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Longwoods eLetter June 27, 2006

"Policy decisions are as much about deciding what problems you prefer to manage as about determining what solutions fit best in a given circumstance." - Mark Rochon (Source: HealthcarePapers 6.4)

OFF THE CUFF
The Health Council of Canada has released its report on the health of Canada's children and youth. The report, called Their Future Is Now: Healthy Choices for Canada's Children and Youth, sketches the health status of Canada's children and youth, reviews government commitments to child health, highlights programs across the country that are helping kids, identifies why they worked, and offers advice for future action.

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In Toronto, York University’s new Faculty of Health (http://www.health.yorku.ca) has its first dean Harvey Skinner. As Dean, he will will bring together under one academic roof researchers and teachers from the psychology departments of the Faculty of Arts and the Atkinson School of Liberal & Professional Studies, as well as from the School of Nursing, the School of Kinesiology & Health Science and the School of Health Policy & Management. Dr Skinner is currently chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto.

Update from the Health Results Team - Information Management, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario: www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/providers/information/information_mn.html

The province of Alberta (http://www.health.gov.ab.ca) working with IBM (http://www.ibm.com/ca) will develop a new electronic health records system to provide patient information to Alberta physicians and other healthcare workers and facilities. Over the course of the two-year, $10 million contract IBM will help manage the roll-out of the system and recruit, enroll and train users such as physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare providers in health region facilities, offices and pharmacies across the province.

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM, formerly SCAR) has announced its support of original research in imaging informatics with two $40,000 grants for 2007. The grants are part of a continuing program supporting innovative research that promises benefits throughout the medical enterprise. The deadline for applications for 2007 grants is August 1, 2006. Additional information about the grant process and an application form are available at http://www.scarnet.org/Grants.html

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RECOMMENDED READING
Healthcare Quarterly
Accountability: Unpacking the Suitcase
Adalsteinn D. Brown, Christina Porcellato and Jan Barnsley

HealthcarePapers
Why Performance Indicators Have a Place in Health Policy
Terri Jackson

Healthcare Policy
Performance Measurement in Healthcare: Part I - Concepts and Trends from a State of the Science Review
Carol E. Adair, Elizabeth Simpson, Ann L. Casebeer, Judith M. Birdsell, Katharine A. Hayden, Steven Lewis

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
College Students' Perceptions of Nursing: A GEE Approach
Jean Ann Seago, Joanne Spetz, Dennis Keane and Kevin Grumbach

World Health & Population
Too Costly To Be Ill: Healthcare Access and Health-Seeking Behaviours among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Yan Hong, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Danhua Lin, Xiaoyi Fang, Mao Rong and Jing Wang

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Research Paper and Commentaries:
The Research Collective: A Tool for Producing Timely, Context-linked Research Syntheses
Raynald Pineault, Pierre Tousignant, Danièle Roberge, Paul Lamarche, Daniel Reinharz, Danielle Larouche, Ginette Beaulne, Dominique Lesage
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Charlyn Black
The Research Collective: Bridging the Chasm
Jim MacLean and Marsha Barnes

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BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – now available online | enabled by TELUS

1. Dr. Alan R. Hudson: Ontario Wait Time Strategy presentation PDF (720 KB) | Click To Watch Video Presentation
Sponsors: Accenture, Aurillion and TELUS
2. Dr. Robert Bell: Economics, Ethics and Muda presentation. PDF (1.2 MB)| Click To Watch Video Presentation
Sponsors: Accenture, Lanier Healthcare Canada, Microsoft Canada, Misys Healthcare Systems and TELUS.

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2006/2007 Speakers include:
Dr. Anne Cavoukian
Dr. Ross Baker
Dr. Andreas Laupacis
Hon. Tony Clement
Hon. George Smitherman
Jeff Lozon
Dr. Alan Hudson
Sheila Weatherill
John Tory
Hon. Philippe Couillard
...and more

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CONFERENCES & EVENTS
Infoway: Collaborating with Healthcare Information Technology Solution Providers - Summer 2006 series. For senior and middle management in sales, marketing, business development, product development and services. 2 hour meetings. See schedules and Click here to register.

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."

August 12, 2006, Toronto. International Nursing Forum: Nurses at the Forefront of HIV/AIDS:
http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/news/events/aids_forum/default_e.aspx.
You can register here: registration@unconventionalplanning.com.

September 24 - October 6, 2006: The Canadian College of Health Service Executives presents its inaugural Canadian Study Tour. Senior health care leaders will explore current developments in health services policy and organization in Canada’s national and provincial health systems and agencies. For details, please contact Chris Parsons at cparsons@cchse.org

September 27th - 1st October 2006: The 14th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. 1,500 - 2,000 cancer nurses and researchers are expected to attend. The conference is being jointly organised by the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO). For details click here

October 15 - 27, 2006: The Canadian College of Health Service Executives and The Change Foundation invite your participation in an important education initiative for senior health care leaders. For the fourth time, we are offering a two-week study tour to Australia and New Zealand. For details, please contact Chris Parsons at cparsons@cchse.org

November 1-3, 2006: Health Informatics Bootcamp Edmonton, AB. An intensive on-site and on-line* program introducing key concepts, issues, applications and vendor technologies in Applied Health Informatics. For more information click here.

November 6-8, 2006: OHA HealthAchieve2006 - register online today and take advantage of the Super Early Bird Promotion. Special Rates available only until July 28, 2006! For details click here.

November 13-17, 2006: Health Leaders Institute. A Unique Health Care Leadership Development Experience. For details go to this webpage: http://www.healthleaders.ca

How to get value from a conference. 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

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.

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GRANTS & AWARDS
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.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The OHA’s 2006 Healthcare Awards include: 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
Dr. Penny Ballem, Deputy Minister of Health for British Columbia resigns.
[See and hear Dr. Ballem’s assessment of healthcare in British Columbia here: Advancing Health Care in B.C. PDF (804 KB) or Click To Watch Video Presentation]
Patricia Petryshen to Executive Vice President, Acute Programs, Fraser Health
Margaret Beatty to the position of Vice President, Programs and Chief of Nursing Executive West Park Healthcare Centre,
Dr. Jeanne Besner to interim Chair Health Council of Canada
Dr. Ron McTavish to Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre
Cheryl Englander to chair of The Credit Valley Hospital Board of Directors.
Kees Schuller, Executive Lead for the eHealth Collaboratory, a joint venture between Canada Health Infoway & University Health Network
Gilbert Sharpe to Fasken Martineau as a partner in the Health Law practice group.
Gordon MacAtee to Deputy Minister of Health, British Columbia

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.
Associate Vice-Principal (Facilities) - Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
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Director of Communications and Marketing - Comprehensive Care International (CCI)
Program Coordinator,Joint Program in Health Informatics - HPME, University of Toronto
Director, Outreach Services - Providence Continuing Care Centre (PCCC), Kingston, ON
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
Challenging Opportunities - Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Nursing Career Opportunities - MUHC. Montreal
Specialty Nursing Education and Career Information
Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Northern Health Authority
Healthcare Quarterly Careers - June/06 - (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)

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