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“We've been fighting the war on cancer for almost four decades now. It's time to admit that our efforts have often targeted the wrong enemies and used the wrong weapons.” Devra Davis writes that we are “Off Target in the War on Cancer.”
Decisions made at the bedside by physicians must be part of the rationing system.
10 Questions Every Director Should Ask
Strategic Outsourcing by a Regional Health Authority:
The Next Step on the Road to High Efficiency: Finding Common Ground between Equity and Performance
Towards a Canadian Model of Integrated Healthcare
Priority Setting in the Provincial Health Services Authority: Case Study
McGuinty government halts bidding process for home care contracts across the province
Per capita provincial government expenditures on health care. One simple chart.
The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences is beginning its 50th Anniversary celebrations with The Golden Archives Launch on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 10 a.m.
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We have inside information that this conference on system integration will be dynamic and inspiring – it’s coming from Capital Health / Edmonton. It’s all about: patient support | connecting services and providers | embedding quality | removing barriers | improving staff and patient satisfaction. Reserve the time now: Click here to access the online registration page.
Three heroes. One topic. This Wednesday. Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto. 8 am: Jonathan Irish, Chief, Department of Surgical Oncology; Tak W. Mak, Director Advanced Medical Discovery Institute; and Dr. Robert Bell, CEO of the University Health Network. Improving healthcare. For details and to register, click here
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Organizing Healthcare Delivery Systems for Persons with Ongoing Care Needs and Their Families: A Best Practices Framework
Marcus J. Hollander and Michael J. Prince
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Applying a Prism: The Spectrum of a Sustainable Healthcare System
Catherine Zahn
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Telephone Nursing: An Emerging Practice Area
Sharon Goodwin
Healthcare Policy
Patient and Surgeon Views on Maximum Acceptable Waiting Times for Joint Replacement
Barbara L. Conner-Spady, Geoffrey Johnston, Claudia Sanmartin, John J.
McGurran, Tom W. Noseworthy, Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network/Western
Canada Waiting List Project Research and Evaluation Working Group
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Building a Comprehensive Clinical Database: Collaboration in Stages
Brooks A. Fallis, Kelly Holloway, Lee Fairclough and David R. McCready
World Health and Population
Age-Specific Analysis of Reported Morbidity in Kerala, India
T.R. Dilip
Today’s featured Podcast: A Community-Researcher Alliance to Improve Chronic Wound Care. This case demonstrates that, with a collaborative partnership approach, systematic and transparent research processes can be rapidly developed to support policy change.
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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, HP, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here
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, HP, HPME, OHA
Register here.
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, HP, HPME, 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, HP, HPME, 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 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.
February 15, 2008: Toronto, ON. The Association of Nurse Executives of GTA Session #4. The guest speaker will be Vanessa Burkowski, Provincial Chief Nursing Officer. The topic is Dialogue with our Provincial Chief Nursing Officer: Enabling Future Nurses and Nursing Leadership. For details click here.
February 22, 2008: Toronto, ON. The Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario is hosting a conference on their initiative to develop a common set of principles for hospitals negotiating clinical study contracts with industry. The purpose of the conference is to share the principles document with front-line contract negotiators, to encourage its adoption in clinical study agreement negotiations across the province. Facilitated discussions will be held among the conference participants with members of the CAHO Steering Committee; conference participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on the document. The principles document, Statement of Principles to be Considered when Negotiating a Clinical Studies Agreement, is available on the CAHO website: www.caho-hospitals.com. For future information, please contact Claire McClelland at cmcclelland@caho-hospitals.com.
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 (PDF)
April 24-26,2008: Ottawa, ON. CSPE Annual Meeting of Physician Executives. Download PDF
April 28-29, 2008: Edmonton, AB. Beyond the Evidence: Making Tough Decisions. The 2008 CADTH Invitational Symposium focuses on factors beyond the evidence that influence decisions about the funding and use of drugs and other health technologies. What do decision makers need beyond the evidence in order to make the tough decisions? What can be done to close the evidence gap and develop evidence where none currently exists? How can producers of evidence-based information help health care leaders make tough decisions with confidence? The deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2008. Request an invitation at symposium@cadth.ca.
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Dr. James R. Maclean to Vice President Innovation and Adoption, Canada Health Infoway
Paul Heinrich to Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Theodore (Ted) J. Freedman to the Board of Latin American Minerals Inc.
Dr. Keith Rose to Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Executive. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
Suneet Varma to President, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Inc.
Dr. Asiya Hameed, to Northumberland Hills Hospital, Ontario
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