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“...Canada was preoccupied with the delivery of healthcare, but "when we identify the present main causes of sickness and death in Canada, we find that they are rooted in the other three elements of the concept: human biology, environment and lifestyle. It is apparent, therefore, that vast sums are being spent treating diseases that could have been prevented in the first place" HealthcarePapers, 7(3) 2007 - The Public Health System in Canada
The new journal Open Medicine (a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal) will launch tomorrow April 18. Book mark this page — http://www.openmedicine.ca — and read all about it on Wednesday.
Opportunity: Work in Africa for seven months
OHAfrica has received funding to support a seven-month internship placement in Lesotho, Africa. The position is open to young Canadians, under the age of 30. The complete job description is posted here. The successful candidate is invited to keep a diary about the experience for the pages of Healthcare Quarterly.
Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, George Smitherman, is looking into paying Ontarians for donating live organs. A similar program was started in British Columbia about a year ago.
According to the Alberta Medical Association the province is short 1000 physicians. E.g. Fort McMurray has been hit hard by the waves of the oil and gas tsunami in Alberta. There are only 12 family physicians to provide care for more than 85,000 people.
Employee referral bonus program in Calgary Download PDF
April 15 – 21 (Yep, that’s now) is National Volunteer Week: What are you doing? Here is one example from Ottawa.
Brief Case: reducing wait times in the emergency room at Capital Health in Alberta. Click here.
Planning for National Nursing Week. Click here.
When Pharmacists Abrogate Their Responsibility. Download PDF Does anyone from Newfoundland have an update on this?
In defense of the CNA Download PDF by Kaaren Neufel
To better serve its Members, the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) is moving to one number dialing for the province. On June 1, dial OTN at 1-866-454-OTN1 (6861). For more information, please go to the website at www.otn.ca.
The HealthcareBoard: [Give everyone in your organization access]
Online, print, video, podcasts and live lecture series. The HealthcareBoard is a collection of reported research, commentary, policy reviews, best practices and information. It provides online resources (including a peer reviewed library), printed reports, learning programs and think tanks to address innovations, policies and practices – including HR, IT, ER, Wait times, Safety, Flow, Public Health, Acute Care, Chronic Care and all other issues and disciplines that challenge the systems managers. For a full menu of resources click here. You and all other members of your organizations can have unlimited access. For details: Representatives from Institutions contact Rebecca at rhart@longwoods.com. Representatives from Corporations contact Susan Hale at shale@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. NOTE: THIS PRESENTATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE BY VIDEO. BRING YOUR NOTE BOOK.
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Two years abroad with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières: a profile of Dr. Peter Saranchuk Download PDF
Healthcare Quarterly
Timely and Appropriate Access to Healthcare: The Way Forward - The Roles of the Players
Peter A.R. Glynn
HealthcarePapers
Home Care, Continuing Care and Medicare: A Canadian Model or Innovative Models for Canadians?
François Béland and Howard Bergman
Healthcare Policy
Experiencing Difficulties Accessing First-Contact Health Services in Canada
Claudia Sanmartin and Nancy Ross
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Access within a Fragmented Healthcare System: A Nurse’s Perspective on Romanow
Eleanor F. Ravenscroft
World Health and Population
Limitations to Access and Use of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Among HIV Positive Persons in Lagos, Nigeria
A.K. Adeneye, T.A. Adewole, A.Z. Musa, D. Onwujekwe, N.N. Odunukwe, I.D. Araoyinbo, T.A. Gbajabiamila, P.M. Ezeobi and E.O. Idigbe
Today's Question: As a researcher in healthcare, there are concerns regarding the flow of health data especially since PIPEDA was enacted. How can I ensure privacy does not have to be a impediment to our research?
Answer
Researchers should embrace data protection laws because they help construct trust in research practices, mitigate the commercial imperatives that flow from the fact that research is a public-private enterprise and protect the accuracy of data. To see the answer provided by Valerie Steeves, click here.
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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 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.
May 15, 2007: Toronto, ON. HPME Grad Society Education Day. Leadership is no longer simply about visioning, planning and problem solving - today's leaders also need to be inspirational, motivational, emotionally intelligent and capable of building sustainable relationships and partnerships. Get set to hear about effective leadership competencies in a changing healthcare context, with Bob Murphy, a Studer Group National Speaker and Coach, as our keynote speaker. For details click here.
May 17, 2007: Sault Ste. Marie, ON. GIS in Healthcare Day. Experience how GIS is supporting and improving work in health and human services. The field of GIS is rapidly gaining in importance for hospital asset management, public health disease surveillance, and medical research. The second annual GIS in Healthcare day in Northern Ontario and will feature guest speakers from across the province and beyond. 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 – http://www.longwoods.com/pages.php?pageid=67#Anchor-Executive-49575the 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]
Debbie Logel Butler to the Vice President of Development, St. Peter’s Health System in Hamilton
Clare Sullivan to member of the Ontario Mental Health Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Dr. David Poulin to Vice President, Medical Affairs, Saskatoon Health Region
Jackie Mann, RN, to Vice President, Acute Care, Saskatoon Health Region
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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