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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2018-03-03

Date

2011-08-24

Topics

Health care and patient safety

Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution

GC11-42

The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.

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The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.

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Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2020-02-29

Date

2008-08-20

Topics

Health care and patient safety

Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution

GC08-41

The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations advocate for a management strategy for patients requiring an alternate level of care that alleviates the pressure on acute care hospital resources.

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The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations advocate for a management strategy for patients requiring an alternate level of care that alleviates the pressure on acute care hospital resources.

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Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2020-02-29

Date

2008-08-20

Topics

Population health/ health equity/ public health

Health care and patient safety

Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution

GC08-70

The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to work in close collaboration with health care stakeholders to include information on novel psychoactive substances as part of prevention activities aimed at avoiding devastating effects in Canadian provinces.

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The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations call on governments to work in close collaboration with health care stakeholders to include information on novel psychoactive substances as part of prevention activities aimed at avoiding devastating effects in Canadian provinces.

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Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2019-03-03

Date

2008-08-20

Topics

Health care and patient safety

Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution

GC08-14

The Canadian Medical Association urges governments, within their areas of jurisdiction, to adopt the Wait Time Alliance's benchmarks for psychiatric care.

Text

The Canadian Medical Association urges governments, within their areas of jurisdiction, to adopt the Wait Time Alliance's benchmarks for psychiatric care.

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Policy Type

Policy resolution

Last Reviewed

2019-03-03

Date

2008-08-20

Topics

Health systems, system funding and performance

Health care and patient safety

Ethics and medical professionalism

Resolution

GC08-115

The Canadian Medical Association calls on regulatory agencies, hospitals, health regions and others to utilize a non-punitive quality improvement approach to the examination of adverse events while still acknowledging individual accountability.

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The Canadian Medical Association calls on regulatory agencies, hospitals, health regions and others to utilize a non-punitive quality improvement approach to the examination of adverse events while still acknowledging individual accountability.

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