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Longwoods eLetter May 23, 2006

"It's like the Pope of software meeting with the Dalai Lama of integration" - U2's Bono describing the launch of iTunes for Windows. (Source: Apple, October 16, 2003)

OFF THE CUFF
Longwoods Radio – A Podcast Library
Longwoods Radio broadcasts healthcare case studies taken from Longwoods journals. Stay current with best practices, innovative management ideas and lessons learned covering a wide range of topics and issues relevant to health services delivery. The first four are up. New ones every week. Click here to listen.

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) is pleased to announce its second annual Grants Competition for research and Demonstration projects. The funding will be divided between two streams, “Applied Health Services Research” and “Demonstration Projects”. For details: www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca. Application Deadline: July 12, 2006.

Ormed Information Systems Ltd has signed an agreement with Emergis Inc. to better facilitate e-commerce between Canadian healthcare providers and suppliers. See: http://www.ormed.com/Buzz/Buzz_Emergis_CareNET.htm

Canada Must Return to its Nation Building Roots by Roy Romanow
http://www.longwoods.com/view.php?id=&aid=18208&cat=105

RECOMMENDED READING
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Case Study: Reconciling the Quality and Safety Gap through Strategic Planning
Lianne Jeffs, Jane Merkley, Jana Jeffrey, Ella Ferris, Janice Dusek and Catherine Hunter

Book Review: Nurses on the Move: Migration and the Global Health Care Economy
Reviewed by Margaret Keatings.

World Health and Population
Unintended Pregnancy in Bangladesh
MMH Khan, M Kabir and Mitsuru Mori

Healthcare Policy
Quality Control for Publishing Research. In the world of academic publishing, the peer review process carries heavy freight, serving as the prime instrument for quality control, adjudication of importance, quality improvement and safeguarding academic integrity. Brian Hutchison.

HealthcarePapers
Has this agenda been realized?
Mental Health and the Workplace: Towards a Research Agenda in Canada
Alain Lesage, Carolyn S. Dewa, Jean-Yves Savoie, Rémi Quirion, John Frank
Quality Councils as Health System Performance and Accountability Mechanisms. Peggy Leatt

Electronic Healthcare
Quality web sites related to issues of Health Privacy. Miyo Yamashita and Don MacPherson

HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY – Don’t miss the next issue. In the mail June 1st

Ontario’s Wait Time Strategy: Part 2
Improving Linkages between Family Physicians and Hospitals
Accountability: Unpacking the Suitcase

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BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – now available online | enabled by TELUS
Matthew Anderson
IT Collaboration Report PDF (448 KB)
Information Management Strategy 2009 PDF (872 KB)
Click to Watch Video Presentation
Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO), Dell Canada, Lanier Healthcare, Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), Philips Medical Systems, Roche, and TELUS

Dr. Sherry Cooper
Don't Fear FEAR or Panic PANIC (Reference Material). PDF (890 KB)
Avian Flu Pandemic: Economic Analysis. PDF (1.1 MB)
Pandemics Presentation. PDF (322 KB)
Click To Watch Video Presentation.
Sponsors: Accenture, Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), and TELUS.

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – DON’T MISS THE LAST 2 OF THE 05/06 SEASON
Toronto*. Michael Decter, Chair, Health Council of Canada. Topic: Leadership in Canadian Health Care:: The New National Organizations. Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO), Compass Group Canada, Healthtech, Lanier Healthcare, Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and TELUS. Thursday, May 25, 2006. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.) | Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Room 106 (ground floor). Map. Register with Lina Lopez at llopez@longwoods.com

Toronto*. Richard Alvarez, CEO, Canada Health Infoway. Topic: Infoway's Annual Report. Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO), Cerner, Dell Canada, Healthtech, Lanier Healthcare, Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), Philips Medical Systems, and TELUS. Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.) | Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Room 106 (ground floor). Map. Register with Lina Lopez at llopez@longwoods.com

Stay tuned for a list of our upcoming speakers. The 2006/2007 Breakfast with the Chiefs series already includes: Ross Baker, Alan Bernstein, Hon. Tony Clement, Jeff Lozon, Sheila Weatherill, and John Tory. More coming soon.

* To attend, you need to be a member of the HealthcareBoard. Ask Lina for details.

