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Longwoods eLetter July 7, 2009

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“ . . . it is the time for critical analysis of our response to the first wave of H1N1 to ensure we are better prepared when and if the second wave hits harder.” André Picard in the Globe and Mail.

Nick Black and Crispin Jenkinson strongly advocate using patients’ views of the humanity and effectiveness of their care to evaluate healthcare interventions and to assess the quality of health services. Here is more to say about that. More. By Carlos Rizo and Neil Seeman

On September 15th, André Picard will open our series of Breakfast with the Chiefs on a topic of his choosing. Register here.

A few weeks later Dr. Vivek Goel, CEO of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion and colleagues of his choosing will address the same group on the topic of pandemic preparations. Watch for the date in upcoming eLetters.

One billion dollars short. Alberta Health Update - June 30, 2009 is available here.

Gone South. Why Canadian nurses emigrate to the United States and are they interested in returning to work in Canada. By Linda McGillis Hall, George H. Pink, Cheryl Jones, Peggy Leatt, Michael Gates, Leah Pink, Jessica Peterson and Lisa Seto. More.

Nurses in Quebec
Newly recruited nursing aids and nurses to receive annual bonus of $2,000 to $3,000 during their first three years of practice in the public system. And an annual bonus of $8,000 goes to nurses who delay retirement. Budget for this $113 million. Voir.

Capital Equipment Procurement and Planning in Ontario's Hospitals: A Collaborative Approach. More.

2009 Performance Evaluation of the Canada Health Infoway Public Health Surveillance Program. Final Report. Download (PDF).

How close are we to an interoperable electronic health record? Six months to deadline No. 1
Remember: In Canada the goal is to have an interoperable electronic health record in place for 50% of Canada's population by the end of 2009. Here is a Proposed Benefits Evaluation Framework for Health Information Systems in Canada: Francis Lau, Simon Hagens and Sarah Muttitt. More.

How secure are member pensions? Everyone around the world is concerned about the current economic state. What does a HOOPP member need to know about the crisis? More.

The CHSRF is launching Pass it On!, a new series on initiatives that have produced tangible improvements in Canadian healthcare organizations. Do you have an innovative story to share?

Apply for the Longwoods Scholar - part of the Health Leadership Program at Rotman. See "how to apply". More.

Recognize excellence, leadership and innovation! Nominate a colleague for a COACH or an ITAC Health Award. Start now and here.

Certification programs facilitate adoption by regulating the general practice (GP) systems market against functionality and interoperability standards, thereby reducing liability risk due to functional deficiency. More.

Acronymiasis
Received from various sources: On behalf of President Carol J. Huston, RN, MSN, DPA, FAAN and chief executive officer, Patricia E. Thompson, RN, EdD, FAAN we are pleased to inform you that the entry you nominated "RNAO/BPSO/UO - Celebrating 10 years of collaboration in advancing evidence-based practice", has been selected as the 2009 International Award recipient of the Practice/Academe Innovation Collaboration Award. Congratulations! More about BPSO.

1. Interdependence of the Health and Education Sectors In Meeting Health Human Resource Needs. By Stephen Duckett. More.
2. Leading Lean: A Canadian Healthcare Leader's Guide. By Benjamin A. Fine, Brian Golden, Rosemary Hannam and Dante Morra. More.
3. This Just In: Systems Designed to Fail, Fail. By Steven Lewis. More.
4. Canadian Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction. By Kimberley Lamarche and Susan Tullai-Mcguinness. More.
5. The Conference Board: Rank Amateurs With An Agenda? By Steven Lewis. More.
6. Transforming Healthcare Organizations. By Brian Golden. More.
7. Why Consultants Use Powerpoint ... and Other Pearls of Wisdom From 26 Years In the Healthcare Management Consulting Industry. Neil Seeman Interviews Neil Stuart. By Neil Seeman and Neil Stuart. More.
8. Effectiveness of an Adapted SBAR Communication Tool for a Rehabilitation Setting. By Karima Velji, G. Ross Baker, Carol Fancott, Angie Andreoli, Nancy Boaro, Gaétan Tardif, Elaine Aimone and Lynne Sinclair. More.
9. The Times they Are a-Changing: What Worked and What We Learned in Deploying Ontario's Wait Time Information System. By Hugh Macleod, Alan Hudson, Sarah Kramer and Murray Martin. More.
10. Management of MRI Wait Lists In Canada. By Derek J. Emery, Alan J. Forster, Kaveh G. Shojania, Stephanie Magnan, Michelle Tubman and Thomas E. Feasby. More.

Top Ten Documents Downloaded In June, 2009

1. Breakfast With the Chiefs (June 2009). Tom Closson’s Slide Deck. More (PDF).
2. Breakfast With the Chiefs (May 2009). Adalsteinn Brown’s Slide Deck. More (PDF).
3. Breakfast With the Chiefs (April 2009). Mary Ferguson Pare’s Slide Deck. More (PDF).
4. Breakfast With the Chiefs (March 2009). Michael Guerriere’s Slide Deck. More (PDF).
5. Professional Practice In Nursing: A Framework. Francine Girard, Noreen Linton, Jeanne Besner. More (PDF).
6. Lifting the Burden of Chronic Disease | What’s Worked | What Hasn’t | What Next. By Sara Kreindler, D.Phil. | Winnipeg Regional Health Authority | Research & Evaluation Unit. More (PDF).
7. Donna Strating Profile. More (PDF).
8. Volume Imaging for Your Ultrasound Department | Practical Guide To Getting Started. More (PDF).
9. Adoption of Information Technology In Primary Care Physician offices In Alberta and Denmark, Part : Historical, Technical and Cultural forces. | Denis Protti, Steven Edworthy and Ib Johnasen. More (PDF).
10. Breakfast With the Chiefs (March 2004). Tom Closson’s Slide Deck. More (PDF).

