The Canadian Medical Association calls upon the federal government, in cooperation with provincial and territorial governments, to improve access to pediatric palliative care through enhanced funding, training and awareness campaigns.
The Canadian Medical Association calls upon the federal government, in cooperation with provincial and territorial governments, to improve access to pediatric palliative care through enhanced funding, training and awareness campaigns.
The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates call on the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Health Ministers to ensure that all Canadians have timely access to the comprehensive spectrum of medically necessary care by developing, through an open and consultative process, a policy framework that includes:
a) a national human resources plan;
b) national wait time benchmarks;
c) a patient wait time guarantee supported by a publicly funded safety valve; and
d) a regulatory regime to best support the public-private interface.
The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates call on the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Health Ministers to ensure that all Canadians have timely access to the comprehensive spectrum of medically necessary care by developing, through an open and consultative process, a policy framework that includes:
a) a national human resources plan;
b) national wait time benchmarks;
c) a patient wait time guarantee supported by a publicly funded safety valve; and
d) a regulatory regime to best support the public-private interface.
That the Canadian Medical Association continue to lobby the federal government with respect to its obligations under Section 12.2 of the Canada Health Act.
That the Canadian Medical Association continue to lobby the federal government with respect to its obligations under Section 12.2 of the Canada Health Act.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop specific recommendations that acknowledge the strengths of Canada's publicly funded health care system and that identify reforms within the publicly funded system to improve health care for all Canadians.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop specific recommendations that acknowledge the strengths of Canada's publicly funded health care system and that identify reforms within the publicly funded system to improve health care for all Canadians.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Canadian Institute for Health Information to report on the comparability of Canadians' access to a full range of medically necessary health services across the provinces and territories.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Canadian Institute for Health Information to report on the comparability of Canadians' access to a full range of medically necessary health services across the provinces and territories.
The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates urge patients, health care providers and governments to use the CMA's 10 Principles for the Future of Health Care as a framework to assess any proposals that are intended to enhance timely access to medically necessary diagnosis and treatment.
The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates urge patients, health care providers and governments to use the CMA's 10 Principles for the Future of Health Care as a framework to assess any proposals that are intended to enhance timely access to medically necessary diagnosis and treatment.
That the Canadian Medical Association work with its Divisions, affiliates and other health professional organizations to explore models of collaborative/team practice in primary, secondary and tertiary care.
That the Canadian Medical Association work with its Divisions, affiliates and other health professional organizations to explore models of collaborative/team practice in primary, secondary and tertiary care.
That the Canadian Medical Association continue to document decentralization of health planning/management initiatives and to provide the information necessary for members and divisions to have effective input into the development of decentralization policies and system management processes
That the Canadian Medical Association continue to document decentralization of health planning/management initiatives and to provide the information necessary for members and divisions to have effective input into the development of decentralization policies and system management processes
