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Bonnie Adamson on Governance - January 16th. Click here.
CSPE Annual Meeting of physician executives. Ottawa April 24-26,2008 Download PDF
CALL TO ACTION - National Collaborative on Falls in Long-Term Care
The Safer Health Now! Campaign, under the leadership of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), wants to reduce falls and injury from falls in residents in long-term care facilities. Long-term care facilities can now enroll. To view the Call to Action, visit www.saferhealthcarenow.ca.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Hospitals and Government: A Relationship That Needs to Work
Bruce MacLellan
HealthcarePapers
Critical Insights for Researchers and Decision-Makers
Steven Tomblin
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Healthcare Restructuring with a View to Equity and Efficiency: Reflections on Unintended Consequences
M. Judith Lynam, Angela Henderson, Annette Browne, Vicki Smye, Pat Semeniuk, Connie Blue, Savitri Singh, Joan Anderson
Healthcare Policy
Improving the Quality and Capacity of Canada's Health Services: Primary Care Physician Perspectives
David G. Moores, Douglas R. Wilson, Andrew J. Cave, Sandra C. Woodhead Lyons and Michel G. Donoff
Electronic Healthcare
Electronic Daily Reporting of Community-Wide Healthcare Information
Ronald J. Lagoe and Gert P. Westert
World Health and Population
Restructuring the Health Workforces of the NIS Countries: Report of an Unprecedented Multinational Conference
Gary L. Filerman
Today’s featured Podcast: Repatriation of Patients - A Process to Ensure a Safe Patient Transfer
To ensure the safe care of patients repatriated to HDGH, we have implemented a process that identifies patient needs prior to their repatriation. The process provides us with critical information regarding a patient's condition well before repatriation so our staff can confirm that we can safely meet the patient's needs. The process is simple and easy for both the sending and receiving facilities to adopt.
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2008 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs - Great minds in Dialogue
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 – Toronto
Dr. Robert Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer, University Health Network,
Dr. Jonathan Irish, Chief, Department of Surgical Oncology, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto and
Dr. Tak Mak, Director of Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research and Senior Scientist, Division of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology and Advanced Medical Discovery Institute/Ontario Cancer Institute.
Topic: A Conversation about the Future of Canadian Healthcare
Location: Health Sciences Building, U of T, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Auditorium
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario, Ontario Hospital Association
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 – Toronto
Dr. Ben Chan, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Health Quality Council and Michael Decter, Chair of Wait Time Data Certification Council for Ontario
Location: Health Sciences Building, U of T, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Auditorium
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 – Toronto
Dr. Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner of Courtyard Group and Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Healthcare.
Location: Health Sciences Building, U of T, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Auditorium
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Toronto
Dr. Alan Hudson, Lead of Access to Services/Wait Times for the Health Results Team, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Location: Health Sciences Building, U of T, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Auditorium
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations Click Here
See our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs video: What is the research telling us about the quality of work-life for nurses and its implications for their retention and recruitment? Tom Closson: healthcare management consultant & Past President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health Network (UHN) and Linda O'Brien-Pallas: Professor, University of Toronto, CHSRF/CIHR National Chair, Nursing Health Human Resources. To view presentation click here.
The small print: Subscribers do have more options. If you are a personal journal subscriber and represent public healthcare management, practice, education, research or policy you can attend any and all of the breakfasts. If you are a member of a commercial / service organization you have other options. Please contact Susan Hale for more information. Not yet a member, but would like to join Breakfast with the Chiefs? Contact Lina Lopez, for more information.
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January 16, 2008: Toronto, ON. Healthcare Leaders’ Dialogue on Governance Renewal. Ontario’s health care system is still very much in the early stages of a “fundamental transformation”. One of the key questions that has been raised as the system undergoes transformation to a regionally integrated model is “Will local governance survive?” For details click here.
January 18 & 19, 2008: Toronto, ON. Women’s Health Matters Forum & Expo. This year’s theme is Linking Environmental Impacts and Women’s Health. The Forum will provide fresh perspectives on new facts and the hot issues in women’s health. If you need more information please don’t hesitate to call: 416-323-6000. For details click here.
January 23, 2008: Toronto, ON: Dr. Joshua Tepper will be speaking at this ELF event. ELF is a forum to help developing eHealth professionals learn from experts in the field, share information, establish a community and collectively develop ideas on how eHealth can enable transformation in healthcare. Membership to ELF is free. Click here to RSVP now!
January 23, 2008: Newmarket, ON. QHN Improvement Fundamentals Workshop - The Model for Rapid Cycle Improvement. Seats still available! The Quality Healthcare Network (QHN) has designed this one day workshop to build capacity for quality improvement in organizations. This introductory level workshop will help you plan and implement improvement strategies using the Model for Improvement - A model that helps teams focus their improvement efforts and to use small tests of change to accelerate their work. To download PDF brochure and registration form click here.
