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Longwoods eLetter March 10, 2009
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“Japan and the United States have 35.3 and 19.5 MRI units per million population, respectively. Canada has only 4.6.” from Derek J. Emery et al.
A Westjet Health Care System?
Are Canada’s airlines akin to the health system we have (Air Canada) and the health system we need (WestJet)? If you fly a lot you would know. Steven Lewis explains. Click here.
Here are a few questions to ask yourself about your HHR program:
Do you have an HHR exchange program that you can share as a best practice? Do you collaborate locally, provincially, nationally and globally? Is your HHR complement at +100%? Do you know the cost of a vacancy? And successful vacancy avoidance programs? This and more from Dr. Mary Ferguson-Pare at Breakfast with the Chiefs. Click Here to Register.
Breakfast with the Chiefs: Glenda Yeates, Graham Scott and Dr. Brian Postl. Watch the video here: Health Data, Indicators and Rankings: What do they matter, what do they measure?
2009 Induction Ceremony - April 29, 2009, Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal QC
Be a part of history! Join Canada's leading citizens to celebrate the induction of our five incoming laureates: Dr. Sylvia O. Fedoruk, O.C., Dr. Tak Wah Mak, O.C., Dr. Ronald Melzack, O.C., Dr. Charles H. Tator, C.M., Dr. Mladen Vranic. For tickets, click here (PDF) or call 519-488-2003.
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Patient safety beyond hospitals: A look at patient safety culture in nursing homes
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Patient safety has featured prominently on the health care agenda in recent years, but the majority of research has focused on the hospital setting rather than nursing homes. Using survey responses from a nationally representative sample of 2,840 nursing homes in the United States, this study examines patient safety culture in nursing homes, compares nursing home safety scores against hospital benchmark scores, and ascertains if and how the safety culture of nursing homes varies according to facility and market characteristics.
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2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - Toronto
Mary Ferguson-Pare, Vice President, Professional Affairs & Chief Nurse Executive, UHN
Topic: Investment as a Deficit Reduction Strategy - Getting to No Vacancies in a Global Nursing Shortage
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here.
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
Register here.
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: 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
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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.
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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.
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.
May 25–26, 2009: Vancouver, BC. Chronic and Complex Care - Prevention, Care Planning and Management. This two day Insight 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. Register by March 13 and Save! For more information click here.
June 4-7, 2009: Vancouver, BC. The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technolgists (CAMRT) 67th Annual General Conference (AGC). An exciting educational program featuring the best in our specialties, presenting leading-edge concepts and current research from a variety of perspectives will be offered, in various program formats. For more information 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.
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Brian Ktytor to Chief Information Officer (CIO) and e-Health Lead, the North West Local Health Integration Network [formerly Dean of the School of Aviation, Confederation College]
Vickie Kaminski, Sue Matthews, Paul Temple, Ken Tremblay to Operational Review Team, Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Sue Matthews to Vice President Patient Services and Chief Nursing Executive, Niagara Health System (since January)
Dr. Charmaine Roye to Chief of Staff, Brantford General Hospital
Marni Schecter to Executive Director, Lupus Ontario
Dr. Kaveh Shojania to Inaugural Director, University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety
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