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Sustaining Change: The Imperative for Patient Access Strategies
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Eleanor F. Ravenscroft
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2008 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs - Great Minds in Dialogue
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 – Toronto
Dr. Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner of Courtyard Group and Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Healthcare.
Topic: Annual Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version
Location: Health Sciences Building, U of T, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Auditorium
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, Microsoft Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - Vancouver
Pablo Rivero and Howard B. Waldner
Pablo Rivero is Senior Advisor, Health Innovation, Calgary Health Region and Howard B. Waldner is President & CEO, Vancouver Island Health Authority.
Topic: Citizen Engagement
Location: UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Cerner, CGI, HP Canada, IBM, Microsoft Canada, PHSA, VIHA
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - Vancouver
Glenda Yeates and Graham Scott
Graham Scott is Chair of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Glenda Yeates is President and Chief Executive Officer, CIHI.
Topic: Glenda Yeates in conversation with Graham Scott
Location: UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, C 400
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CIHI, CGI, HP Canada, Microsoft Canada, PHSA
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Toronto
Dr. Alan Hudson,
Dr. Alan Hudson is Lead of Access to Services/Wait Times for the Health Results Team, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Topic: The Future of Healthcare Governance in Ontario
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, HPME - University of Toronto, Microsoft Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
October 22, 2008 – Toronto
Matt Anderson
Matt Anderson is the Senior Vice President Performance & Technology UHN, eHealth Lead Toronto Central LHIN, Executive Lead SIMS Partnership
Topic: Exceptional Patient Centred Healthcare: integrated, collaborative, accessible and accountable. The case for technology.
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, Ontario Hospital Association
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
See our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Conversation about Driving System-Wide Quality Improvement. Dr. Ben Chan, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Health Quality Council and Michael Decter, Chair of Wait Time Data Certification Council for Ontario. To watch past presentations 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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March 18, 2008: Toronto, ON. Community Care and Health Human Resources: Informing Policy. The CIHR Team in Community Care and Health Human Resources, in partnership with the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC), will be holding its 2nd Annual Symposium on March 18, 2008, at Ryerson University. This symposium is designed to share our research results with community partners, researchers, and decision makers. For details click here.
April 2, 2008: Toronto, ON: Dr. Alex Jadad will present on the "development of a person-centred health system in the age of social networks". ELF is a forum to help developing eHealth professionals learn from experts in the field, share information, establish a community and collectively develop ideas on how eHealth can enable transformation in healthcare. Membership to ELF is free. To register email, elf@courtyard-group.com.
April 8, 2008: Regina, SK. The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation presents “Fueling Ingenuity: Advancing Health Knowledge for Saskatchewan,” a reception and networking event for researchers and senior decision makers from the province’s universities, hospitals, regional health authorities, and partners in government, non-profit agencies, and industry. Results from the latest SHRF grants competitions will be announced. RSVP to Lynn at 1-800-975-1699 or events@shrf.ca.
April 13-15, 2008: Regina, SK. The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation is sponsoring the keynote session by health care and technology futurist Joe Flower at the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) Conference. Flower, co-author of the 21st Century Healthcare Leader and Age Wave as well as three major health compendia and several hundred articles, is chief executive of Imagine What If, Inc. For details click here.
April 16 to 18, 2008, Toronto,ON: 2008 National Case Management Conference at the Toronto Airport Marriott. The Power of Case Management lies in the strengths of its practitioners who work to deliver effective and efficient health care to all Canadians. For more information visit here.
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? Request an invitation at symposium@cadth.ca.
May 26-28, 2008: Gatineau, QC. 2008 CAHSPR Conference – "Bridging Silos". The Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research has developed 4 priority plenaries and has scheduled over 100 concurrent sessions for its national conference. The theme of the conference focuses on systems change, equity and knowledge to action. Early Bird Deadline is March 31, 2008. For details 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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Dr. Vivek Goel to founding president and CEO of the new Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Greg Cummings to Deputy Minister for The Department of Health and Social Services, Northwest Territories.
Dr. Brenda Hanley to Medical Officer of Health, Yukon
Laurie Rogers to National Industry Executive, Canada Health Infoway
Nicole McCahon to Executive Director, Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Foundation
Janet Lambert to Executive Director Ontario Long Term Care Association
Dennis Darby to Chief Executive Officer Ontario Pharmacists' Association (OPA)
Cheryl MacDiarmid to Vice-President, Sales, GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
Catherine Tantau to adviser, Clinical Practice Redesign (CPR), a new program from Saskatchewan’s Health Quality Council
Scott Campbell to Chair of the Trillium Health Centre Board of Directors
Anne Sado to Vice Chair of the Trillium Health Centre Board of Directors
Stindar Lal to member of the Trillium Health Centre Board of Directors
Sheryl McKean to member of the Trillium Health Centre Board of Directors
Tim A. Brown to Director, Health Care Business, 3M Canada Company
Kevin Higgins to new challenges, 3M Canada Company
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