The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy framework and design principles for access to publicly funded medically necessary services in the home and community setting that can become the basis for urging governments to develop a Canada Extended Health Services Act.
The Canadian Medical Association will develop a policy framework and design principles for access to publicly funded medically necessary services in the home and community setting that can become the basis for urging governments to develop a Canada Extended Health Services Act.
The Canadian Medical Association and its provincial/territorial medical associations will advocate for a discussion on opening the Canada Health Act because it limits the ability to fund "the continuum of care".
The Canadian Medical Association and its provincial/territorial medical associations will advocate for a discussion on opening the Canada Health Act because it limits the ability to fund "the continuum of care".
The Canadian Medical Association and its provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates call on Canada Health Infoway to support physicians in developing electronic medical records and linkages to electronic health records by making funding directly available to physicians.
The Canadian Medical Association and its provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates call on Canada Health Infoway to support physicians in developing electronic medical records and linkages to electronic health records by making funding directly available to physicians.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends that governments and other stakeholders work toward the following priorities:
- create a children's commissioner and an Office for Children's Health, with a children's health advisor reporting to the Minister of Health
- involve children in everything we do
- address Aboriginal child health
- develop a national child health strategy and national health goals and targets for children
- develop an integrated children's health research strategy and an annual report card on children's health.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends that governments and other stakeholders work toward the following priorities:
- create a children's commissioner and an Office for Children's Health, with a children's health advisor reporting to the Minister of Health
- involve children in everything we do
- address Aboriginal child health
- develop a national child health strategy and national health goals and targets for children
- develop an integrated children's health research strategy and an annual report card on children's health.
The Canadian Medical Association urges the Canadian Institute for Health Information to develop a state-of-the-art assessment of the development and application of case-mix groups across the provinces and territories.
The Canadian Medical Association urges the Canadian Institute for Health Information to develop a state-of-the-art assessment of the development and application of case-mix groups across the provinces and territories.
The Canadian Medical Association urges the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada to conduct a detailed study of the socio-economic profile of Canadians who have out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses to assess barriers to access and to design strategies that could be built into a catastrophic prescription drug program.
The Canadian Medical Association urges the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada to conduct a detailed study of the socio-economic profile of Canadians who have out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses to assess barriers to access and to design strategies that could be built into a catastrophic prescription drug program.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the federal government to:
a. acquire physician input into the design and content of forms completed by physicians for the federal government and its agencies;
b. review the responsibilities and extent to which the federal government and/or patients bear the costs of all physician assessments and services required for completion of government forms; and
c. establish an appropriate fee structure for payment of all physician services required for completion of all federally mandated forms.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the federal government to:
a. acquire physician input into the design and content of forms completed by physicians for the federal government and its agencies;
b. review the responsibilities and extent to which the federal government and/or patients bear the costs of all physician assessments and services required for completion of government forms; and
c. establish an appropriate fee structure for payment of all physician services required for completion of all federally mandated forms.
The Canadian Medical Association believes that the issue of the continuum of care must go beyond the question of financing and tackle questions related to the organisation of medicine and to the shared and joint responsibilities of individuals, communities and governments in matters of health care and promotion, prevention and rehabilitation.
The Canadian Medical Association believes that the issue of the continuum of care must go beyond the question of financing and tackle questions related to the organisation of medicine and to the shared and joint responsibilities of individuals, communities and governments in matters of health care and promotion, prevention and rehabilitation.
