The College of Family Physicians of Canada / Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada
Registration:
14
of
42
(2011-02-22
to
2011-12-16)
Policies or Program
- Health Human Resources: encourage support for the College of Family Physician's goal to have 95% of Canadians with their own family physician by 2012. The College of Family Physicians of Canada is also recommending federal support for a pan-Canadian health human resources plan.
- Medical Home: identified by its patients as the place that serves as the home base or central hub for the timely provision and/or coordination of all their health and medical care needs. Want implementation across Canada
- Primary Care Wait Times and Wait Time Guarantees: support for improving access to primary care for Canadians by exploring setting primary care wait time benchmarks. Also, support for recognizing that wait times start when a patient first seeks medical care.
- Public Health: support for family physician involvement in not only playing a pivotal role in the delivery of public health but also in planning for public health emergencies
- Scopes of Practice and collaborative care: support for enhanced intra- and inter-professional collaboration