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Data on maternal morbidity and mortality and infant births and deaths
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8505
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC06-13
- The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates will call on governments to ensure that the data collected on maternal morbidity and mortality and infant births and deaths are comparable across Canada.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Resolution
- GC06-13
- The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates will call on governments to ensure that the data collected on maternal morbidity and mortality and infant births and deaths are comparable across Canada.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates will call on governments to ensure that the data collected on maternal morbidity and mortality and infant births and deaths are comparable across Canada.
Insurance fund of last resort
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8520
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC06-16
- The Canadian Medical Association urges governments to create an insurance fund of last resort to provide financial relief to parents for the catastrophic cost of drugs and other health care services provided to children as part of an accepted treatment protocol for childhood illnesses and disorders when not covered by public insurance.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC06-16
- The Canadian Medical Association urges governments to create an insurance fund of last resort to provide financial relief to parents for the catastrophic cost of drugs and other health care services provided to children as part of an accepted treatment protocol for childhood illnesses and disorders when not covered by public insurance.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association urges governments to create an insurance fund of last resort to provide financial relief to parents for the catastrophic cost of drugs and other health care services provided to children as part of an accepted treatment protocol for childhood illnesses and disorders when not covered by public insurance.
Online continuing medical education
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9892
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC10-69
- The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, calls on governments to ensure that the necessary technology is in place to guarantee that physicians in rural and remote locations have access to accredited online continuing medical education/continuing professional development.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health information and e-health
- Resolution
- GC10-69
- The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, calls on governments to ensure that the necessary technology is in place to guarantee that physicians in rural and remote locations have access to accredited online continuing medical education/continuing professional development.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with provincial/territorial medical associations, calls on governments to ensure that the necessary technology is in place to guarantee that physicians in rural and remote locations have access to accredited online continuing medical education/continuing professional development.
Pharmacists who are given independent prescribing authority
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8557
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC06-67
- The Canadian Medical Association, in conjunction with its divisions and affiliates, without endorsing pharmacist independent prescribing strongly urges the Government of Alberta to require pharmacists who are given independent prescribing authority to: a) require explicit, informed consent from a patient; b) maintain a patient's record; c) provide 24-hour availability to the patient; d) carry appropriate coverage for legal liability; e) disclose any potential conflict of interest as both a prescriber and dispenser of medication; and, f) if the pharmacist changes a physician's prescription, advise the physician of the change(s).
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC06-67
- The Canadian Medical Association, in conjunction with its divisions and affiliates, without endorsing pharmacist independent prescribing strongly urges the Government of Alberta to require pharmacists who are given independent prescribing authority to: a) require explicit, informed consent from a patient; b) maintain a patient's record; c) provide 24-hour availability to the patient; d) carry appropriate coverage for legal liability; e) disclose any potential conflict of interest as both a prescriber and dispenser of medication; and, f) if the pharmacist changes a physician's prescription, advise the physician of the change(s).
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, in conjunction with its divisions and affiliates, without endorsing pharmacist independent prescribing strongly urges the Government of Alberta to require pharmacists who are given independent prescribing authority to: a) require explicit, informed consent from a patient; b) maintain a patient's record; c) provide 24-hour availability to the patient; d) carry appropriate coverage for legal liability; e) disclose any potential conflict of interest as both a prescriber and dispenser of medication; and, f) if the pharmacist changes a physician's prescription, advise the physician of the change(s).
Recommendations pertaining to children's mental health
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8507
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC06-15
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses all of the recommendations pertaining to children's mental health in the Senate report, Out of the Shadows at Last - Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC06-15
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses all of the recommendations pertaining to children's mental health in the Senate report, Out of the Shadows at Last - Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses all of the recommendations pertaining to children's mental health in the Senate report, Out of the Shadows at Last - Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada.
Sale of clove, herbal and vitamin cigarettes
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8547
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC06-77
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with the federal government to study the possibility of national legislation governing the promotion and sale of clove, herbal and vitamin cigarettes.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC06-77
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with the federal government to study the possibility of national legislation governing the promotion and sale of clove, herbal and vitamin cigarettes.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with the federal government to study the possibility of national legislation governing the promotion and sale of clove, herbal and vitamin cigarettes.
Telemedicine
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9911
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Topics
- Health information and e-health
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC10-93
- The Canadian Medical Association supports and will expedite research into the expansion of telemedicine and the utilization of emerging technologies, to directly link health care providers and patients.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Topics
- Health information and e-health
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC10-93
- The Canadian Medical Association supports and will expedite research into the expansion of telemedicine and the utilization of emerging technologies, to directly link health care providers and patients.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports and will expedite research into the expansion of telemedicine and the utilization of emerging technologies, to directly link health care providers and patients.