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Addiction

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9527

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC09-92; The Canadian Medical Association recognizes addiction as a chronic, treatable disease and urges that it be included in national and provincial/territorial efforts to improve chronic disease management.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC09-92; The Canadian Medical Association recognizes addiction as a chronic, treatable disease and urges that it be included in national and provincial/territorial efforts to improve chronic disease management.

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.

Involving patients in the health care system transformation process

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9549

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-57; The Canadian Medical Association believes that it is essential to involve patients in the health care system transformation process and will adjust its communication strategies accordingly.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-57; The Canadian Medical Association believes that it is essential to involve patients in the health care system transformation process and will adjust its communication strategies accordingly.

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.

Publicly funded health care in Canada

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9513

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-34; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, calls on governments and health authorities to examine internal market mechanisms, which could include a role for the private sector, in the delivery of publicly funded health care in Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-34; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, calls on governments and health authorities to examine internal market mechanisms, which could include a role for the private sector, in the delivery of publicly funded health care in Canada.

Salt content in processed food

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9528

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-93; The Canadian Medical Association will work with other national health care organizations to inform and educate Canadians about the adverse impact salt intake has on hypertension and cardiovascular disease and to lobby the food industry to reduce the salt content in processed food.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-93; The Canadian Medical Association will work with other national health care organizations to inform and educate Canadians about the adverse impact salt intake has on hypertension and cardiovascular disease and to lobby the food industry to reduce the salt content in processed food.

Testing homes for radon

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9525

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-77; The Canadian Medical Association encourages all Canadians, and especially those who smoke tobacco, to test their homes for radon.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2016-05-20

Date: 2009-08-19

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC09-77; The Canadian Medical Association encourages all Canadians, and especially those who smoke tobacco, to test their homes for radon.

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