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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.

Medical records

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9923

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC10-106; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders including patients to develop a national strategy for the long-term retention, retrieval and disposal of medical records.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety; Health information and e-health

Resolution: GC10-106; The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders including patients to develop a national strategy for the long-term retention, retrieval and disposal of medical records.

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.

Prenatal screening tests

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9885

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

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

Resolution: GC10-86; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders, calls on governments to offer, promote and fund prenatal screening tests for the most common chromosomal abnormalities.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2017-03-04

Date: 2010-08-25

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

Resolution: GC10-86; The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations and other stakeholders, calls on governments to offer, promote and fund prenatal screening tests for the most common chromosomal abnormalities.

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.

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