Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne
Registration:
4
of
169
(2009-04-09
to
2009-04-27)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- CANADIAN HEALTH LEADERSHIP NETWORK: Funding for the Canadian Health Leadership network
- CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEDIA AWARDS: Funding for the Canadian Nurses Association/Canadian Medical Association Media Awards
- CANADIAN PHYSICIAN HEALTH STUDY: Funding for the Canadian Physician health study
- CHILD HEALTH ROUNDTABLE: funding for the child health roundatable
- CMA'S LEADERS FORUM: Funding for the CMA's Leaders Forum
- NATIONAL ILLNESS COSTS OF AIR POLUTION (ICAP) PROJECT FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA: Funding for the study
- PROPOSAL TO FUND DEVELOPMENT OF A PHYSICIAN MANAGER INSTITUTE (PMI) MODULE ON WAIT TIME MANAGEMENT
- PROPOSAL TO FUND INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES (IMG) MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
- PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PAP): Ensuring the government continue to fund the PAP program
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- EXCISE TAX ACT: GST AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES: Changes to the application of the GST (zero-rate) on Physician practices
- INCOME TAX ACT: REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVING PLAN (RRSP) LIMITS: Increasing the contributions limits to RRSPs
- PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS: Federal investments or taxation changes to improve the health care system and the health of Canadians
Policies or Program
- ABORIGINAL HEALTH ISSUES: Improvement to the health and health care services provide to aboriginal people in Canada
- CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL STRATEGY: A national strategy to ensure all Canadian have access to safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs regardless of employment status or geography
- CHILD HEALTH: Increased investments and improved regulation to protect and enhance the health of children
- CHRONIC DISEASES: Increased federal investments to protect and promote the health of Canadians
- CROSS BORDER BULK PURCHASING OF DRUGS: Government prohibition against the bulk sale of prescription drugs from Canada to other countries
- EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: The adoption of a health emergencies Act to protect the health of Canadians in time of a national health emergency
- ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH ISSUES: Improvement in federal legislation to improve air, water and soil quality.
- FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND FEDERAL FORMS: Improved compensation for the completion of federal health forms by physicians
- HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (ELECTRONIC MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECORDS: Investment and needed regulations to facilitate the development of EHRs and EMRs in Canada
- HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION: Increased investment and improved regulations to protect and enhance the health of Canadians
- HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVES: Encouraging governments to fund programs to promote healthy living
- HUMAN RIGHTS FOREIGN CARE WORKERS: Canada to speak out internationally on the right of physicians to provide medical care for their populations
- IMPAIRED DRIVING: Increased measure to both mitigate impaired driving in Canada
- INTERNET PRESCRIBING: Prohibitions against the prescribing of pharmaceuticals over the internet
- LONG-TERM CARE: Increase investments and changes to the Tax Act to enhance long-term care
- MANDATORY REPORTING OF ADVERSE DRUG EFFECTS: Ensuring that changes to report of adverse drug reaction is in the interest of patients and providers
- MEDICAL EDUCATION: Increase funding for medical education
- MEDICAL ISOTOPES SUPPLY: The self-sufficiency of supply of Medical Isotopes in Canada
- MENTAL HEALTH AND NATIONAL STRATEGY: Increased investment by the federal government to improve programs and services for the mentally ill
- NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL PERSONNEL: Increasing funding to ensure an adequate supply of national defence medical personnel
- NATIONAL HEALTH GOALS: The establishment of national health goals for the Canadian population
- NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMS: Increased restriction on the sale and advertising of tobacco products in Canada
- ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION: Improvements to existing legislation that governs organ and tissue donation in Canada
- PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE: Improved national standards and investment in the area of palliative and end of life care
- PAN-CANADIAN HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY (INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES): Federal strategies and investments into addressing Canada’s health human resource shortages
- PATIENT SAFETY: National Standards for patient care
- PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RENEWAL: Ensuring that reforms to primary care delivery reflect the interest of patients and providers
- SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTH CARE (FINANCING AND ACCESSIBILITY): Increases in health transfer funding and accountability by the federal government
- TELEHEALTH: Increased investment in providing telehealth to rural and remote communities
- TUITION LEVELS AND STUDENT DEBT LOADS (FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS): Increase federal aid for medical students and residents
- WAIT TIMES AND BENCHMARKS: The establishment of medically based wait time benchmarks in areas of specialty and primary care
Regulation
- CANADIAN PENSION PLAN: Improvements in both administration and compensation of the programs
- DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS REGULATIONS (DTCA): Ensuring existing legislation is not amended to weaken the ability of Canada to restrict DTCA
- LOBBYING ACT REGULATIONS: Improvement to the existing legislation that addresses lobbying in Canada
- MEDICINAL MARIJUANA REGULATIONS: Improving regulations as they relate to the prescribing of medical marijuana
- PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT ACT (PIPEDA): PRIVACY PROTECTION OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND THE REGULATORY REVIEW: Improvement to privacy legislation to protect the privacy of health information