CMAJ 2011 election survey: research

CMAJ 2011 election survey: transparency.

criticized for the systemic secrecy in which it shrouds critical health data and decisionmaking processes, and recent forays into “open government” have done little to unlock that black box. While the United States and United Kingdom, among other countries, have introduced sweeping measures to improve public access to health data and regulatory processes, health experts argue Canada has “harmon...

CMAJ 2011 election survey: patient safety.

nations, has struggled in the last two decades to shoulder the growing financial and emotional burden of messy legal battles over patient compensation for medical mishaps. But, unlike other countries that have since streamlined or adopted new processes of compensating patients for avoidable adverse events, Canada’s overall medical liability system has proven resilient to change (www.cmaj .ca/cg...

CMAJ 2011 election survey: electronic health records.

“health” and “medical” interchangeably, often without consequence, on the presumption that everyone knows what everyone is talking about. The distinction, though, can create major difficulties, particularly in terms of people’s comprehension, as evidenced by debate surrounding Canada’s multibillion investment in the development of electronic record systems for health, or medicine, as the case m...

CMAJ 2011 election survey: public health.

CMAJ 2011 election survey: health human resources.

proposal for health human resources advanced over the past decade was a comprehensive “pan-Canadian” strategy for educating, recruiting, licensing and equipping doctors that was recommended by a blue-ribbon panel called Task Force Two in 2006. The comprehensive plan, A Physician Human Resource Strategy for Canada: Final Report, urged wholesale reforms in five areas related to physician supply —...