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April 7th is World Health day; it marks the founding of the World Health Organization We have a major journal dedicated to the World Health Organization. Go to the journal or check out: The Longwoods Files Download PDF
Are you working with family physicians? Tell them that their primary care toolkit is ready.
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Its all about creative aging: what’s your organization’s focus. More here
100 days. 100 nurses.
A little more than halfway through an aggressive nursing recruitment campaign, Kingston General Hospital has met its initial target of hiring 100 Nurses in 100 Days. See here If you want to do even better ask about Longwoods recruiting venues. Click here.
Li Ka Shing International Centre in Health Care Education at St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto) received $15 M within the 2007 federal government as one of seven Centres of Excellence.
Ontario Ministry Salaries 06 Download PDF Updated: April 2007
Ontario Hospital Salaries 06 Download PDF Updated: April 2007
Some of the Best from Longwoods Online
1. Longwoods: How to Get Published, and Read. Download PDF
2. Photo reviews, rants & raves. No. 1 Shoppers Drug Mart Download PDF. No. 2 Tim Hortons Breakfast Sandwich Download PDF
3. How Cost Effective is Home Care Download PDF
4. Annual Review of IM/IT in Canada. 2007. Dr. Michael Guerriere Download PDF
5. Welcome to the Cerner Centre in London Ontario Download PDF
6. A Tamping Iron, Phineas Gage and Genetically Modified Food. Download PDF
8. Smart Systems for Health Agency (Ontario) review Download PDF
9. Guide to Good Governance Download PDF
Findings from the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses. Download PDF
Dr. Judith Shamian believes that Canada has an exceptional opportunity to take a global lead in workplace health. On Thursday, April 12 – in Vancouver she will present her views on Healthy Workplaces for Health Workers. She will speak at the University of British Columbia (UBC) 800 Robson Square, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 3B7, Room: HSBC Hall C680. Q & A will follow. Please register for breakfast here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs cannot get better than this: Mr. David Levine, a leader in Quebec reform with special political insights including a shift as cabinet minister, will look at the changes and identify the strategic levers that will support the reform and increase the probability of success. Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 8:00 a.m. Register here.
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
Looking for a career in all the right places? Here is a portal to 80 healthcare care sites. Go directly to their recruiting pages.
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Dr. Peter Fowler to Lead Sports Medicine Program in Qatar. More here.
Healthcare Quarterly
Renovating the Built Environment for Dementia Care: Lessons Learned at the Lodge at Broadmead in Victoria, British Columbia
Nancy Gnaedinger, Janice Robinson, Fiona Sudbury and Merv Dutchak
HealthcarePapers
Infostructure and the Revitalization of Public Health in Canada
Gregory P. Marchildon, Kathleen McNut
Healthcare Policy
Healthcare Use of Families of Injured Workers Before and After a Workplace Injury in British Columbia, Canada
Judy A. Brown, Harry S. Shannon, Peggy McDonough and Cameron A. Mustard
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Case Study: Leading Change across Two Sites: Introduction of a New Documentation System
Andrea R. Walker
Electronic Healthcare
Signing On to Sign Out, Part 2: Describing the Success of a Web-Based Patient Sign-Out Application and How It Will Serve as a Platform for an Electronic Discharge Summary Program
Sherman Quan and Oliver Tsai
World Health and Population
Household Decisions to Utilize Maternal Healthcare in Rural and Urban India
Sisira Sarma and Henry Rempel
Today's Question: What are the practical and policy implications of the three governance models for Ontario Family Health Teams??
Answer: Click here.
Today’s featured Podcast: Linking Health Services at the Community Level
This paper will be of interest to any hospital seeking to enhance safety by applying human factors design principles.
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.
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Vancouver: April 12
Dr. Judith Shamian, President & CEO of VON Canada addresses Healthy Workplaces for Health Workers at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Square, Vancouver, BC, Room HSBC Hall C680. Sponsored by Accenture.
To Register click here
Toronto: April 17
David Levine, President and Executive Director, Health and Social Services Agency of Montreal/ Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montreal presents at Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Room 106.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Agfa HealthCare, Kronos and GE Healthcare
To Register click here
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. Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Agfa HealthCare, Kronos, CGI, and Microsoft
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
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view 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.
The June 2007, Evidence-based nursing workshop Download PDF will be held at McMaster University in Hamilton.
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 18-20, 2007: Toronto, ON. Connecting Solutions - Linking, Bridging and Building Across Case Management in Canada. The National Case Management Network (NCMN) is a non-profit association that is a resource for those interested in case management and those who practice case management. At this conference, our two outstanding keynote speakers will ignite your passion for both the art and the science of case management. For details click here.
April 19, 2007: Toronto, ON: The Emerging Leader Form (ELF) is excited to welcome the Honourable Minister Smitherman as the guest speaker for the next ‘meeting of the minds’! Seating is limited, so RSVP here to reserve your space. New members are always welcome. New Minds. New Ideas. www.emergingleaderforum.com
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 11-12, 2007: Ottawa, ON. Leadership – understanding the communication challenge. The 9th annual conference of the Canadian Society of Physician Executives. Increasingly physicians are seen as instrumental participants in the management of Canada’s health care system. For more details click here.
Why physicians should not miss this conference Click here: WAIT TIMES: Alan Hudson, MD, OC, Lead, Access to Services and Wait Time Strategy with Jack Kitts, MD, President and CEO, The Ottawa Hospital. REGIONALIZATION: Robert Cushman, MD, CEO, Champlain Health Integration Network; David Mador, MD, Associate Vice-president, Medical Affairs, Capital Health, Edmonton; Judy Kazimirski, MD, Vice President, Medicine, Capital District Health Authority, Halifax. STRATEGIC LEVERS: David Levine, President and Executive Director, Montreal Health and Social Service Agency and much more. Click here.
May 14-16, 2007: Sudbury, ON. Tools, strategies, and stories of using evidence in rural and remote health services delivery and policy development. While the desire to consult research often exists, decision makers frequently face challenges in doing so. Come and learn with other managers and policy makers about a variety of research use tools and resources to help. 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]
Lorraine Manners to Consultant, Ray & Berndtson Health Care Practice.
Martin Chalifoux to Managing Director, Montreal, Accenture
Dr. David Walker, Dean of Health Sciences at Queen’s University to Board of Directors of The Change Foundation
Kevin Smith, President & CEO at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, to Board of Directors of The Change Foundation
Review all recently reported Transitions here.
Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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