise admissions criteria to require a minimum of two years of post-secondary education.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-105
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to revise admissions criteria to require a minimum of two years of post-secondary education.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to revise admissions criteria to require a minimum of two years of post-secondary education.
Medical information
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9281
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health information and e-health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-114
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will seek legislative amendments that make the requesting third party responsible for payment for the provision of medical information collected (with patient understanding and consent) for the purposes of a return to work program or accommodation in the workplace.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health information and e-health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-114
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will seek legislative amendments that make the requesting third party responsible for payment for the provision of medical information collected (with patient understanding and consent) for the purposes of a return to work program or accommodation in the workplace.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations will seek legislative amendments that make the requesting third party responsible for payment for the provision of medical information collected (with patient understanding and consent) for the purposes of a return to work program or accommodation in the workplace.