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Longwoods eLetter February 17, 2009

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“Of the many health policy issues beyond my comprehension, none has baffled me more than the relative failure of nurse practitioners. The matching of skill sets to the task at hand is so elementary, and the vigorous support of nurse practitioners would have enabled them to carry a large portion of the health service burden” 2001. Dr. Alan Hudson.

And then there’s health care. By Steven Lewis
We’ve pursued every conceivable simple and simple-minded solution to what ails it. First it was not enough money. So we doubled spending in a decade. Then it was not enough technology. So we quintupled imaging capacity. Then it was not enough doctors and nurses. So we threw open the gates to the academy, signed fat contracts with unions (35% over 4 years for nurses in Saskatchewan, big increases for doctors, their details deliberately obscured to conceal their magnitude), eased the path to licensure for international graduates, and sat back to await the arrival of wait-free paradise.

ESSAY II.

Beauty Is Really Hot News. Neil Seeman tells us that . . .
Google Trends™ promises to reveal the gap between what we think we know and what we don’t know we don’t know. So I sleuthed to see what Google Trends™ would say about obesity.

Longwoods Best Kept Secret: Leadership recruiting.

• Who’s hiring for what positions.
• The portal of more than 60 participating healthcare recruitment centres.
• Your contact to reach +200,000 visitors a month: Susan Hale.

Best practices from the pages of Longwoods.com made freely available by HP Canada.

• Transforming Healthcare Organizations
• The Business Case for Patient Safety
• Implementing MOE/MAR: Balancing Project Management with Change Management
• . . . and more.

Centre for Healthcare Quality Improvement
Provides a “Knowledge Translation Kit” for the book: High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality By Design | G. Ross Baker, Anu MacIntosh-Murray, Christina Porcellato, Lynn Dionne, Kim Stelmacovich and Karen Born

• Click here to view the individual chapters in the Table of Contents. [always free]
• Download the entire book as a PDF file.
• Order a printed paperback version.

Standardized Order Sets for Multi-hospital Corporations in Rural Ontario. A case study by Jessica Meleskie and Don Eby

NEW: CanadianEMR Job Bank
To assist in finding the right physician, nurse assistant, or medical office assistant for an EMR-based practice or a practice that is moving to EMR. From Dr. Alan Brookstone.

Health Services Research Advancement Award.
Consider nominating a colleague for the CHSRF Services Research Advancement Award. $10,000. This award is can recognize any individual, team, or organization that has contributed significantly to the advancement of the health services research community in Canada. Due March 12, 2009.

HIMSS 2009 Davies Awards criteria now available. Learn more.
Honoring excellence in the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs).

Contribute to Solving a Crisis: The First National Obesity Summit on May 7 - 10, 2009.
Understanding of the causes, complications, treatments and prevention approaches for obesity. From Canadian researchers, students, practitioners, and more.

Abstract Submissions for Canadian Congress on Mental Health and the Workplace. (PDF)
Due February 27, 2009. This is the 4th annual conference.

SIIM Announces 2009 Resident Scholarship Program.
The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (formerly SCAR) has announced the fourth year of its scholarship program for radiology residents interested in imaging informatics. The scholarship is open to all trainees in North America who intend to pursue a career in radiology or imaging sciences.

Dr. Brian Postl, Glenda Yeates and Graham Scott. Thursday, February 19, 2009, Toronto. 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Register here.

Dr. Michael Guerriere, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, Toronto. 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Register here.

If you would like to view webcasts of past programs click here.

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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.

SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
La moitié des infirmières au Canada ont déclaré faire des heures supplémentaires non payées en 2005.