January 25-26, 2008: Toronto, ON. Model World Health Organization Conference 2008. Nursing Students of Ontario (NSO, an official RNAO Interest Group) will host its first conference at Toronto’s Ryerson University. Attendees will participate in a simulation of a Model World Health Organization, representing 193-countries and debating foreign health policies regarding terrorism and corresponding health services: the two topic areas of debate include policies regarding child soldiers, and preparing for bioterrorism as a planned epidemic. For more information, click here or contact Jennifer Yoon.
January 30 - February 1, 2008: Chapel Hill, NC. Health Crises and Disparities: Working Together on Solutions. Peking University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will bring together scholars, policymakers and representatives of the private sector to consider cutting-edge issues relating to health reform in China and the U.S. Please see our Schedule for complete details on topics and themes. For details click here.
February 5-6, 2008. Red Deer, AB. David Thompson Health Region Hospital Emergency Care and Patient Flow Forum: "Today's Solutions that Work". This National Conference will bring together leaders and decision-makers in emergency health services (physicians, nursing, paramedics), quality improvement, health administration, government, and academia to explore and share "Today's Solutions That Work" in reducing wait time challenges facing our emergency departments today. You will acquire tools for improving input, throughput, and output in our health care system today and into the future. Click here for details.
February 10 - 12, Banff, AB - Innovation from cell to society 3. At its third annual research conference, AllerGen, the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network, offers an opportunity to look at results from AllerGen’s research program, with a special emphasis on the link between allergic disease and the environment. The conference features engaging speakers and scientific presentations, panel discussions, keynote addresses, trainee presentations and networking opportunities. For details, click here.
February 12-14, 2008: Edmonton, AB. Accelerating Primary Care 2008. Hosted by the University of Alberta and Capital Health to explore leading practice and innovation to accelerate primary care. For details click here.
March 3-4, 2008: Mississauga, ON. 2nd Annual Healthcare Safety Forum presented by the Canadian Standards Association and Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare’s Toronto Airport Hilton. For details click here.
March 6-7, 2008. Toronto, ON. “Forging Ahead…Evidence to Innovation” – Saint Elizabeth Health Care Conference 2008. The objective of this event is to celebrate the centennial year of Saint Elizabeth Health Care and to promote the use of research, evidence and innovation at the individual, organizational and systems levels of health care. This two day conference will examine three themes: 1) how technology and consumer empowerment are leading to innovations in the delivery of healthcare (on an individual level), 2) fostering an organizational culture that supports the use of research evidence and innovation (at the organizational level), and 3) exploring how research, evidence and innovation are being used to inform policy and the future of health care (at a systems level). Registration is now open for the conference. For details click here
March 10-12, 2008: Berlin, Germany. World Health Care Congress Europe 2008. 600 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Participating thought leaders include health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and heath care industry suppliers. For details click here.
April 24-26,2008: Ottawa, ON. CSPE Annual Meeting of Physician Executives. Download PDF
For our complete list of conferences and events go here.
Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.
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Fiona Mitchell, of the BC Cancer Agency, to President, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
Margaret Becklake, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Patricia O’Connor, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Ray V. Rajotte, C.M., A.O.E., M.S.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Joseph Schatzker, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Reverend Sister Margaret Smith, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Reverend Sister Margaret Vickers, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Antoine Landry, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Anne H. Wieler, C.M. to Member of the Order of Canada
Graham W.S. Scott, to Chair of AllerGen NCE Inc.
Jay Hope to Deputy Minister of Emergency Planning and Management, ON
Cynthia Morton as Deputy Minister of Health Promotion, ON
Marg Rappolt to D Deputy Minister Responsible for Seniors, ON
George Ross to Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation. ON
Lori Sterling to Deputy of The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), ON
Dr. Rohan Ganguli to Executive Vice President, Programs at CAMH
Dr. Anthony Glanz to President of the Essex County Medical Society, ON
Andy Hind to Vice President for Siemens-Acuson Ultrasound in Canada
Jacques Bedard to Vice President of Siemens Medical Solutions in Canada
Linda McGoldrick to Worldwide Executive Director of The Drug Information Association (DIA)
Janet Lambert to Executive Director of the Ontario Long Term Care Association
Nancy Smokler to Director, Quality & Risk Management and Chief Privacy Officer at York Central Hospital
Jarvis Hoult to Vice President of Projects, Comprehensive Care International (CCI)
Anton Hart to Board of Directors, Canadian Obesity Network – a Centre of Excellence.
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