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The content in this resource is based on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s (CPSO)’s Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services policy ("Policy"). Additional guidance for physicians can be found in the Advice to the Profession: Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services ("Advice") companion document.
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This document provides some background information on the scope of these policies and the role of patients, technology and the health-care system in facilitating continuity of care.
In a unanimous decision released today, the Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) supported patients’ rights to access health services an...
This Advice document is intended to help physicians interpret and understand the College’s expectations.
Physicians must act in their patients’ best interests.
The establishment of trust between a physician and a patient can begin as early as when patients begin seeking care.
This document is intended to help physicians interpret the expectations as set out in the Physician Treatment of Self, Family Members or Others Close to Them policy and provide guidance around how these obligations may be effectively discharged.
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CPSO provides a standardized data set to assist in health resource planning and management, and continuity of care.
Physicians must comply with all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements related to medical record-keeping.
This document is intended to provide guidance for how the obligations set out in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine policy can be effectively discharged. This document also seeks to provide physicians with practical advice for addressing common issues that arise in practice.
Within hospitals or health-care institutions where care is provided by a team of changing individuals, physicians must coordinate with others on the team to keep patients informed about who has primary responsibility for managing their care (i.e., their most responsible provider).
This companion Advice document is intended to help physicians interpret their obligations as set out in the policy and provide guidance around how these expectations may be effectively discharged.
This advice document is intended to help physicians interpret and understand these expectations to ensure they are effectively discharged.
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Dr. Mark Spiller receives Council Award
Dr. Mark Spiller of Kirkland Lake was presented with the CPSO Council Award at the September Council meetin...
This document is intended to help physicians interpret their obligations as set out in the Physicians’ Relationships with Industry: Practice, Education, and Research policy, and provide guidance for how these obligations can be effectively discharged.
This document is a companion document to the College’s Medical Records Documentation policy and provides guidance with respect to how to satisfy the expectations set out in the policy, as well as best practices for documenting specific patient encounters.
Physicians must have an office telephone that is answered and/or allows voicemails to be left during regular business hours.
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