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Physical activity
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1881
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2004-12-04
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- BD05-03-55
- The Canadian Medical Association urges federal/provincial/territorial governments to explore tax incentives as a possible component of a broad comprehensive strategy to increase physical activity.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2004-12-04
- Resolution
- BD05-03-55
- The Canadian Medical Association urges federal/provincial/territorial governments to explore tax incentives as a possible component of a broad comprehensive strategy to increase physical activity.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association urges federal/provincial/territorial governments to explore tax incentives as a possible component of a broad comprehensive strategy to increase physical activity.
Factors affecting physician incomes
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy698
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1972-06-16
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC72-71
- Whereas there are many factors which have an effect on medical incomes such as working life time of physicians, morbidity and mortality of physicians, income distribution curves, varying work loads etc., the precise effect of which has not as yet been measured in specific studies: Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association encourage, initiate and participate in such studies through its councils and divisions and give encouragement and assistance to those who are willing to carry out such studies.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1972-06-16
- Resolution
- GC72-71
- Whereas there are many factors which have an effect on medical incomes such as working life time of physicians, morbidity and mortality of physicians, income distribution curves, varying work loads etc., the precise effect of which has not as yet been measured in specific studies: Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association encourage, initiate and participate in such studies through its councils and divisions and give encouragement and assistance to those who are willing to carry out such studies.
- Text
- Whereas there are many factors which have an effect on medical incomes such as working life time of physicians, morbidity and mortality of physicians, income distribution curves, varying work loads etc., the precise effect of which has not as yet been measured in specific studies: Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association encourage, initiate and participate in such studies through its councils and divisions and give encouragement and assistance to those who are willing to carry out such studies.
Provincial income disparities
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy699
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1972-06-16
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC72-75
- Resolved that provincial divisions continue to attempt to reduce the disparities between sectional incomes which are not related to demand for services and workload.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1972-06-16
- Resolution
- GC72-75
- Resolved that provincial divisions continue to attempt to reduce the disparities between sectional incomes which are not related to demand for services and workload.
- Text
- Resolved that provincial divisions continue to attempt to reduce the disparities between sectional incomes which are not related to demand for services and workload.
Wait time protocols and benchmarks
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1491
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-11
- The Canadian Medical Association will ensure that practising physicians are involved in the development of wait time protocols and benchmarks that are based on the available evidence, that are administratively straightforward and that are satisfactory to the needs of patients and physicians.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-11
- The Canadian Medical Association will ensure that practising physicians are involved in the development of wait time protocols and benchmarks that are based on the available evidence, that are administratively straightforward and that are satisfactory to the needs of patients and physicians.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will ensure that practising physicians are involved in the development of wait time protocols and benchmarks that are based on the available evidence, that are administratively straightforward and that are satisfactory to the needs of patients and physicians.
Increasing the number of family physicians
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1494
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-21
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together to expand the number of comprehensive family physicians across Canada through the combined approach of training, recruitment and retention initiatives that are incentive based and developed with the input of actively practicing physicians.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-21
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together to expand the number of comprehensive family physicians across Canada through the combined approach of training, recruitment and retention initiatives that are incentive based and developed with the input of actively practicing physicians.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together to expand the number of comprehensive family physicians across Canada through the combined approach of training, recruitment and retention initiatives that are incentive based and developed with the input of actively practicing physicians.
Family physicians and hospital affiliation
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1502
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-36
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together with the Association and its divisions and affiliates to develop initiatives that are incentive based to encourage family physicians to retain hospital affiliation and provide hospital care in supporting the provision of the full continuum of primary care to patients.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-36
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together with the Association and its divisions and affiliates to develop initiatives that are incentive based to encourage family physicians to retain hospital affiliation and provide hospital care in supporting the provision of the full continuum of primary care to patients.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together with the Association and its divisions and affiliates to develop initiatives that are incentive based to encourage family physicians to retain hospital affiliation and provide hospital care in supporting the provision of the full continuum of primary care to patients.
Compensation for remote consultation
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1505
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health information and e-health
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-41
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any type of remote consultation such as telemedicine and teleconsultation is a medical act to be duly compensated.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health information and e-health
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-41
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any type of remote consultation such as telemedicine and teleconsultation is a medical act to be duly compensated.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any type of remote consultation such as telemedicine and teleconsultation is a medical act to be duly compensated.
Payment for discussions of patient health with other health professionals
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1508
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-44
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any discussion regarding a patient's health between a physician and another health professional is a medical act to be duly compensated.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-44
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any discussion regarding a patient's health between a physician and another health professional is a medical act to be duly compensated.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that provincial and territorial authorities recognize that any discussion regarding a patient's health between a physician and another health professional is a medical act to be duly compensated.
Physician health and well-being
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1512
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-48
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the educational needs of physician leaders with respect to physician health and well-being through the creation of professional development opportunities and programs.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-48
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the educational needs of physician leaders with respect to physician health and well-being through the creation of professional development opportunities and programs.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the educational needs of physician leaders with respect to physician health and well-being through the creation of professional development opportunities and programs.
Role of physicians in private delivery of publicly funded medical services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1516
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-83
- The Canadian Medical Association calls upon federal, provincial and territorial governments to respect the role and the independence of physicians in their private delivery of publicly funded medical services.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2004-08-18
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC04-83
- The Canadian Medical Association calls upon federal, provincial and territorial governments to respect the role and the independence of physicians in their private delivery of publicly funded medical services.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls upon federal, provincial and territorial governments to respect the role and the independence of physicians in their private delivery of publicly funded medical services.