Home | About Us | Subscriptions | Contact | Healthcare JobSite
Home | About Us | Subscriptions | Contact | Healthcare JobSite
“When nurses are supported and empowered to provide high-quality care, everyone wins ...” Nursing Leadership (CJNL), 18(4) 2005: 47-53
Case Study: Nursing Professional Practice Councils: The Quest for Nursing Excellence. (National Nursing Week is May 7 - 13, 2007)
Why can’t doctors wash their hands?
(Apparently Nurses aren’t much better) Every year, 250,000 Canadians pick up infections while they are in hospitals being treated for something else. If you want to see the evidence: Visit the Longwoods Blog.
The Frank Report
A Beginner’s Guide to Judge Research Studies: Quick tips to sort the wheat from the chaff. By John Frank
Mumps Alert
First Nova Scotia – now Ontario. Click here.
Patient and People Centred Care – a Longwoods library of papers Download PDF
More on C Difficile
Best Practices Document for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all health care settings
Clostridium difficile in Health Care Settings : Information for Health Care Professionals
Clostridium difficile : Fact Sheet for Patients
PACS now mainstream
Said to virtually eliminate the chances of lost images or medical records
Picture archiving and communications systems have become a core technology for health care professionals, despite previous issues with price and difficulty of use, a recent report revealed. Widespread adoption of the imaging systems, however, is being hindered by high costs for smaller facilities, the report added. Healthcare IT News
Challenging Ontario's ban on private health options
(This is the opening brief. We will follow this story for you – as it develops.)
Unacceptably long waiting lists for simple diagnostic tests and basic treatments forced the 66-year-old retired auto body shop owner from Newmarket to pay more than US$27,600 out of his own pocket for timely cancer treatment in the United States. Now, Mr. Lindsay McCreith is challenging Ontario's ban on private health options. If he wins, Ontarians would finally be allowed to buy insurance that covers their care when the state monopoly fails them, as it too often does. Posted to Longwoods Blog
From MIT: The Genetic Secrets of Longevity
A study of long-lived families will help isolate the genetic mysteries that allow some people to live disease-free into their nineties and beyond.
Snoezelen Therapy: enhancing sensory experiences – is happening all over. Now St. Peter’s in Hamilton has joined in. Read more here. Snoezelen Sensory Experience Download PDF
Errors and Discipline. Ontario Government demands public access to information and transparency for patients Download PDF
“Open the Doors and Go Beyond” with Mary Ferguson-Paré
Recruitment & retention initiatives are actively underway to welcome our recently hired new grads as well as to assist UHN staff to grow in their nursing career. To see Mary On Location click here. For more information on job postings in nursing click here.
eLetters
Every wonder what happens to all those eLetters? Stay tuned here
If you received this eLetter from a colleague, sign up here for your own issue: Click here.
Healthcare Quarterly
Nursing Shortages: Workplace Environments Are Essential to the Solution
Heather F. Clarke, Heather Spence Laschinger, Phyllis Giovannetti, Judith Shamian, Donna Thomson, and Ann Tourangeau
Longwoods Review
Workplace Empowerment as a Predictor of Nurse Burnout in Restructured Healthcare Settings
Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Joan Finegan, Judith Shamian and Piotr Wilks
HealthcarePapers
Mental Health and Mental Illness In The Workplace: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues
Ash Bender, Sidney Kennedy
Healthcare Policy
Healthcare Use of Families of Injured Workers Before and After a Workplace Injury in British Columbia, Canada
Judy A. Brown, Harry S. Shannon, Peggy McDonough and Cameron A. Mustard
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Nurses and Workplace Violence: Nurses' Experiences of Verbal and Physical Abuse at Work
Angela D. Henderson
World Health and Population
Inequalities in Reproductive Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2004
Amal Krishna Halder, Unnati Rani Saha, M Kabir
Today’s featured Podcast: This case study illustrates how strong nursing leadership, in conjunction with a transformational change approach, led to the successful implementation of a new documentation system at two hospitals within one organization. To hear the podcast click here. To read the published paper please click here: Leading Change across Two Sites: Introduction of a New Documentation System
Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio read this . . .
This is great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using storytelling, compelling lectures or gripping interviews – using simple digital recordings that we distribute on the web. Formatted for iPod listeners too. For criteria and specifications please contact Rebecca Hart at RHart@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance of course.
