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Longwoods eLetter March 31, 2009

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“I can feel the controversy already!” Michael Gardam MSc, MD, CM, MSc, FRCPC, Director, Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, on seeing the Ideas Panel* of participants called together to consider pandemic preparedness.

Conflict of interest, explosive allegations of threats by JAMA editors, and academic freedom in the new culture of transparency. Neil Seeman looks at the impact of slinging mud as journalism collides with the internet. More.

Alberta Health Services becomes officially operational on April 1, 2009. One provincial board incorporates the nine previous regional health authorities, the Alberta Mental Health Board, the Alberta Cancer Board and the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission. The new board for Alberta Health Services governs all health services in the province, working in partnership with Alberta Health and Wellness. Alberta Health goes "live" with a new CEO. Download PDF.

“In my 26 years working in Trauma Care I have heard every ridiculous, naïve and self centered excuse to not legislate bicycle helmets and ski helmets.” Debbie Friedman, Director, Trauma The Montreal Children’s Hospital McGill University Health Centre. More.

More than two years after Quebec legalized private medical coverage for select surgeries, the insurance industry says it has not sold a single policy. More.

Longwoods library will provide you answers to an infinite number of healthcare issues, ideas, policies and practices. Use our powerful search engine to access expert information - literally at your fingertips. Run a search. Right now.

Ontario’s new budget for hospitals and health. Just the facts. Courtesy of the Ontario Hospital Association. More.

*What is an Ideas Panel?

HCPRA presents: The Art of Disclosure...Managing Transparency Through Effective Communications (PDF). Monday, June 1, 2009. With the Ontario Hospital Association.

We Are Called upon to Lead
Mary Ferguson-Paré comments on the paper: Global Nurse Migration: Its Impact on Developing Countries and Prospects for the Future by Amir A. Khaliq, Robert W. Broyles and Ari K. Mwachofi.

Breakfast with the Chiefs – sponsored by: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HPME, University of Toronto, IBM, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• April 30, 2009 – Vancouver: Breakfast with the Chiefs. Steven Lewis putting Ida Goodreau’s feet to the fire. Tough questions. Tough issues. Bright minds. Open forum. Register here.
• Tuesday, April 21, 2009 – Toronto: Breakfast with the Chiefs. Mary Ferguson-Pare. Investment as a Deficit Reduction Strategy - Getting to No Vacancies in a Global Nursing Shortage Register here.
• Wednesday, May 13, 2009 – Toronto: Breakfast with the Chiefs. Adalsteinn Brown. The Day We Stop Caring. How current policies are conspiring with trends to make it harder. Will it be an unsustainable health system, or increasingly inequitable system. Can we make caregiving into an asset? Register here.

Question: Is Canada prepared to manage a pandemic threat from the perspective of response capacity and having in place adequate systems of governance? Dr. Kumanan Wilson answers.

Here is the Google’s version of the book: High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality By Design.

New CIHI analysis shows positive mental health linked to better physical health.

THE USE OF RESTRAINTS: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A RECENT INQUEST
The use of mechanical restraints in psychiatric facilities, as well as the possible relationship between pulmonary embolism and restraint use, was explored in detail during a recent coroner’s inquest. The scope of the recommendations is very broad and advocates a multi-faceted approach to restraint reduction in accordance with leading international initiatives. Psychiatric facilities would be well advised to review the use of restraints in light of these recommendations. The lawyers have an opinion: Details from BLG 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.

SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
Au Canada, 80 % des hospitalisations en raison de blessures liées au hockey sont attribuables aux contacts avec d'autres joueurs ou avec des objets autres que l'équipement de sport.

Healthcare Quarterly
Strategy, Leadership and Change: The North York General Hospital Transformation Journey
Bonnie Adamson and Susan Kwolek

HealthcarePapers
Expert Leaders for Healthcare Administration
Mary E. Stefl

Nursing Leadership
Aligning Career Development with Organizational Goals: Working towards the Development of a Strong and Sustainable Workforce
Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite, Sandra Carlton and Brenda Bass

Healthcare Policy
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Capacity Building in Applied Research
Clémence Dallaire, Kim A. Critchley, Sam Sheps, Rhonda Cockerill

Electronic Healthcare
More Lessons to Be Learned About Primary Care Computing from Another Small Nation
Denis Protti and Sarah Graham

World Health and Population
Culture and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Promoting Reproductive Health in Light of Spouse-Sharing Practice among the Okun People, Nigeria
M.O. Osagbemi, B. Joseph, A.A. Adepetu, A.O. Nyong, A.S. Jegede

Today’s featured Podcast:

Breakfast With The Chiefs: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. This presentation took place on Thursday, February 12, 2009 in Vancouver

Presenters: Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences.
Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, St. Joseph's Health Care, London.

Running time: 58.44 minutes

Listen here.
View the video 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, 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, HPME, University of Toronto, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here.

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Vancouver
Ida Goodreau and Steven Lewis, Ida Goodreau, CEO, LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services, Steven Lewis, Health Policy and Research Consultant, Access Consulting
Topic: Tough questions. Tough issues. Bright minds. Open forum.
Location: UBC Robson Square, Theatre, 800 Robson Square, Vancouver, BC
Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations, CGI
Register here.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Toronto
Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Topic: Find out what Ontario’s lead health system strategist is thinking about.
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, IBM, HPME, University of Toronto, 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 ideas to improve Ontario Healthcare.
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HPME, University of Toronto, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips, SAS

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, 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 3, 2009 - Toronto - Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group.
Topic: 2009 Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version (PDF)
Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations, CGI, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, McKesson Canada, Microsoft, Ontario Hospital Association, HPME, University of Toronto

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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, 2009: Vancouver, BC. All Hands on the Elephant Please! – Seeing the big picture using healthcare analytics. SAS, the leader in Business Analytics, invites you to attend a complimentary executive seminar. Come share views and experiences with leading experts on healthcare analytics from British Columbia and across Canada; explore the issues and hear about real success stories. Keynote speakers: Kimberlyn McGrail, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Andre Kushniruk, PhD, Director, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria; Mark Morreale, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and eHealth Department, McMaster University. For registration and program details click here.

April 23-24, 2009: Vancouver, BC. Operations Research and Lean Health Care: Implementation Successes and Challenges. This conference is designed to continue the advances being made with applications of Operations Research in health care delivery. For more information and to register click here.

April 27-28, 2009: Toronto, ON. 7th Annual Health Innovation and Policy Summit, Driving Healthcare Forward in Leaner Times. Focusing on challenges and opportunities presented to healthcare decision makers in tougher economic times with mounting pressures on healthcare budgets. For information click here.

April 27, 2009: Toronto, ON. HIROC Annual General Meeting and Seventh Annual Risk Management Conference. HIROC subscribers' 22nd Annual General Meeting. Annual reports of the Chair of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer will be received, auditors appointed, and Directors elected. Immediately following the AGM, HIROC will host its Seventh Annual Risk Management Conference. For more information 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.

May 7-10, 2009: Kananaskis AB. 1st National Obesity Summit. Canada's first all-obesity meeting is set to go in picturesque Kananaskis country. Working in health care delivery, research, industry or the policy and not-for-profit sectors? this conference designed to highlight the latest knowledge on the causes, prevention and treatments of obesity - and how it impacts what you do on a day-to-day basis. Click here.

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.