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Access to medical information
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9280
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC08-113
- The Canadian Medical Association objects to the current practice of insurers, employers and other third parties requesting and gaining access to unlimited medical information obtained as a result of patients signing forms that grant unrestricted 'consent for release of medical information' when claiming eligibility for disability benefits.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-113
- The Canadian Medical Association objects to the current practice of insurers, employers and other third parties requesting and gaining access to unlimited medical information obtained as a result of patients signing forms that grant unrestricted 'consent for release of medical information' when claiming eligibility for disability benefits.
Confidentiality of medical records
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy598
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1979-06-20
- Topics
- Health information and e-health
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- GC79-2
- The Canadian Medical Association deplores any action taken by any level of government which threatens confidentiality of medical records.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1979-06-20
- Resolution
- GC79-2
- The Canadian Medical Association deplores any action taken by any level of government which threatens confidentiality of medical records.
Electronic health records
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9543
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Patient bill of health information rights
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9498
- 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.
- 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.