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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2017-03-04

Date

2004-08-18

Topics

Health human resources

Health information and e-health

Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution

GC04-41

The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any type of remote consultation such as telemedicine and teleconsultation is a medical act to be duly compensated.

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The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any type of remote consultation such as telemedicine and teleconsultation is a medical act to be duly compensated.

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Policy resolution

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.

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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.

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Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2017-03-04

Date

1997-08-20

Topics

Health information and e-health

Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution

GC97-26

That physicians, through the Canadian Medical Association, its Divisions and affiliates, should be involved in delineating principles to guide the development, use and evaluation of databases that provide linkages between health care utilization, socioeconomic status and other determinants of health and health status.

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That physicians, through the Canadian Medical Association, its Divisions and affiliates, should be involved in delineating principles to guide the development, use and evaluation of databases that provide linkages between health care utilization, socioeconomic status and other determinants of health and health status.

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Policy resolution

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.

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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.

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