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Longwoods eLetter July 1, 2008

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“One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in his or her lifetime. It is a pervasive presence in almost all of our lives. And yet we rarely speak of it”. Edward Greenspon, Globe and Mail Editor-in-chief, introducing the series “Breakdown: Canada’s mental health crisis.”

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HAPPY CANADA DAY!

ESSAY
The Conference Board: Rank Amateurs with An Agenda?
The Conference Board of Canada has published a summary (see next item for links) that ranks Canada’s health (or is it health care, or is it both) as 9th best out of 16 selected rich countries. Teasingly, the Board released its ranking but not a full-scale report that one hopes will reveal the methods, assumptions, and data on which it is based. In polite company this would be termed peculiar; in academic circles, irresponsible and even contemptible; in most of the media (Longwoods of course excepted), as a gift headline story requiring no further work. Based on essentially no information, can we make sense of the Board ratings and rankings? Read this essay by Steven Lewis here.

OFF THE CUFF
Topical Briefs
The Conference Board report on Health:
Given increasing rates of diabetes and heart disease, Canada has no choice but to adopt a new business model for health care that focuses on both preventing and managing chronic disease. Read more: Putting Health in context | What grade does Canada get for Health? | Why does Canada get a “B” when its health-care system is one of the best in the world? | Are Canadians healthier today than they have been in the past? | Who’s at the top of the class? | What will it take for Canada to be a top performer?

Investigation into Kingston General Hospital. June 2008. Download PDF. Report by Graham Scott, Investigator – with the support of Janet Davidson, Kevin Empey, and Maureen Quigley. Additional reading: Kingston General Hospital Clinical Data Review. June 2008. Download PDF.

Union rallies behind Joe de Mora - outgoing CEO

Operational Review: The London Health Sciences Centre Experience. 2000. Commentary by Tony Dagnone, Barbara Willis, John King, Peter Glynn, Jim Saunders

The new Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion. Web site is up!

The Globe and Mail examined the toll that mental illness takes on Canadians, their families and their colleagues, and on the nation’s economy and health care resources. The multi-media project includes documentary footage that appears on www.globeandmail.com/breakdown

CAMH Introduces Mental Health and Addiction 101 - a series of free web tutorials for anyone who wants to learn more about mental health and addictions topics. Everything from basic introductions to addictions and mental health, to specific subjects like depression, schizophrenia and addressing stigma. Available in English or French. Go to: www.camh.net/MHA101

Nurse Pretender Fined $100,000. Download PDF.

News, announcements, developments
The tax man giveth and . . .
A new nonprofit tax form (Internal Revenue Service’s Form 990) requires all U.S. hospital trustees not only to publicly disclose and detail financial interests they and their spouses have with their hospitals, but also those of their siblings, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and their spouses.

STATISTICS
PEI may have the most male smokers and least female smokers measured as a % of population aged 12 and older. But, says Stats Canada, use these stats with caution. All provinces here.

SPOTLIGHT
Ottawa Hospital Nursing: Nursing Professional Practice, Advanced Practice Nurses, Clinical Pathways, Clinical Programs Education, Study Tours, Internship Program, Quality & Best Practices, Research, Nursing News.

Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region: Regina Qu'Appelle Regional Health Authority, About Us, Community Advisory Networks, Culture, e-link, Insight, Map of the Region, Physicians Accepting New Patients, Strategic Framework, Transitions, Senior Management Team.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
From OHA and Longwoods Publishing Corp.
1. Leading Best Practices (Supported by Accenture, Agfa Healthcare and Roche)
2. Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education (Supported by Longwoods)

All awards will be presented at HealthAchieve2008 held on November 3 to 5 in Toronto. Visit www.healthachieve.com. See the 2007 winners (PDF). For Awards Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Lina Lopez.

Nominations are open for: CHITTA Awards (download PDFs): Company of the Year | Corporate Citizenship | Project Implementation Team of the Year | Healthcare Transformation

DID YOU KNOW?
Hospitalizations related to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in Canada increased by 72% in just less than a decade. More at CIHI.

SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
Les hospitalisations à la suite de blessures en véhicule tout terrain (VTT) au Canada ont augmenté de 72% en un peu moins de dix ans.

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RECOMMENDED READING

Healthcare Quarterly
CHSRF Knowledge Transfer: Myths, "Zombies" and "Damned Lies" Plague Canadian Healthcare Systems: What's a Researcher to Do?
Jennifer Thornhill, Dave Clements and Jasmine Neeson

HealthcarePapers
Reduced Suffering and Increased Productivity - The Workers' Compensation Model
Arif Bhimji

Nursing Leadership
The CNA Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses
Elizabeth Peter and Janet L. Storch

Healthcare Policy
Using the National Population Health Survey to Identify Factors Associated with Patterns of Psychological Distress Over 10 Years
Heather M. Orpana

Electronic Healthcare
A National Education Strategy to Develop Nursing Informatics Competencies
Marilynne Hebert

World Health and Population
Integrating Results from Formative Phase Studies for Informing the Design of Intervention Studies on Neonatal Health in India
Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Abhimanyu Niswade, Suresh Ughade and Sanjay Zodpey

LONGWOODS RADIO PODCASTS: listen and learn

Patient Safety Leadership Walkarounds: How Organizations are Enhancing Patient Safety Culture, Part One
Cathy O'Neill and Guna Budrevics

Patient Safety Leadership Walkarounds (PSLWA) have been identified in the literature as a powerful tool to develop patient safety culture by connecting senior leaders and front line staff in open dialogues about patient safety. (Leonard et al, 2004) Many organizations report that this strategy promotes teamwork, facilitates communication and offers an opportunity for constructive dialogue on collective approaches to improve patient, and in some cases, client safety.

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HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY Special Issue on Change: The Challenge of CPOE

Executive Perspective
The Business Case for Patient Safety
Matthew Anderson, Michael Baker, Robert Bell, Mary Ferguson-Paré, Lydia Lee, Emily Musing and Bryce Taylor

Physician Perspective
Active Physician Participation Key to Smooth MOE/MAR Rollout
Peter G. Rossos, Howard Abrams, Robert Wu and Peter Bray

Nursing Perspective
Focus on Clinical Best Practices, Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency
Brenda Laurie-Shaw, Wendy Taylor and Carol Roach

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BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS

2008/2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs

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, Philips Healthcare
Register here

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, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare

Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs (dates TBD)
Dr. Vivek Goel, President and CEO of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Ida Goodreau, President and CEO for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).

For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.

Leadership Challenges in Creating Safer Care - Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Dr. Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), University of Toronto and editor of the Healthcare Quarterly on Patient Safety. This event supported by: 3M, Accenture, Healthtech, HP, Microsoft, Philips Medical Systems, TELUS

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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CONFERENCES & EVENTS

With its theme, Inspiring Ideas and Innovation, HealthAchieve2008 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.

July 6-9, 2008: Brisbane, AU. A Global World - Practical Action for Health and Well Being. The Population Health Congress 2008. Major themes are: environment and health, social cohesion, social capital and health, food and health. For details click here.

July 21-22, 2008: Toronto, ON. Intervention Mapping: Developing and Evaluating Theory and Evidence-Based Programs. Professor Nell Gottlieb, co-author of Health Promotion Planning: An Intervention Mapping Approach, will be presenting an introductory course on Intervention Mapping. All registrants will receive a copy of the book. This course is for both researchers and non-researchers interested in the evaluation of program interventions. After two days, you will have a basic knowledge of intervention mapping tools and be able to engage in project-based intervention mapping. For details 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.

September 10-12, 2008: Montebello, QC. 1st Annual Canadian Health Leadership Network Symposium. Join Lord Nigel Crisp in a discussion on what works and what doesn't vis-à-vis leadership styles and behaviours. Engage in dialogue with leaders from Canada's academic, community, long-term and continuing care health sectors, senior government officials, national health organizations, as well as the next generation of health system leaders in Canada! CHLNet values leadership development throughout the lifecycle of leadership. Senior health systems leaders who attend are encouraged to sponsor an emerging leader from their organization to attend this very unique and intimate leadership development event. For details download PDF. For registration form download PDF.

