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Longwoods eLetter March 13, 2007

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OFF THE CUFF

Dr. Michael Guerriere’s Annual Review of IM/IT in Canada. March 06, 2007. . . .the slide deck. Download PDF

C Difficile in Canada – the Longwoods files Download PDF

Patient Safety in Canada – the Longwoods files Download PDF

Why Health Care Renewal Matters: Lessons from Diabetes. Health Council of Canada. March 2007. Download PDF

From the Source: role of data in healthcare management | CIHI’s Glenda Yeates on Longwoods TV | Click here.

Biomedicine, genetics, and medical devices that will change medicine. Detect diseases earlier, lead to more effective drugs, and help understand what causes diseases. Click here: Healthcare: Living Longer

Did you miss HIMSS?? All about transforming healthcare through IT. Here are all the presenters’ handouts.

Capital Health program aimed at reducing deaths from colorectal cancer

Are informed patients better patients?
Allan Gregg in Conversation with Michael Decter. Preview: and Bonus footage (courtesy of TVO)
Join Michael Decter for lunch at Mini Medical Rounds and have your own conversation with him. Thursday, March 15, 2007 - Noon - 1:00 p.m. Come to the CISCO Education Centre, Cisco Systems Canada Co. 181 Bay St., Ste. 3400, Bay Wellington Tower, BCE Place Toronto. Light lunch will be served. Sponsored by CISCO, Courtyard Group, Accenture, GE HealthCare and UHN. Register here.

. . . and you are also invited to attend these two conversations with Richard Alvarez.

VANCOUVER: March 16
Richard Alvarez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway in conversation with Dr. Penny Ballem, formerly long standing Infoway Board member and Deputy Minister in BC. March 16, 8 a.m. Breakfast will be served as early as 7 a.m. Simon Fraser University, 580 West Hastings Street.
Sponsors: 3M, ACAHO , Accenture, Agfa HealthCare, and Kronos
To register for the Vancouver dialogue please click here: Breakfast with the Chiefs Reg: Alvarez & Ballem - March 16, 2007

Dr. Ballem will have her own agenda as she engages Mr. Alvarez but if you have any questions you would like her to ask on your behalf please email these to QuestionsforAlvarez@longwoods.com

TORONTO: May 15
Richard Alvarez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway in conversation with Matthew Anderson Vice President & Chief Information Officer, University Health Network. May 15, 8 a.m. Breakfast will be served as early as 7 a.m. Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Agfa HealthCare, Kronos and CGI
To register for the Toronto dialogue please click here: Registration for Breakfast with the Chiefs: May 15, 2007 Richard Alvarez & Matt Anderson

Mr. Anderson will have his own agenda as he engages Mr. Alvarez but if you have any questions you would like him to ask on your behalf please email these to QuestionsforAlvarez@longwoods.com

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RECOMMENDED READING

Healthcare Quarterly
Insight: In Conversation with Sister Elizabeth Davis
Ken Tremblay

HealthcarePapers
Teamwork and Healthy Workplaces: Strengthening the Links for Deliberation and Action through Research and Policy
Ivy Oandasan

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Focus on Leaders:
Ginette Rodger: On Knowledge and Influence

Healthcare Policy
Reflections on Conversations with Robert Bell and Michael Guerriere: What Is Relevant Research?
Anton Hart

World Health and Population
The Use of Audit to Identify Maternal Mortality in Different Settings: Is It Just a Difference Between the Rich and the Poor?
Jeroen van Dillen, Jelle Stekelenburg, Joke Schutte, Gijs Walraven, Jos van Roosmalen

ASK AN EXPERT
Need to Ask an Expert?
A feature presented by Longwoods Publishing in collaboration with a pool of leading experts in the design and management of healthcare organizations.

Today's Question: I understand that members of hospitals and other healthcare boards have some personal legal liabilities to worry about. Do you have a complete list of these? Should we get a quarterly statement from management that we are not in default and have no risk of going into default?

Answer
It is true that directors of hospitals and other healthcare boards have some exposure to personal legal liability. Exposure to personal legal liability arises when directors: See the answer provided by Graham Scott and Maureen Quigley, experts in law & governance here.

LONGWOODS RADIO PODCASTS: listen and learn

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
Running time: 14:26 minutes

To listen 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 Rebecca Hart at RHart@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance of course.

RSS FEEDS
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World Health & Population - Check out our Best Practices journal for developing communities and countries at www.worldhealthandpopulation.com. Only 9$ per article or an annual subscription of $40.

