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“I am absolutely against exploiting research students, graduate students. I'm against having them ride on the coattails of faculty.” Dr. Gina Browne during an interview with Dr. Dorothy Pringle.
“Healthcare systems need to find ways to signal to physicians that it is okay to do less than the best for their patients in order to serve the greater good of the population.” Dr. Peter A. Ubel, Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development. Click here.
Social Skills Predict Future Earnings Better than Test Scores. Click here.
The World Is Fat and Getting Fatter. Click here.
Are Wait Lists your passion? Lessons learned here: Ants Have a Simple Solution to Traffic Congestion. Click here.
Murray T. Martin, (Hamilton Health Sciences Centre) and Cliff Nordal, (London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph's Health Care) give the private/public hospital debate a good airing. A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. Location: Vancouver, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680. Thursday, February 12, 2009, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Join us for Breakfast at 7:30 am. Register here.
Dr. Brian Postl (Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre), Glenda Yeates and Graham Scott– all in a role representing CIHI – will unravel health data, indicators and rankings, tell us what do they matter and posit what they really measure. University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto | Thursday, February 19, 2009, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Join us for Breakfast at 7:30 am. Register here.
If you would like to see live webcasts of these programs click here.
Healthcare Policy/Politiques de Santé, a peer-reviewed journal, which disseminates research relating to health policy development and decision-making in spheres ranging from governance, organizational management and service delivery to funding and resource allocation, is looking for reviewers. We are looking for both, academic and decision-maker reviewers, since all papers undergo both a substantive, critical review and a relevance review.
We are interested in individuals from a broad range of disciplines including social sciences, humanities, ethics, law, management sciences, and knowledge translation. We are also interested in reviewers with backgrounds in health services delivery and policy development. We encourage all those with an interest in reviewing for the journal to fill out a reviewer profile. Click here.
Daily Health and Healthcare News. Compiled by our Editors and Canadian Press.
Flu trends - up to the minute updates from Google.
Listeriosis up to the minute news updates from Google
The average age at graduation for a registered nurse is 26.5 years, for a licensed practical nurse is 31.1 years and for a registered psychiatric nurse is 29 years? More at CIHI.
Healthcare Quarterly
The Responsibility of Healthcare Institutions to Protect Global Health Security
Kumanan Wilson, Christopher McDougall and Alan Forster
HealthcarePapers
Hospitals in a Globalized World: A View from Canada
Andrea A. Cortinois, Sarah Downey, Tom Closson, Alejandro R. Jadad
Nursing Leadership
The Influence of Teams, Supervisors and Organizations on Healthcare Practitioners' Abilities to Practise Ethically
Sarah Wall and Wendy Austin
Healthcare Policy
Healthcare Organizations: The Intriguing Sound of Three Hands Clapping
Roger Chafe and Mark Dobrow
Electronic Healthcare
Low-Cost Rapid Usability Engineering: Designing and Customizing Usable Healthcare Information Systems
Andre W. Kushniruk and Elizabeth M. Borycki
World Health and Population
Social Stigma and Mental Health among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Conceptual Framework and Future Research Needs
Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Xiaoyi Fang and Danhua Lin
Today’s featured Podcast:
Changing Behaviours to Improve Documentation and Optimize Hospital Revenue
Margaret Oldfield
A deficit situation prompted Hôtel Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ontario to examine aspects of the funding process. Coached by an American team, three experienced nurses were trained to work with physicians to explore opportunities to improve their documentation, and to work with the Health Records Technicians to optimize the accuracy of their efforts.
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2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Vancouver
Murray T. Martin and Cliff Nordal
Murray T. Martin is President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON. Cliff Nordal is President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Vancouver,UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, IBM, McKesson Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Register here
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Toronto
Glenda Yeates, Graham Scott and Dr. Brian Postl
Glenda Yeates is President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Graham Scott is Chair, CIHI. Dr. Brian Postl is CEO, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
Topic: Health Data, Indicators and Rankings: What do they matter, what do they measure?
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Toronto
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: 2009 Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, McKesson Canada, Microsoft, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here.
Friday, March 13, 2009 - Vancouver
Ida Goodreau, President & CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health
Topic: TBA
Location: Vancouver, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Sodexo
Monday, April 21, 2009 - Toronto
Mary Ferguson Pare, Vice President, Professional Affairs & Chief Nurse Executive UHN
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Toronto
Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, IBM, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tuesday, June 2 , 2009 - Toronto
Tom Closson, President and CEO, Ontario Hospital Association
Topic: The five Most Important Issues Facing Healthcare over the Next 12 Months. And, what to do about them.
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Ontario Hospital Association
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs: Joseph D’Cruz, Professor, Rotman School of Management, Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Dr. Penny Ballem, and the Honourable George Smitherman.
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Murray T. Martin, President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, and Cliff Nordal, President and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Presented Thursday, December 4, 2008.
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, HPME, University of Toronto, Healthtech HP Canada, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare, Sodexo.
