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Longwoods Top Ten for the week of April 13-19, 2008 [If you cannot access any of these articles, please talk to your librarian.]
Nominations for the position of Editor in Chief for the Journal Healthcare Policy.
This is the final call. Closing date is April 30, 2008. Please click here.
Personal Health Records
See how Infoway’s stakeholders are emerging from the dark ages. Mr. Alvarez & co. are ready to talk to vendors about PHRs. Here’s some context:
The Wal-Mart Revolution
Wal-Mart partners with hospitals to rapidly expand in-store clinics . . .
Ontario’s 25 academic hospitals to jointly purchase capital equipment.
Corporations who are members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard should indicate their interest in a full briefing from the these hospitals. Please email Susan Hale.
OntarioBuys is not complex – if you know the details of their operations.
Corporations who are members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard should indicate their interest in a full briefing from the Ministry. Please email Susan Hale.
Another Capital Health hosted initiative in support of fighting obesity.
The MacNaught-Taillon Leadership Award in Health Policy, Health Information & Health Informatics is being established to honour the outstanding and lasting contributions of Don MacNaught and Serge Taillon to the Canadian health care system. The M&T award recognizes outstanding individual contributions to Canadian health care through emerging and exemplary leadership and mentorship in the advancement of health policy, health information and health informatics. Deadline for submission is June 30, 2008! For more information on the M&T Award please visit the CHLNet website at www.chlnet.ca.
Patient Safety: Get a free print issue – a 144 page reference document of ideas, policies and practices. The third issue of Patient Safety Papers is now available online. If you would like a free print copy of this reference document (the third in a series) please provide your name and address to Barbara Marshall.
And why do this? The Editor, Dr. G. Ross Baker writes “most organizations have a limited understanding of the extent to which care is safe or unsafe.” And “strategies to share learning, for example, from root-cause analyses, are still in early stages across most of Canada.”
The publication of Patient Safety Papers is an initiative of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the Health Council of Canada and the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA)
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) and Toronto's University Health Network (UHN) announced a health care collaboration with the appointment of a shared Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development. More . . . as soon as we get the details.
DID YOU KNOW?
Approximately 8 in 100 Canadians were hospitalized in 2006–2007. More at CIHI.
SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
Environ 8 Canadiens sur 100 ont été hospitalisés en 2006-2007.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Easing the Burden for Joint Replacement Wait Times: The Role of the Expanded Practice Physiotherapist
Alice B. Aiken, Mark M. Harrison, Marg Atkinson and John Hope
HealthcarePapers
Is It Really the Tail that Wags the Dog?
Paul A. Lamarche
Nursing Leadership
Investing in the Research Process: Nursing Health Services Research Unit - University of Toronto Site
Healthcare Policy
A General Method for Identifying Excess Revisit Rates: The Case of Hypertension
Norman Frohlich, Marilyn Cree, K.C. Carriere
The Information Management Strategy Cascade: Strategy-Based Performance Management of a Flu Recall Practice
Juliana Jackson, Karen Born, Jamie Read and Adalsteinn Brown
World Health and Population
Traditional Healthcare Delivery Systems in the 21st Century Nigeria: Moving beyond Misconceptions
Ezebunwa E. Nwokocha
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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.
Broadening the Patient Safety Agenda Implementation of a Safety Framework in a Rehabilitation Hospital Broadening the Patient Safety Agenda to Include Safety in Long-Term Care Nursing Education: A Catalyst for the Patient Safety Movement 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
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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With its theme, Inspiring Ideas and Innovation, HealthAchieve is Canada’s largest health care show, attracting thousands of hospital leaders and health care professionals from across the country. This year, HealthAchieve will be held November 3, 4 & 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Featuring keynote addresses from the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Uwe Reinhardt and Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthAchieve2008 promises to be a truly inspiring event! For further information, visit www.healthachieve.com.
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.
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Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences
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Emma Pavlov, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development at University Health Network joining St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH)
Marc Weinstein to Vice-Principal - Development and Alumni Relations, McGill University
Glenda Blissett to Communications Advisory, Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (CCVO)
Kim Mustard to Policy Analyst, Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations (CCVO)
Dr. Alex Kondra to Executive Director of the Centre for Innovative Management (CIM), home of Athabasca University's MBA program.
Paul Mailloux to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Haldimand War Memorial Hospital
John Clarke to Chief Executive Officer of the Haldimand War Memorial Hospital
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