2016 Annual Report Highlights
Assisting
physicians
Contributing to
safe medical care
Supporting the
medical liability system
CMPA’s continuum of medical liability services
Education to prevent harm in patient care
Advice to guide members in responding to medical legal issues
Legal assistance to resolve medical liability matters
Assisting physicians
Canadian physicians care for their patients, confident the CMPA will effectively protect their medical liability interests.
95,691
members
456,512 contacts with members
Physicians continued to turn to us in increasing numbers for one-on-one support and assistance for medical-legal issues arising from their medical professional work.
891
Legal actions
opened in 2016
-4% 
Since
2007
5,088
College matters
opened in 2016
+86% 
Since
2007
1,743
Hospital matters
opened in 2016
+87% Since
2007
20,632
Advice cases
opened in 2016
+58% Since
2007
2016 MEMBER SURVEY
Satisfaction levels across
medical-legal services used ranged from
87% TO 97%
WHAT MEMBERS TOLD US
…it gives me great comfort that I can practise good medicine with [the CMPA] team at my back…
Contributing to safe medical care
In support of a high-quality healthcare system, the CMPA contributes to safe medical care in Canada.
Recognizing that evidence-based knowledge represents an opportunity for the CMPA to support members throughout the continuum of their practice and across different practice settings, in 2016 we aligned our knowledge translation efforts into four streams:
Medical trainees
Physicians in practice
Physician leaders
Physicians in high-risk specialties
303
continuing professional
development (CPD) sessions
17,891
CPD attendees (member and other)
CMPA GOOD PRACTICES GUIDE (GPG)
OVER 71,000
visits to GPG
REACHING 2,300 physicians in
training
IN
16
medical schools
Numerous online and in-person presentations and published articles in
CMPA Perspective and other journals.
Supporting the medical liability system
The CMPA supports an effective and sustainable medical liability system that meets the needs of physicians and their patients.
We advanced the CMPA’s perspectives on several important healthcare system issues, seeking fair processes for physicians in College, hospital, and other matters.
Top 5 engagement topics
Medical aid in dying
Patient safety (opioids and surgical safety)
Membership fees/system costs
Medical regulatory authority (College) processes
Medical liability system
Despite significant growth in the number of cases involving legal assistance, we have contained the increase in the costs of legal services to below that of membership growth, while maintaining the quality of member services.
$172
million
paid to patients
in 2016
$23 million
from 2015
$188
million
Average annual compensation to patients over
past 10 years
Funded ratio improved from
98% TO 105%
Net investment portfolio
$363M
Financial summary
The CMPA’s net asset position stands at $206 million, an improvement of $300 million from 2015.