Today's Question: The Campbell Commission (severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) review in Ontario) called for "whistle-blower protection" for healthcare workers. How should management respond to this?
Dr. Ronn Goldberg responds. He is adjunct professor, Faculty of Medicine (Medical Imaging), at the University of Toronto, and a lecturer, Schulich School of Business, Health Industry Management Program, at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
|
Longwoods Review - Check out our peer review section of Healthcare Quarterly at www.longwoodsreview.com. Only $9 per article or an annual subscription for $95. Strategies and Tools for Engaging the Broader Community in the Work of LHIN Boards: Lessons from Other Jurisdictions Service Provision for Seniors: Challenges for Communities in Atlantic Canada The Sustainability of Canada's Healthcare System: A Framework for Advancing the Debate Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. Sign up online here or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667. |
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.
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 16, 2007: Ottawa, ON. Ottawa Evening 2007 "Celebrating the Progress of Health Research and the Individuals Who Make it Happen". An elegant gala featuring a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, special entertainment, a superb silent auction, and the awards ceremony to celebrate excellence in health research. 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.
May 25, 2007: Toronto, ON. Showcasing Successes in Health-care Change, Framing Future Challenges. The symposium will recognize the recipients of this year’s Award Program for Innovation in Nursing Human Resources, showcase Foundation-funded projects that have resulted in improvements in health care, and share the Foundation’s fundamental shift in direction, which includes a focus on health integration and quality improvement. For details click here.
May 30-31, 2007: Richmond, BC. Health Quality & Safety: An Inconvenient Truth. Featured speakers: Dr. Peter Norton, Dr. Michael Dector, Francesca Grosso, Dr. Dan O’Connell, Sue Iles & Helen Lingham, David Welton & Dr. Jennifer Yessis, Ryan Sidorchuk, Dr. Art Hister, & David Granirer. Approved for 11 CCHSE MOC Category I credits. For details click here.
June 4, 2007: Toronto, ON. The Change Foundation Annual General Meeting and Reception. The Hon. Roy Romanow, former Chair of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, will deliver the keynote address. For details click here.
June 6-8, 2007: Toronto, ON. Annual conference of the Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres. CCACs were recently consolidated into 14 new organizations. This year’s conference theme, Together We Soar will reflect new heights for the planning and co-ordination of home health care services within the community. 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 – the future. For details click here.
June 8, 2007: Toronto, ON. Clinical and Ethical Issues in Geriatric and Long-Term Care. Lectures and workshops focus on geriatric practice for family physicians and allied health care professionals involved in the care of the aged. 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.
June 12-14, 2007: Toronto, ON. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference. Join Canada’s top health services and policy researches at the annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference. This year it is being held June 12-14 in Toronto and is linked with the National Health Care Leadership Conference. Plenary speakers include: Roy Romanow, Tom Noseworthy, Bob Evans, Terry Sullivan and Adalsteinn Brown. Over 100 sessions on groundbreaking research. 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]
Review all recently reported Transitions here.
The Lure of the North is enduring in its paradoxical promise of adventure and tranquility.
“Some of the guests were sitting in the shadow by the water's edge, their summer clothes making blotches of bright color among the gray rocks. Out on the lake, a young man knelt in the stern of a canoe, swinging a paddle that flashed in the sun, while a girl trailed her hand in the sparkling water. As the craft passed the landing she began to sing. No breath of wind ruffled the surface now, and the dark pine-sprays were still. A drowsy quietness brooded over the tranquil scene.” A brief excerpt from The Lure of the North by Harold Bindloss Download the whole book here (a gift). Famous for the breathtaking northern lights that dance across the night sky, the Northern Lights Health Region provides health services to over 20 communities.
Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
If you have ever wanted to re-visit an archived Longwoods eLetter go here
HOME | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ADVERTISING INFO | CONTACT US | JobSheet
Healthcare Quarterly | HealthcarePapers | Electronic Healthcare | World Health | Nursing Leadership (CJNL) | Healthcare Policy Law & Governance | HR Resources | Daily Health News Plans | Policies & Programs | Patient Safety Papers | Publisher's Profiles | Patient Safety Reports | The Pulse of Renewal | Longwoods Online | Transitions | Conferences | La revue Ruptures