The small print: Breakfast with the Chiefs: registration requirements:
Do you work at a publicly funded organization? If so, you must hold a current personal subscription for at least one Longwoods journal. This covers attendance for the full season. If you are not a subscriber click here first. If you are a subscriber go to this page for information on upcoming dates: click here.
Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com
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January 21st, 2008: Toronto, ON. Emerging Leader Forum: Guided Leadership Session. An event offering members an opportunity to engage directly with established healthcare leaders in an interactive and informal small group setting (maximum 25 participants.) For more information, to join or to RSVP for this event click here.
January 22, 2009: Toronto, ON. Leadership During Challenging Times. This conference highlights the issue of leadership during challenging times. Speakers will offer their perspective on how their organizations handled a crisis and will offer insight as to what constitutes exemplary leadership during a crisis. Learn more about strategies and tactics used by seasoned leaders to address challenges they faced. For more information click here (PDF).
February 8 – 10, 2009: Toronto, ON. Nursing Leadership Conference. For nurses in formal and informal leadership and management roles across all areas of nursing practice, as well as nursing and health administration students, consultants, policy decision-makers, CEOs and others with an interest in the leadership impacts of nursing. For conference and registration information, please click here.
February 9 – 10, 2009: Halifax, NS. Chronic and Complex Care: Prevention, Care Planning and Management. This conference will explore many facets of CDM with input from healthcare policy makers and clinical leaders, including delivery of care, proactive management, and a look at the acute care impacts of chronic illness. For details click here.
February 9 - 11, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Accelerating Primary Care Conference. After attending, delegates will be prepared to revolutionize their practices and policies to improve services and outcomes. New this year, the Alberta Interdisciplinary Primary Health Care Research Network will host a pre conference workshop that provides hands- on learning about implementing improvements in projects. Click here.
February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. For details click here.
March 3-4, 2009: Ottawa ON. Quality Worklife, Quality Healthcare Collaborative, Shaping the Future of Quality: Building on the Momentum. Be part of an exciting Canada-wide knowledge exchange opportunity. Click here.
March 11, 2009: Toronto, ON. Centre for Outsourcing Research & Education (CORE) presents Leadership for Change & Innovation, A Healthcare Conference. CORE’s 2nd annual Healthcare conference will bring strategies and practices that are essential in achieving efficiency in the sector. With the current flux in the economy the need for improving accountability in Canadian healthcare sector comes to the forefront. Featuring KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Michael Treacy | Peter De Jager. Sponsored by IBM. For more information and to register, call 416-366-2673 or click here.
March 19 - 20, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Leaders in Rehabilitation: the Rehabilitation of Function, The Function of Rehabilitation. Alberta Health Services, in the Edmonton and Calgary areas and the University of Alberta - Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine are pleased to announce the 4th Leaders in Rehabilitation conference. Speakers and special guests include Mr. Alan Lilly, Dr. Mike Landry, Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell and Dr. Arya Sharma. For details click here.
March 30 – 31, 2009: Toronto, ON. Collaborative Primary Healthcare, Transitioning to the Next Generation. Hear the latest from leading practitioners on the benefits of a collaborative approach to primary health care. If applied as envisioned, this approach will greatly improve patient care through its holistic approach and could provide significant inroads to finding solutions to current issues such as wait times and shortages of family physicians. For details click here.
April 22, 23, 24, 2009: Toronto, ON. Pillars in Case Management - Diversities, Communities, Best Practices. The National Case Management Network is pleased to be hosting our 3rd Annual National Case Management Conference. Plan to be a part of this premier event in Case Management in Canada, and join conference delegates engaged in the field of Case Management from diverse health and social service sectors, which include practice, education, research, quality improvement, and management positions. For details click here.
April 23-25, 2009, Vancouver, BC: Pathways to Success: Improving Outcomes through Physician Engagement. Renew your inspiration at the 11th Annual Canadian Society of Physician Executives conference. Network with Canadian physician leaders to explore solutions to common challenges at The Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver. Contact: carol.rochefort@cma.ca or click here.
October 28-30, 2009: Toronto, ON. We Can Do It: Evidence and Interventions for Transforming Mental Health in the Workplace. The leading Canadian forum dedicated to improving the working environment and the mental health of employees. During this two and a half day congress, hundreds of researchers, business leaders, policy-makers and workers will gather to exchange information on the latest research and practical, evidence-based policies, programs and tools. For more information click here.
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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Ida Goodreau to President and CEO of LifeLabs (billed as Canada’s biggest diagnostic laboratory company). More here.
Michelle Obama to First Lady of the United States of America. Formerly vice president for community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Sheila Weatherill to fact finder and to conduct a study of the Maple Leaf Foods listeriosis outbreak. More here.
Karen Casey to Nova Scotia’s Minister of Health.
Leslee J. Thompson to President and CEO, Kingston General Hospital.
Dr. Brian Schwartz to Director of Emergency Management Support, Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.
Dr. Nancy Whitmore to Chief of Staff and Vice President, Medical Affairs, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital.
Michael O'Mahoney, President of the foundation of the Hospital for Sick Children – to attend divinity school.
Lorraine Manners to Engagement Manager, Ray & Berndtson.
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