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Longwoods eLetter February 24, 2009

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“Overall influenza activity in Canada continues to increase; both influenza A and B virus detections increasing…” The Public Health Agency of Canada. More.

Old Bones, New Data: Emmett Hall, Private Insurance and the Defeat of Pharmacare by Robert G. Evans [the undisciplined economist]

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. [This is the correct link. Sorry about last week’s lapse in quality control.]

Who’s hiring for what positions?. Check it out.

The Business Case for Patient Safety (PDF) by Matthew Anderson, Michael Baker, Robert Bell, Mary Ferguson-Paré, Lydia Lee, Emily Musing and Bryce Taylor.

Submit a proposal to showcase your Clinical redesign experience at the Canadian Health Improvement Forum (March 21, 2009). Register for the Forum here.

Register for the IHI's 10th Annual International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice (March 22 - March 24).

Ontario Targets Shorter ER times: Government Launches Public Reporting Of Time Spent In The ER.

Breakfast with the Chiefs featuring: Dr. Michael Guerriere, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, Toronto. 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Register here.

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Murray T. Martin and Cliff Nordal (the video). Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Vancouver presentation.

Towards a Canadian Model of Integrated Healthcare. The guiding definitions from Peggy Leatt, George H. Pink, Michael Guerriere.

This is Qmentum from the Accreditation Council. A presentation by Wendy Nicklin.

Jim Carrey and HealthAchieve: Newmarket, Scarborough and Burlington (all Ontario) can lay claim that Jim Carrey lived there. But never Port Perry. The eLetter should know better than to take issue with Dan Carriere. The CEO of Newmarket’s Southlake Regional Health Centre) made it clear that Newmarket is Carrey’s birthplace – not Port Perry. In our defense – at one point Jim Carrey and his family lived out of their car/trailer and its possible he may have once visited Port Perry. Carrey was suggested as a speaker at Health Achieve – he is another example of someone who lives with depression and has shared his comeback story. And we could use a little of his comic relief. If you have a speaker suggestion write eletter@longwoods.com. We will notify the producers at HealthAchieve 09.

The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2009 Health Services Research Advancement Award. For more information please visit www.chsrf.ca.

Agfa’s Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Repository Services (HDIRS) digital imaging repository project (DI-r) is now fully operational – and facilitating data and image sharing and clinical use between all Agfa HealthCare sites involved in the project. When completed, hospital staff across 35 Ontario hospital sites will have real-time access to comprehensive patient information and the ability to access and utilize images and reports electronically. More.

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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?
Les troubles mentaux et du comportement sont la raison principale pour laquelle les itinérants visitent les services d’urgence.

Healthcare Quarterly
Creating a Surgical Wait List Management Strategy for Saskatchewan
Peter A.R. Glynn

HealthcarePapers
Developing a Culture to Sustain Ontario's Wait Time Strategy
Joann Trypuc, Hugh MacLeod, Alan Hudson

Nursing Leadership
From the Editor-in-Chief: Waiting Lists? What Waiting Lists? Not Nursing's Problem.
Dorothy Pringle

Healthcare Policy / Politiques de Santé
Management of MRI Wait Lists in Canada
Derek J. Emery, Alan J. Forster, Kaveh G. Shojania, Stephanie Magnan, Michelle Tubman and Thomas E. Feasby

Electronic Healthcare
Transforming Organizational Culture through Decision Support at Bloorview Kids Rehab
Hakim Lakhani, Lynn Guerriero, Linda Hatton and Christopher Lau

World Health and Population
...No Stone Left Unturned:" How the Public Explains the Ugandan Success Story
Elizabeth Chapman, Walter Kipp and Tom Rubaale

Today’s featured Podcast: Development of a Regional Clinical Pathway for Total Hip Replacement in a Rural Health Network
Jessica Meleskie and Katrina Wilson

The Grey Bruce Health Network began developing regional clinical pathways in 2002. The Total Hip Replacement (THR) pathway was one of the first developed.

Listen here.
Read the article 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

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 Thursday, February 12, 2009 – Vancouver - Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences and Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London.
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, CGI, IBM, HP Canada, McKesson Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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.

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 21, 2009: Toronto, ON. One Patient, One Record. A One Day Symposium to promote Patient eHealth. Offering a dialogue opportunity between two distinct stakeholders – healthcare personnel and patients, this “By Invitation Only” event will bring together key healthcare decision makers and service delivery personnel in direct communication with highly motivated and informed patients. For more information click here (PDF).

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 28-30, 2009: Toronto, ON. Canada’s Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. This forum will provide multiple learning streams with a national and international flavour. The streams for the forum will fall under the following areas Applied Learning, Infection Prevention and Control, Medication Safety, Patients and Family Involvement; Patient Safety in Physician Practice, and Technology and Patient Safety. For more information and to register for this exciting conference, 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 11-14, 2009: Calgary, AB. The annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Conference brings together over 400 of Canada’s leading researchers, decision makers, managers and trainees to exchange ideas and share findings from the most recent studies in health services and policy research. For more information or to register click here.

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.