That the profession continue to critically analyse patterns of practice of physicians and that consumers be encouraged to critically analyse patterns of utilization of medical services by the patients.
That the profession continue to critically analyse patterns of practice of physicians and that consumers be encouraged to critically analyse patterns of utilization of medical services by the patients.
That Canadian Medical Association, divisions and affiliates urge governments to meet regularly with physicians in leadership roles and other health professionals when developing implementation plans for the recommendations of federal, provincial and territorial commission and task force reports pertaining to health policy.
That Canadian Medical Association, divisions and affiliates urge governments to meet regularly with physicians in leadership roles and other health professionals when developing implementation plans for the recommendations of federal, provincial and territorial commission and task force reports pertaining to health policy.
That Canadian Medical Association, divisions and affiliates work with governments at all levels to create mechanisms to ensure the participation and input of physicians who are representative of the practising profession at all levels of health care decision-making.
That Canadian Medical Association, divisions and affiliates work with governments at all levels to create mechanisms to ensure the participation and input of physicians who are representative of the practising profession at all levels of health care decision-making.
That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal government that a formal and direct process be established to appoint practicing physicians to policy formulating bodies that deal with investing major financial resources in and distributing them to organizations such as the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal government that a formal and direct process be established to appoint practicing physicians to policy formulating bodies that deal with investing major financial resources in and distributing them to organizations such as the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
That Canadian Medical Association urge the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, in consultation with the official bodies of Canadian health care providers, to urgently pursue studies to establish acceptable, reliable, valid outcome measures appropriate to individual health outcomes that accurately reflect how service delivery changes and government program and service cuts impact health status and health care costs.
That Canadian Medical Association urge the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, in consultation with the official bodies of Canadian health care providers, to urgently pursue studies to establish acceptable, reliable, valid outcome measures appropriate to individual health outcomes that accurately reflect how service delivery changes and government program and service cuts impact health status and health care costs.
