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eLetter April 04, 2006
“In a clean accountability process,
if the CEO fails, the Board is accountable; if the CEO fails because of a Board
failure, the Board is accountable. In either case, the appropriate Ministry
remedy is against the Board, not the CEO”
Simon Chester, Maureen
Quigley, Graham Scott
Dr. Arthur Slutsky
has accepted Dr.
OFF THE CUFF #4
Adult and child cancer survivors can apply to stay at a donated cottage
to spend time with family after treatment. Opportunities to recover,
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The (Bill) Gates family owns CN stock worth about
$1.87-billion, making him the largest single share holder. A vote of confidence,
I suppose, in Canadian management. So don’t be shy to consider their foundation
as a source of support for any global
health initiatives you are working on.
The Association of Canadian Academic
Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO) has released a report entitled “Wait”
Watchers II: Measuring Progress on Wait Time Strategies Across ACAHO Members.
Go to: Final
Report.
15 years
of policies from the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.
Here’s another one: “CFNU
believes that people unable to obtain adequate shelter tend to be of poorer
health and attain a lower level of education than people who have access to
suitable housing. The negative impact of inadequate housing has a real cost in
terms of increased health, justice and income support costs in addition to lost
job creation opportunities.”
After an
eight-year merger with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Women's
College Hospital has been transformed to a centre of ambulatory care
as well as a centre for research into women's health.
Ask an Expert in healthcare law &
governance.
What's keeping you up at night? Send us your most pressing
personal and professional question and challenge, and the Longwoods team -- with the help of
contributors to this new resource center -- will hunt down the answers and
possible solutions. We won't be able to answer or address all of your
questions, but we will try to respond to as many as possible, posting the
Q&A's on our website. Our resident law and governance experts are Graham Scott Q.C. and Maureen Quigley. Our experts will not
identify you in our publications or the web site but may correspond with you
directly. Send your questions directly
to experts@longwoods.com
From
Healthcare Policy
Peer Review in a Small Pond ::
Reinventing Veterans Health Administration: Focus on
Primary Care ::
Opinion: Helping Canadians Understand the
Opportunities for Health Research ::
Viewpoint: Health Visitors and Public Health and Security ::
Using vitamin D to prevent falls in an elderly residential care population
From Nursing Leadership
A Dialogue on Quality and Patient Safety with Maureen
Bisognano
A Focus on Nursing Human Resources ::
PATIENT SAFETY PAPERS – A SPECIAL ISSUE
The Human Factor: Unexpected Benefits of a CPOE and
Electronic Medication Management Implementation at the University Health
Network ::
BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – now available online | enabled by
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1. Dr.
2. Dr.
Arthur Porter: Building a world-class health institution |
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Dr. Penny Ballem: :Advancing Health Care in B.C. PDF
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Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian
Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO),
Lanier Healthcare, Microsoft
BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS: – scheduled
for: April 11 and 20
MORE CONFERENCES & EVENTS
May, 2006: Emerging Leader Forum
from Courtyard (Think
ELF) New minds. New ideas. From
Courtyard Group. Four times a year. Must have <5 years of eHealth
experience. Contact: elf@courtyard-group.com
for more information. . . .a Longwoods knowledge partner
The Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) invites submissions for its annual
conference, September 17-19, 2006,
in
May 26 – 27, 2006,
Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa Enhancing your leadership capacity.
Canadian Society of Physician Executives’ 8th Annual Conference.
Details at www.cspexecs.com
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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details to eletter@longwoods.com ]
MEET THE NEW NURSE GRADUATES
Many requests have come in for this program: a full
response will be sent by email on February
07. Longwoods, in collaboration with the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses and
the Canadian Nursing Students' Association, is
working on a nursing students’ leadership program. If you are interested in
hearing about it write nursingstudents@longwoods.com.
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LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS
Nancy Malcolm to Chief Executive Officer, The
New Women's
Dr. James
Ruderman to Chief of Medical Staff, The New Women's College Hospital, Toronto
Dr. Gillian Hawker to Chief of Medicine, The New Women's College
Hospital, Toronto
Dr.
John Semple to
Chief of Surgery, The New Women's
Dr.
Jennifer Blake to
Chief of Gynaecology, The New Women's
Dr. Ben Chan to Distinguished Alumni
Award Winner,
More
transitions at The New Women's
Review all recently reported Transitions here.
[Send you leadership transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
CAREERS: sent to +20,000 people including
Fourteen
Executive Directors - Ontario CCACs
VP,
Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer Services - St. Thomas Elgin
General Hospital (STEGH)
Neonatal
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Northern Alberta Neonatal Intensive Care Program
VP,
Finance and Knowledge Transfer/CFO - St. Peter's Health System
Vice
President, Patient Service - Humber River Regional Hospital
Nursing
Consultant - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario
Challenging
Opportunities - Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Executive
Director - Grandview Children's Centre
Chief
Of The Department Of Psychiatry And Addiction Services - Niagara Health System
(PDF)
Vancouver
Coastal Health - Various Positions
Northern
Health Authority - Various Positions
Senior
Analysts/Analysts - University Health Network, Toronto
Managers
- Burntwood Regional Health Authority
Manager, Fund Development (6 positions) Red Cross
Program
Representative, Safety Services Red Cross
Manager,
Disaster Management (3 positions) Red Cross
Manager,
Home Support Red Cross
Manager,
RespectED Red Cross
Specialist,
Corporate First Aid Red Cross
Nursing
Student and New Grad Program - Vancouver Coastal Health
Perioperative
Nursing at Royal Columbian Hospital
New
BC Graduate Nurse (RN/RPN) Program - Deadline to Apply is April 30th, 2006
Specialty
Nursing Education and Career Information
Career
Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career
Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career
Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career
Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Healthcare
Quarterly Careers - NEW - (PDF)
Nursing
Leadership Careers - NEW- (PDF)
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