Healthcare Quarterly
ICES Report: Five Policy Recommendations from Toronto's SARS Outbreak to Improve the Safety and Efficacy of Restrictions on Hospital Admissions to Manage Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Michael J. Schull, Thérèse A. Stukel, Merrick Zwarenstein, Astrid Guttmann, David A. Alter and Douglas G. Manuel

HealthcarePapers
Safety Is Not Negotiable: The Importance of Occupational Health and Safety to Pandemic Planning
Linda Silas, Nancy Johnson, Kate Rexe

Nursing Leadership
The Practice Doctorate: Where Do Canadian Nursing Leaders Stand?
Gloria Joachim

Commentary: Yet Another Fork in the Road? Nursing Doctoral Education in Canada
Sioban Nelson

Healthcare Policy
Inter-Facility Patient Transfers in Ontario: Do You Know What Your Local Ambulance Is Being Used For?
Victoria Robinson, Vivek Goel, Russell D. MacDonald and Doug Manuel

Electronic Healthcare
Prince Edward Island Implements Province-Wide Drug Information System - A small step for DIS; a giant leap for the pan-Canadian interoperable electronic health record
Dennis Giokas

World Health and Population
Gender-Related Factors Influencing HIV Serostatus Disclosure in Patients Receiving HAART in West Africa
C. Ndiaye, C. Boileau, M.V. Zunzunegui, S. Koala, S. Ag Aboubacrine, P. Niamba, V.K. Nguyen, S. Rashed

Today’s featured Podcast: Human Factors in Action: Getting "Pumped" at a Nursing Usability Laboratory
Edward Etchells, Cynthia Bailey, Ron Biason, Susan DeSousa, Laurie Fowler, Karen Johnson, Catherine Morash and Catherine O'Neill

To listen, please click here.

To read the article, please click here.

Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio, read this . . .
This is a great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using storytelling, compelling lectures or gripping interviews – using simple digital recordings that we distribute on the web. Formatted for iPod listeners, too. For criteria and specifications please contact Lina Lopez at LLopez@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance.

2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs

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: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
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: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, McKesson Canada, Microsoft, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here.

Monday, April 21, 2009 - Toronto
Mary Ferguson Pare, Vice President, Professional Affairs & Chief Nurse Executive UHN
Topic: TBA
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
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: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
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: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
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 from Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Dr. Michael Guerriere. Annual Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version. Slide presentation here. PDF (3632.57 KB).

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

To see the photo archives click here. To see our video archives 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 6, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Psychology in Rehabilitation: Enhancing the Potential for Change. This conference will focus on neural plasticity and the use of technology to aid cognitive rehabilitation, and is in keeping with our commitment to stay abreast of advances and best practice in our rehabilitative work with patients. For more information click here.

March 9, 2009: Toronto, ON. Best Practices Day 2009: Rehabilitation Transforming Healthcare: Join us to explore the impact of rehabilitation’s role in transforming our healthcare system, from practice innovation to perspectives in planning and policy. The program will include a technology innovation panel, keynotes on the “Second Curve” in rehabilitation healthcare, and rehabilitation post-war zone, as well as research presentations. For details 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. 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, Business Strategist ; Peter De Jager, Change Management Expert; Benoît Long, CIO of Trillium Health Centre. For more information and to register call 416-366-2673 or click here. Sponsored by IBM.

March 12, 2009: Toronto, ON. Eating the SSI Elephant: New workshop being offered to help Ontario hospitals reduce surgical site infection while meeting provincial reporting requirements. For details, click here (PDF) or go to http://www.qhn.ca.

April 22-24, 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.

April 30-May 1, 2009: Toronto, ON. Age Friendly Communities: Supporting Aging at Home and Across the Continuum of Care. The Conference examines progress on the Aging at Home Strategies and local initiatives that advance age friendly communities. Keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Butler reports on changes in longevity and some 50 papers and workshops provide evidence-based information and best practices. Registration and program details at www.gerontario.org under the Conference tab.

May 12-14, 2009: Toronto, ON. Global Harmonization Task Force 12th Conference. A must attend for regulatory professionals and stakeholders affected by medtech regulations, this is the venue for sharing the latest regulatory issues, developments and solutions. For more information visit, www.ghtf.org or call 1.866.58.MEDEC or 415.620.1915 x236. Online registration is now open: click here.