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Less than half of Canadians aged 18 to 75 who had diabetes reported having an annual eye exam in 2005. More at CIHI.
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Moins de la moitié des Canadiens de 18 à 75 ans atteints du diabète ont déclaré avoir subi un evamen annuel de la vue en 2005.
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2008 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs - Great Minds in Dialogue
Thursday May 1, 2008 - Toronto
Pablo Rivero and Tom Closson
Pablo Rivero is Senior Advisor, Health Innovation, Calgary Health Region. Tom Closson is President and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association.
Topic: International Collaboration & 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: Glenda Yeates and Graham Scott in Conversation. Graham Scott is Chair of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Glenda Yeates is President and Chief Executive Officer, CIHI. Presented by Longwoods Publishing with ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, CIHI, Healthtech, HP Canada, Microsoft Canada, PHSA, Sauder School of Business
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 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 4-7, 2008: Vancouver, BC. E-Health 2008: Extending the Reach. This year’s conference theme, Extending the Reach is indicative of the progress we are making in advancing the e-health agenda. Every jurisdiction in the country, every type of care setting, even patients in their homes, are reaping the benefits of technology-enabled solutions that are allowing for more effective, and timely provision of quality care and system Management. For details click here.
May 7, 2008: Ottawa, ON. The prestigious "Ottawa Evening 2008" Gala is being held in celebration of Canada's world-class achievements in health research. This year is the 20th Anniversary of Partners in Research (PIR) and gala proceeds will be dedicated to PIR’s celebrated Virtual Researcher on Call (VROC) educational project. 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 21, 2008: Toronto, ON. "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 94?". (SOG Education Day). Come and listen to Dr. Paul Williams, Professor of Health Policy, HPME, and to an expert panel respond to directions Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks are taking around the “Aging at Home Strategy”. Dr. Williams will talk about a growing body of evidence suggesting that when appropriately targeted, managed, and integrated within a broader continuum of care, H&CC can go a long way toward meeting individual goals and improving system performance. He will also highlight findings from recent "balance of care" research projects in different parts of Ontario which are having an important impact on Aging at Home initiatives across Ontario. For details click here.
May 21-22, 2008: Richmond, BC. 2008 WHIN Symposium – "Envision Improvement: Integrative Thinking & Connectivity in Health Quality & Safety". The Western Health Care Improvement Network’s 2008 symposium will focus on the leadership strategy of integrative thinking and the issue of connectivity through electronic health records to support health systems improvement, quality improvement and client/patient safety. Early Bird Deadline is April 30, 2008. For details click here.
May 22, 2008: Toronto, ON. Centre for Outsourcing Research & Education (CORE) presents New Delivery Models in Healthcare. Featuring Yale Professor Theodore Marmor; Dr. David Gratzer, Physician and Author; a case study on Denmark's National Healthcare Portal; and Dr. Brian Day, CMA President. Call 416-366-2673 or click here for more information.
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.
May 27, 2008, Toronto, ON - Patient Safety Leadership Walkarounds: How Organizations are Enhancing Patient Safety Culture. To find out more information, click here or contact Sean Molloy.
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.
August 25-29, 2008: Vancouver, BC. 26th International System Safety Conference. The ISSC 2008 conference will provide evidence-informed, practical knowledge about how best to integrate new knowledge and practical applications of recent thinking about methods to achieve enhanced safety. The conference features opinion leaders from the fields of high reliability, resilience engineering and human factors including Richard Cook, a physician, educator, and researcher at the University of Chicago. The conference usually draws people from risk critical industries, such as aviation, the petro-chemical and nuclear power industries, and the military; and has increasingly been introducing themes of specific interest to health care. 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.
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Dr. John R.G. Challis to President and CEO at the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.
Sharon Pfaff to Deputy Chief Information Officer at Cancer Care Ontario
Dr. Herschel Rosenberg to Paediatric cardiologist at Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Eva Welisch to Paediatric cardiologist at Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Ralf Rauch to Paediatric cardiologist at Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre
Jennifer Bowman to Vice President, North York General Hospital, Toronto
Nizar Ladak to Vice President and Chief Information Officer, North York General Hospital, Toronto
Jacqueline Schleifer Taylor to Vice President, Quality, Standards and Performance at Women’s College, Toronto
Barry Kuntz to Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
Robert Ridge to President and CEO Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
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Dr. Nahum Sonenberg - 2008 Gairdner Award for medical research. Discovered the important mechanisms that control the synthesis of proteins in human cells
Dr. Samuel Weiss - 2008 Gairdner Award for medical research. Discovered that the adult brain produces stem cells than can be used to re-grow damaged neural tissue and
Dr. Alan Bernstein - 2008 Gairdner Award for medical research. Outstanding contribution to Canadian health research as a scientist, a research institute director and as the inaugural President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Christene Ferguson, Chief Nursing Executive for the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital and Grove Nursing Home (ON) – the 2008 Leadership Award in Nursing Administration from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO).
Dr. Carolyn Dewa awarded Applied Public Health Chair by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Public and Population Health and the Public Health Agency of Canada
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