Strengthening Health Development at the Community Level in Thailand: What Events Should Be Managed?
Vasuton Tanvatanakul, Corália Vicente, João Amado and Sastri Saowakontha

The Completeness of Death Registration in Thailand: Evidence from Demographic Surveillance System of the Kanchanaburi Project
Pramote Prasartkul and Patama Vapattanawong

Comparison of Cesarean Section Rates between Elective Induction and Spontaneous Labor in Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand
Ammarin Thakkinstian, Patrick E.B. Fitzgerald, and Lynette Lai-Ying

Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. Sign up online here or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667.

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – Please note: all events start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 9:00 a.m. (Join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.).

Dr. Ballem will have her own agenda as she engages Mr. Alvarez but if you have any questions you would like him to ask on your behalf please email these to QuestionsforAlvarez@longwoods.com

Mr. Anderson will have his own agenda as he engages Mr. Alvarez but if you have any questions you would like him to ask on your behalf please email these to QuestionsforAlvarez@longwoods.com

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.

CONFERENCES & EVENTS

March 21 - 22, 2007: Montreal, QC. Past, Present, and Future of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making - 1997-2017. Hosted by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation this unique-format conference has just released 50 additional seats. Act Quickly! Registration closes at 17:00 EST on March 9th. For details click here.

March 21 - 23, 2007: Edmonton, AB. The Greying Nation: Transitions of care in later life. Conference topics will include: models of care, service delivery and education, changing needs of an aging society and innovative technologies. Keynote speaker, Stephen Lewis, former Commissioner of the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, who will open the conference. For details click here.

March 26 - 27, 2007: Toronto, ON. OACCAC Primary Health Care Conference, This conference is designed for health care professionals, managers, case managers, service providers, policy makers, planners and community partners. Register to receive an update on primary health care reforms in Ontario and across Canada. For details Click here

April 16 - 18, 2007: Edmonton, Alberta: Accelerating Primary Care is the second annual Conference hosted by the University of Alberta and Capital Health. The Conference is a learning opportunity for the primary care community in Alberta, to explore leading practice and innovation to accelerate primary care. For more details click here

April 25, 2007: Toronto, ON. Ontario Hospital Association Presents: Exploring a New Era in Critical Care Design, Delivery and Evaluation Ontario’s Critical Care Strategy - Year One Results. For details click here.

May 27 - 30, 2007: Quebec City, QC. e-Health 2007: Paths to Transformation. This year’s conference theme is to showcase an unprecedented number of e-health applications that are beginning to deliver on the expected benefits of improved patient outcomes, improved patient safety and improved cost effectiveness in the delivery of care. For details. Click here.

June 7 - 8, 2007: Toronto, ON. Completing the Vision: The Second Stage of Medicare The first in a series of AOHC initiatives to engage and excite Canadians about Tommy Douglas’ original two-stage plan for Medicare. Join Community Health Centres. Envision – and create – the future. For details click here.

June 11 - 12, 2007: Toronto, ON. The National Healthcare Leadership Conference presented by Canadian College of Health Service Executives and the Canadian Healthcare Association. The theme of the conference is Innovation in Health Services: From Local Leadership to National Performance. 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.

[We don't go looking for these conferences. Send details to conferences@longwoods.com]

TRANSITIONS
Gloria Fairley to Quality of Care Coordinator for the Lloydminster area, Prairie North Health Region
Cornelia Wieman to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Governing Council
Dr. Khristinn Kellie Leitch to Advisor to Health Minister Tony Clement for issues on Healthy Children and Youth
Chris Jordan, Marianne Harris and Wendy Posluns to Directors of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation
Michael Nobrega, head of Borealis Infrastructure, to CEO, The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System pension fund OMERS
Richard Ling to chair of Cancer Care Ontario

Review all recently reported Transitions here.

CAREERS: sent to +40,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.

• Manager - West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, BC
• President and CEO - Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Toronto, ON
• Director, Clinical Programs and Chief Nursing Executive, Casey House, Toronto, ON
• Senior Planning and Integration Consultant - North West LHIN, Thunder Bay, ON
• Service Coordinator, Complex Continuing Care - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Manager, Program Services, Complex Continuing Care - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Program Manager - St. Joseph’s Care Group, Thunder Bay, ON
• Director of Patient Navigation - CancerCare Manitoba
• Knowledge Exchange Specialist Lead
• Analyst, Health Research
• Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
• Specialty Nursing Education and Career Information
• Career Opportunities at Courtyard Group
• Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
• Career Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
• Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
• Career Opportunities at Vancouver Coastal Health
• Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
• Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)

Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]

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