MORE CONFERENCES & EVENTS
May 29, 2006: 5:30pm – 8:00pm: The inaugural meeting of the Emerging Leader Forum (ELF). New minds. New ideas. Mr. Richard Alvarez, Canada Health Infoway CEO, rolls up his sleeves and gives the inside scoop on leadership in eHealth. If you have been in the industry less than five years, reserve your spot to participate by emailing elf@courtyard-group.com, prior to May 24th. Complete details will be emailed in response.

May 29 - 31, 2006: CHSRF brings you Research Use Week (Atlantic) in Moncton, NB. The overall goal of the program is to encourage and improve evidence-based decision-making in health system policy and management. For details click here.

June 4-9, 2006: Creating Healthy Work Environments Summer Institute with the RNAO. Come to Haliburton for this five-day residential summer institute that will assist participants to begin strategies to implement best practice guidelines in their organizations. For details click here.

June 7, 2006: 2pm (1 hour duration): Complimentary webcast - Creating Value with Wi-Fi-based Hospital Asset Tracking. Learn how UNIS LUMIN can help Canadian hospitals achieve real business results with the design and deployment of a real-time asset tracking solution from partners Cisco® and PanGo®. For details click here.

June 09, Toronto. ANEGTA 2006 Annual Meeting and Luncheon + Leading in your Organization – Perspectives to Shape Nursing Administrative Strategies. Download PDF

June 22, 2006. HIMSS Annual General Meeting, Vaughn Estates, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Always popular. Stay tuned for details

July 28-30, 2006 WorldFuture 2006. Creating Global Strategies for Humanity's Future, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. See the web site at http://www.wfs.org and click on "2006 Toronto."

If you believe that success is about pushing yourself to learn new things, to change, and to build a web of personal relationships, then going to the right conferences, and attending them in the right way, can be critical to your strategy for staying on the cutting edge -- both in your organization and in your career. Learn more here.

For our complete list of conferences and events go here

Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences
OHA HealthAchieve2006 November 6-8, 2006

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.

[We don’t go looking for these conferences. Send details to conferences@longwoods.com]

SURVEY
George Brown College, in Toronto, Ontario, is conducting a brief survey to determine the market interest in an on-line Executive Post-Graduate Program in Health Informatics. All interested respondents will have their name entered into a draw for a digital camera. The survey should take no more than 5-10 minutes to complete.
To take the George Brown College Survey click here.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The OHA’s 2006 Healthcare Awards include: International Best Practices | Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership | The Robo Award | Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education |Call for Submissions are Now Open! All awards will be presented at the OHA HealthAchieve2006 held on November 6 to 8 in Toronto. Visit here

TRANSITIONS
Debbie Fischer to Assistant Deputy Minister of Transitions, MOHLTC
Ronald (Ron) D. K. Haines, FCA to Chair, Board of Directors of Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada, Toronto
Giles R. Meikle, FCA to Vice-Chair, Board of Directors of Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada, Toronto
Kathy Doerksen to President-elect, College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba
Geoff Kettel (MOHLTC, Ontario) to candidate for council in Don Valley (Toronto). Details.

Review all recently reported Transitions here

Do you have appointments or transitions? Send them to transitions@longwoods.com

CAREERS: sent to +20,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.
Research Nurse - Spinal Cord Injury Registry Toronto
Chief Executive Officer - Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF)
Chief Executive Officer - Capital District Health Authority, NS
Administrative Leader - PCCC, Kingston, ON
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
Program Manager Adult Psychiatry, Acute Assessment and Treatment - Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Challenging Opportunities - Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Nurse Practioner, Hematology - Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB
General Manager Operations - Access Health Abbotsford, BC
Patient Care Manager, Stollery Cardiology Clinic, Edmonton , AB
Nurse Practitioner, Gynecology/Oncology - Royal Alexandra Hospital, AB
Nursing Opportunities - PHSA, BC
Senior Scientist Leader, Provincial Toxicology Center - PHSA, BC
Nursing Career Opportunities - MUHC. Montreal
Chief Of The Department Of Psychiatry And Addiction Services - Niagara Health System (PDF)
Vancouver Coastal Health - Various Positions
Northern Health Authority - Various Positions
Specialty Nursing Education and Career Information
Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Healthcare Quarterly Careers - NEW - (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers - May/06- (PDF)

Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres

[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]

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