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How Consumerist Do People Want to Be? Preferred Role in Decision-Making of Individuals with HIV/AIDS. Sara Urowitz and Raisa Deber
Patient Safety Papers 3: Giving Back the Pen: Disclosure, Apology and Early Compensation Discussions after Harm in the Healthcare Setting. Rob Robson and Elaine Pelletier
Developing a Patient Safety Plan
Rosanne Zimmerman, Ivan Ip, Emily Christoffersen and Jill Shaver
Quality managers and committees take note: Development of Canadian Safety Indicators for Medication Use
Rita Nigam, Neil J. MacKinnon, David U, Nicole R. Hartnell, Adrian R. Levy, Mary Ellen Gurnham and Tiffany T. Nguye
Ontario Hospital Funding Increase Breakdown April 2008 Download PDF
Ontario Hospital Funding by LHIN April 2008 Download PDF
Ontario Hospital Funding Boost April 2008 Download PDF
EHR Around the Globe. Health Information Management Systems Society Download PDF
The common threads that link international EHR efforts and how they contribute to the success, barriers or failure of implementation have not been identified. Read more about: the U.S., Canada Health Infoway, Australia's National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA). England, South Africa, Sweden, Germany, France and the Netherlands, Japan, Norway and Israel. Why isn't Spain on this list?
Dutch researchers have found that the health costs of thin and healthy people in adulthood are more expensive than those of either fat people or smokers. Download PDF. Time to put on some weight?
The Case from Newfoundland and Labrador:
N.L. premier says health authority can't win lawsuit over faulty cancer tests (Breast-Cancer-Lawsuit)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - Vancouver
Graham Scott, Chair of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Glenda Yeates, President and Chief Executive Officer, CIHI want to update you on Canada’s leading informatics organization. Location: UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, C 400. Please click here to register. On the downtown campus of UBC.
Thursday May 1, 2008 - Toronto
Part of a LHIN or regional healthcare system? You need to attend this one! Pablo Rivero, Senior Advisor, Health Innovation, Calgary Health Region
Topic: International Collaboration & Innovation in Citizen Engagement. The Andalusia Experiment. Location: Health Sciences Building, U of T, Room 610 (6th Floor), Auditorium. Please click here to register.
1. Preventing obesity and smoking doesn't save money.
2. Birds prefer antioxidants.
3. Why we talk to babies in a high-pitched voice.
4. Sugars help to guide the proper crystallization of bone minerals.
5. Just one apple exceeds daily recommended limits on bug-spray consumption.
6. Action-packed video game nearly wipes out sex differences.
7. Couch Potatoes get older faster.
Featured Web Site: McGill. It is new, it is fast and loaded with good multi-media content.
DID YOU KNOW?
The number of male registered nurses (RNs) employed in nursing continues to increase in Canada. Approximately half of them are now in Quebec. More at CIHI.
SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
La main-d’œuvre masculine en soins infirmiers autorisés continue d’augmenter au Canada. Près de la moitié des infirmiers autorisés travaillent au Québec.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Implementing a Physician Leader Compensation Program at a Major Community Hospital
Isser L. Dubinsky, Moshe Greengarten, Larry Grossman, Mark Hundert, Diane Sawatzky and Bill Whittaker
HealthcarePapers
Primary Care in Canada: Coming or Going?
Barbara Starfield
Nuring Leadership
Building Leadership Capacity through Peer Career Coaching: A Case Study
Kathy Sabo, Margaret Duff, Brendan Purdy
Healthcare Policy
Emergency Planning in Ontario's Acute Care Hospitals: A Survey of Board Chairs
Neil Seeman, G. Ross Baker and Adalsteinn D. Brown
Electronic Healthcare
Community Picture Archiving and Communications Systems: Burgeoning Market
Stacilee Whiting and Ben Brown
World Health and Population
Aging, Health and Labour Market Activity: The Case of India
Sharanjit Uppal and Sisira Sarma
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Patient Safety Papers: Best practices, policy and innovations in the administration of Patient Safety. Free online, subscribe to Healthcare Quarterly to receive a print version.
