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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

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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Policy Type

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 Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2017-03-04

Date

1997-08-20

Topics

Population health/ health equity/ public health

Health systems, system funding and performance

Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution

GC97-28

That the Canadian Medical Association explore the changing relationships of physicians with their patients and communities related to the expanding role of patients in decision-making and self-care.

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That the Canadian Medical Association explore the changing relationships of physicians with their patients and communities related to the expanding role of patients in decision-making and self-care.

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