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Longwoods eLetter June 16, 2009

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Can’t get no (family) satisfaction… (or . . .“as family supports fray providers need to offer a user experience that embraces the patient as something more than an autonomous unit.”) By Neil Seeman. More.

A Texas-Sized Spread in Canada (or . . .an exposé of health care spending in a poor US county) By Steven Lewis. More.

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“Where there is reasonable evidence of an impending threat to public health, it is inappropriate to require proof of causation beyond a reasonable doubt before taking steps to avert the threat." It is clear from Justice Campbell's five-volume report that he did not intend for the precautionary principle to be used as a simple justification for N95 masks (Campbell 2006). What he stated was . . . . More.

“There is one prediction that is dead easy for any health economist. The proportion of national income taken up by healthcare spending is about to surge.” Bob Evans on the lack of prescience among economists (including himself). More.

Medicare and Integrated Healthcare: Three points of view.
Leatt, Pink and Guerriere examine and define integrated healthcare. More.
Robert Baer looks at a re-organized Alberta in 2000. More.
Andre Picard looks at medicare & integration in Alberta today. More.

eHealth in Ontario: Three points of view.
Phase 1: The Toronto Star’s summary of eHealth Ontario media reports as of June 13|09. More.
Success story: Ontario’s Telemedicine Network from a doc’s point of view. More.
Andre Picard looks at eHealth before the media blitz. More.

Kaiser Foundation Announces “Call for Nominations For 2010 National Awards for Excellence Program In Mental Health and Addictions Initiatives” can be found here (PDF).

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BEST READ
For June 2009 (to date). Our top five documents in PDFormat.
Tom Closson presents at Breakfast with the Chiefs. June 2009. The slide deck. More. (PDF)
Adalsteinn Brown presents at Breakfast with the Chiefs. May, 2009. The slide deck. More. (PDF)
Mary Ferguson Paré presents at Breakfast with the Chiefs. April 2009. The slide deck. More. (PDF)
Michael Guerriere presents at Breakfast with the Chiefs. March 2009. The slide deck. More. (PDF)
Francine Girard, Noreen Linton, Jeanne Besner, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Professional Practice in Nursing: A Framework. A paper. More. (PDF)

For June 2009 (to date). Our top five papers in online (html) format:
Stephen Duckett: Interdependence of the Health and Education Sectors in Meeting Health Human Resource Needs. More.
Steven Lewis: This Just In: Systems Designed to Fail, Fail. More.
Neil Seeman: Why Consultants Use PowerPoint ... and Other Pearls of Wisdom from 26 Years in the Healthcare Management Consulting Industry. Neil Seeman interviews Neil Stuart. More.
Kimberley Lamarche and Susan Tullai-McGuinness. Canadian Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction. More.
Brian Golden. Transforming Healthcare Organizations. More.
Neil Seeman. The End of Professional Snobbery. More.

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INFLUENZA: RESOURCES
World Health Organization. More.
Public Health Agency of Canada: Human Swine Influenza – Latest updates. More + their site Fight Flu. More.

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Healthcare Quarterly
CIHI Survey: Alternative Level of Care in Canada: A Summary
Jennifer D. Walker, Kathleen Morris and Jennifer Frood

HealthcarePapers
Interdependence of the Health and Education Sectors in Meeting Health Human Resource Needs
Stephen Duckett

Nursing Leadership
The Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner in Ontario: A Workforce Study
Mary van Soeren, Christina Hurlock-Chorostecki, Sharon Goodwin and Elizabeth Baker

Healthcare Policy
Dismal Science
Robert G. Evans

Electronic Healthcare
Targeting Adoption, Training and Device Deployment Strategies
Diamond Kassum and Elizabeth Peloso

World Health and Population
A Measurement Model of Child Health: Latent Variables Approach
Shafqat Shehzad

Today’s featured Podcast:

Knowledge Translation to Advance the Nurse Practitioner Role in British Columbia
Marjorie MacDonald, Sandra Regan, Heather Davidson, Rita Schreiber, Jane Crickmore, Lesley Moss, Janet Pinelli, Bernadette Pauly

This project brought together a team of researchers and decision-makers to conduct policy-relevant research to support the introduction of advanced nursing practice roles in British Columbia. The results have since been used to guide legislative and regulatory development and to design a nurse practitioner education program.

Running time: 11 minutes and 15 seconds

Listen here.
Read it here.

Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio, read this . . . This is a 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 Christina Hale here. All subject to editorial review and acceptance.

Past Presentations

Breakfast with the Chiefs video from Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - Toronto
Tom Closson, President and CEO, Ontario Hospital Association (Runtime: 58:47)
Topic: The Five Most Important Ideas to Improve Ontario Healthcare.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HPME, University of Toronto, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAS

Breakfast with the Chiefs video from Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Toronto
Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, (Runtime: 56:36)
The Day We Stop Caring
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, IBM, HPME, University of Toronto, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Breakfast with the Chiefs video from Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - Toronto
Dr. Mary Ferguson-Paré, Vice President, Professional Affairs & Chief Nurse Executive, UHN (Runtime: 48:27)
Investment as a Deficit Reduction Strategy - Getting to No Vacancies in a Global Nursing Shortage
Sponsors: Accenture, Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations, CGI, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, HPME - University of Toronto

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September 29-30, 2009: Edmonton, AB. 2nd Annual Medical Device Sterilization Forum: Infection Prevention and Control through Safe Sterilization and Reprocessing Practices Presented jointly by CSA and Accreditation Canada, this two-day forum will provide healthcare decision makers, administrators and their reprocessing staff with the knowledge, tools and operational recommendations to help develop and implement an effective infection prevention and control program through safe sterilization and reprocessing practices. For more information click here.

Edward (Ted) Garrard to President and CEO, SickKids Foundation (Toronto, ON)
Patrick Dumelie to President and CEO -- Covenant Health is Canada’s largest catholic provider of health care, with 16 catholic facilities in 11 communities across Alberta.
Susanne Bjerno to Guelph General Hospital as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer (Guelph, ON)
Peter Szota to Grand River (ON) Community Health Centre as Executive Director
Christian Pair to Executive Director, Center Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Dr. Brenda Milner, the Dorothy J. Killam Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Quebec
Jane Ratcher Roberts to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Robert Warren Law to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Pierre Richard to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Carole Weir to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Janice Cibart from Regina to Canadian worker representative to the International Labour Organization's Committee on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work. More.
Dr. Chris Bourdon to acting chief of staff, Sudbury Regional Hospital

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Today's Jobs
Health Service Director - Interior Health, Vernon, BC
Clinical Director, Law & Mental Health Program, CAMH, and Head, Law & Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Director, Human Resources - North Simcoe Hospital Alliance, Midland ON
President & CEO - Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough, ON
Clinical Nurse Leader/Patient Educator: Renal Pre-Transplant - Providence Health Care BC
Psychologist, Elder Care - Providence Health Care BC
Executive Director - Planned Parenthood Toronto
Chief Executive Officer - Central LHIN, Markham, ON
Director Client Services - Central West CCAC, Brampton, ON
Executive Director, ACEN - Ottawa, ON
Nursing & Leadership Opportunities with the Provincial Health Services Authority of BC
Career Opportunities at Courtyard Group
Career Opportunities at Strata Health
Career Opportunities at Northern Health
Career Opportunities at London Health Sciences
Career Opportunities at Alberta Health Services
Career Opportunities at Vancouver Coastal Health
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Career Opportunities at Providence Health Care BC
Career Opportunities at CIHI

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