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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2016-05-20

Date

2009-08-19

Topics

Health care and patient safety

Health information and e-health

Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution

GC09-17

The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to engage patients and the public in the development of a patient bill of health information rights that sets out a vision for the governance of patient health information.

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The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to engage patients and the public in the development of a patient bill of health information rights that sets out a vision for the governance of patient health information.

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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2016-05-20

Date

2009-08-19

Topics

Health human resources

Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs

Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution

GC09-78

The Canadian Medical Association calls on national and provincial/territorial medical education and licensing bodies to expand training and support for physicians in addiction medicine, including formal recognition of special skills and improved training and support opportunities for primary care physicians.

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The Canadian Medical Association calls on national and provincial/territorial medical education and licensing bodies to expand training and support for physicians in addiction medicine, including formal recognition of special skills and improved training and support opportunities for primary care physicians.

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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2016-05-20

Date

2009-08-19

Topics

Population health/ health equity/ public health

Ethics and medical professionalism

Health human resources

Resolution

GC09-95

The Canadian Medical Association encourages all physicians and other health care providers to be immunized for influenza annually.

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The Canadian Medical Association encourages all physicians and other health care providers to be immunized for influenza annually.

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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2016-05-20

Date

2009-08-19

Topics

Ethics and medical professionalism

Health information and e-health

Health care and patient safety

Resolution

GC09-47

The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations to demand that governments recognize that the flow of information from the patient record to the electronic health records is the professional responsibility of physicians.

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The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations to demand that governments recognize that the flow of information from the patient record to the electronic health records is the professional responsibility of physicians.

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