Improving Care at the Front Lines Improving Patient Safety through a Multi-faceted Internal Surveillance Program Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Calgary Health Region: A Canadian Success Story! An Evaluation of a Fall Management Program in a Personal Care Home Population Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. Sign up online here or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667. |
2008 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs - Great Minds in Dialogue
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, Healthtech, HP Canada, Microsoft Canada, PHSA, Sauder School of Business
Register here
Thursday May 1, 2008 - Toronto
Pablo Rivero
Pablo Rivero is Senior Advisor, Health Innovation, Calgary Health Region
Topic: International Colloboration & Innovation in Citizen Engagement
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Room 610, Auditorium
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, IBM Canada, HPME - University of Toronto, Microsoft Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Register here
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 CEO - Toronto Central LHIN
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: Pablo Rivero and Howard B. Waldner in Conversation. Pablo Rivero is Senior Advisor, Health Innovation, Calgary Health Region and Howard B. Waldner is President & CEO, Vancouver Island Health Authority. Presented by Longwoods Publishing with ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Cerner Corporation, HP Canada, IBM Canada, Microsoft Canada, PHSA, Sauder School of Business, VIHA
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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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 18, 2008: Toronto, ON. Nursing Work Environments: Implications for Nurse Retention Policies. ANEGTA present Linda O’Brien-Pallas, who will review some of the recent research findings about how the work environments of nurses affect nurses’ physical and mental health, and work related injuries. For details click 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 01, 2008: Toronto, ON: The GTA chapter of CCHSE hosts its first Leadership World Cafe event at the Boulevard Club in Toronto. “The World Café" is a powerful conversational process for fostering constructive dialogue, accessing collective intelligence, and creating innovative possibilities for action"(Brown) For more details click here.
May 9, 2008. Mississauga, ON. Made in Ontario: A Showcase of Leading Practices in Child and Youth Mental Health (a conference in celebration of children’s mental health week). In partnership with leading mental health services organizations, this exciting one day conference will focus on learning more about leading practices in child and youth mental health that are currently being implemented and evaluated in service providing agencies across Ontario; networking and sharing leading practices with Ontario-based child and youth mental health service providers in similar or related sectors; and learning more about projects and activities that have been funded by The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO and take away ideas about how you too can be a part of a culture shift towards evidence-based practice. For details click here.
May 9, 2008. Montreal QC. FAILURE TO RESCUE: Lessons Learned! Lives Saved! 26th Faye Fox Education Day at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital with keynote speakers: Sean Clarke, N, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Francine Girard, N, PhD, and Linda McGillis Hall, BAS, MScN, PhD. For details click here.
May 23, 2008: Toronto, ON. Working Together To Prevent And Manage Chronic Disease: Ideas, Innovation, and Insight. The Ontario Hospital Health Promotion Network (OHHPN) and St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, are pleased to host this one-day conference for providers from across hospital, community health and social service, health promotion, public health, and long-term care sectors to work on practical relationships to provide an integrated, system response to chronic disease prevention and management. For details click here.
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.
June 1-4, 2008: Halifax, NS. Public Health in Canada: Reducing Health Inequalities through Evidence & Action. The Canadian Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference. The objectives of the conference include: showcasing innovative research, policies and practices that address the social, political, cultural, economic and environmental determinants of health; profiling strategies for building the capacity of population and public health at local, regional, provincial/territorial, pan-Canadian and international levels, and leverage the potential of partnerships and collaboration; and providing a meeting ground for knowledge exchange among public health practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers from a range of disciplines and sectors. For details click here.
June 2-3, 2008, Saskatoon, SK: National Healthcare Leadership Conference: The largest national gathering of health system leaders in Canada. The early bird registration deadline of April 18, 2008 is fast approaching, register today to benefit from the $695 (plus GST) rate. For program, registration, and accommodation information 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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Pat Ryan to General Manager HDIRS, the Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Repository Service. (ON)
Janice Beazley (Fort Frances) to Acting Chair of the North West LHIN (ON) Board
Franca Hoda to Director of the Leadership Development Institute at the Ontario Hospital Association.
Dr. Martin Anton elected President of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).
Catherine Collinson to Executive Director at Nipigon District Memorial Hospital, ON
Tracy MacDonald to Chief Operating Officer at the Sault Area Hospital, ON
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Charles E. Cunningham, PhD. Clinical Director, Community Education Service, McMaster Children’s Hospital
Brenda Flaherty, Executive VP, Clinical Operations, Hamilton Health Sciences
Nancy Hemrica, Organ and Tissue Donation Co-ordinator, Trillium Gift of Life Network
Sarah Morgan-Silvester, Chair of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation, to Chancellor, University of British Columbia.
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