September 17-20: Toronto, ON. 5th International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference Leadership in Advanced Nursing Practice: Maximizing Health, Celebrating Collaboration and Promoting Innovation. Presented jointly by the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAAPN) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). This conference will inspire advanced practice nurses around the globe to learn new ways to handle challenges, and will provide an exciting opportunity to network with clinicians, administrators, policy-makers, educators, researchers, students, and interdisciplinary colleagues. Topics include Nurse Practitioner Roles in Anesthesiology and Models of APN role evaluation. International Speakers include Ann Hamric, Dorothy Brooten and Stephen Lewis. For details click here.

October 17, 2008: Toronto, ON - 8th Annual Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU) Conference “Connecting Research and Clinical Care: Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Settings”. Attendees will be updated on recent advances of safety improvements as well as practical applications for long-term care providers to take back to their organizations to implement best practices. For more information, click here.

February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. 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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TRANSITIONS
Dr. Philippe Couillard retired, Minister of Health and Social Services, Quebec
Dr. Yves Bolduc to Minister of Health and Social Services, Quebec
John A. Borody to Chair the Board of Directors, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives
John King to Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives
Diamond Watson to member of the Board of Directors, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (re-elected)
Arlene Gallant-Bernard to member of the Board of Directors, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives
Yolanda Lackie to member of the Board of Directors, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives
Stephen Jackson to member of the Board of Directors, the Canadian College of Health Service Executives
Mary Polak to Minister, Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, British Columbia
Grant Main to Deputy Minister, Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, British Columbia
Ministry of Health Services is the new name of the Ministry of Health in British Columbia led by George Abbott, Minister and Gord Macatee, Deputy Minister
Marian Walsh to Ontario Hospital Association Board of Directors
David Egan to Chair, the Board of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Sue Gibson to Vice President Finance and CFO, the Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, ON
Steve Blanchet to Chair of the Board, Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie ON
Katrina Kilroy to President, the Association of Ontario Midwives
Lindsay Healey to sabbatical
Arun Chockalingam (sfu.ca) to Editorial Board, Journal of World Health and Population
Joyce Bailey to Chair, the Board of Directors, St. John's Rehab Hospital, Toronto (ON)
Dennis Darby to Board of Directors, St. John's Rehab Hospital, Toronto (ON)
Caroline Pinto to Board of Directors, St. John's Rehab Hospital, Toronto (ON)
Hilary Short to Board of Directors, St. John's Rehab Hospital, Toronto (ON)
David Taylor to Board of Directors, St. John's Rehab Hospital, Toronto (ON)
Janet Ecker to Chair of Rouge Valley Health System (ON)
David Barlow to Board of Directors, Rouge Valley Health System (ON)
Patrick McNeil to Board of Directors, Rouge Valley Health System (ON)
Lynda Mungall to Board of Directors, Rouge Valley Health System (ON)
Louise Lemieux–Charles to Board of Directors, the Change Foundation
Neil Stuart to Board of Directors, the Change Foundation

For an analysis of recent Ministerial changes see: “Smitherman out, Caplan in” and “Au revoir, Dr. Couillard. Bienvenue, Dr. Bolduc”

[Don’t forget, we don’t make these up. Please send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com.]

Review all recently reported Transitions here.

AWARDS
Dr. Tak Mak to Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Inflammation Responses and Traumatic Injury (renewal).
Katie Dainty, Randy Fransoo, Gillian Hanley, Paul Kurdyak, Sylvia Reitmanova – Inaugural 2008 Rising Star Award Recipients from the Institute for Health Services and Policy Research. More.
Dr. Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University – the 2008 Gairdner Awards for medical research. More.
Dr. Samuel Weiss, University of Calgary – the 2008 Gairdner Awards for medical research. More.
Dr. Alan Bernstein, inaugural president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – the 2008 Gairdner Awards for medical research. More.
Peter St. George-Hyslop – the 2008 Killam Prize for Health Sciences. More.
Michel V. Sefton – 2008 Killam Prize for (Biomedical) Engineering. More.

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