More articles made available by Accenture...

INFLUENZA: RESOURCES
World Health Organization. More.
Public Health Agency of Canada: Human Swine Influenza – Latest updates. More + their site Fight Flu. More.
Up to the minute news on Swine Flu. More. New.

The full effect of pandemic on inflation (for goods and services in short supply) and deflation (as demand for some goods and services plunge), and commensurate movements in interest rates, gold prices, currencies and stock prices would depend on the length and severity of the pandemic. Don't Fear Fear or Panic Panic. an economist's view of pandemic flu. Dr. Sherry Cooper. October 2005

Revealing hidden secrets of the planet's dominant lifeform: the virus. Armed with blood samples, high-tech tools and a small army of fieldworkers, Nathan Wolfe hopes to re-invent pandemic control - and See his presentation here: Longwoods.com.

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Healthcare Quarterly
Facilitating Innovation in the Clinical Setting: A Pathway for Operationalizing Accountability
Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Maria McDonald and Jacob C. Langer

HealthcarePapers
Incorporating Educational Institutions into a Unified Model of Health Human Resources
Masoumeh Izadi, Dale Dauphinee, David Buckeridge and Robyn Tamblyn

Nursing Leadership
A Cross-Country Check-Up in Healthcare
Susan Van De Velde-Coke

Healthcare Policy
Forecasting the Need for Dialysis Services in Ontario, Canada to 2011
Robert R. Quinn, Andreas Laupacis, Janet E. Hux, Rahim Moineddin, Michael Paterson, Matthew J. Oliver

Electronic Healthcare
A Review of General Practice System Certification Programs in Seven Countries and Five Canadian Provinces
Dave A. Ludwick and John Doucette

World Health and Population
Maternal Healthcare and the Spread of AIDS in Burkina Faso and Cameroon
Eva Deuchert

Today’s featured Podcast:

Collaborative Partnerships: Managing Increased Healthcare Demand without Increasing Overall System Capacity

Paul Masotti, Eleanor Rivoire, Wendy Rowe, Marnie Dahl and Eleanor Plain
Collaborative partnerships can help improve integration and quality in local healthcare systems. We describe an innovative approach that was implemented following the formation of a tri-provider partnership between homecare and two acute care hospitals.

The result was a pilot project in which both homecare clients and non-urgent hospital patients could be served in a hospital-based ambulatory nursing care clinic.

Running time: 18 minutes and 44 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.

2009/2010 Line Up

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Toronto. ON
André Picard, Award-Winning Journalist, Globe & Mail
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME
Register here.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - Toronto, ON
David Levine, President and CEO, Montreal Health and Social Service Agency
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - Toronto, ON
Joseph R. D'Cruz, Professor, Rotman School of Management, U of T,
Ida Goodreau, CEO, LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Brian R. Golden, Rotman School of Management, U of T
Location: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street,Toronto, ON M5S 3E6. Room: Fleck Atrium, main floor.
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME

Thursday, February 11, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, MOHLTC
Location: Mount Sinai Hospital, Ben Sadowski Auditorium, 18th Floor, 600 University Ave. Toronto
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Mary Jo Haddad, President & CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: OHA, ACAHO and HPME

For sponsorship information please contact Matthew Hart at 416-864-9667 x 113 or email at mhart@longwoods.com

Past Presentations

Breakfast with the Chiefs video from Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - Toronto
Tom Closson, President and CEO, Ontario Hospital Association (Runtime: 58:47)
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
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

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

The small print: Breakfast with the Chiefs registration requirements:
Do you work at a publicly funded organization? If so, you must hold a current personal subscription for at least one Longwoods journal. This covers attendance for the full season. If you are not a subscriber, click here first. If you are a subscriber, go to this page for information on upcoming dates.

Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com

To see the photo archives click here. To see our video archives click here.

October 5 & 6, 2009: Toronto, ON. HIROC and OSACH present: Transformational Leadership. This conference will deliver strategic and inspirational advice from dynamic Canadian leaders on how to build a Culture of Safety in Healthcare. Speakers to include:
Major-General Lewis MacKenzie - “Lessons in Leadership” and Dr. Graham Lowe - How to make your organization’s culture the foundation of safety. For more information click here (PDF).

Mario Tino to Executive Director of Ontario’s LHIN Collaborative (LHINC)
Mike Conroy to Alberta Health Services as Executive Vice President of Corporate Services
Patrick Dumelie to Covenant Health as President and Chief Executive Officer
J'Neene Hauck to Kingston General Hospital as Chief Financial Officer
Christian Pair to Center Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal as Executive Director
Nina Baluja to Boehringer Ingelheim as Medical Scientific Advisor
Kevin McNamara to Deputy Minister of Health (acting) Nova Scotia
Cheryl Doiron to retirement from Deputy Minister of Health Nova Scotia

[Don’t forget, we don’t make these up. Please send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com.] Our transitions come from sources we believe to be reliable. We do not guarantee that they are correct. But we are rarely wrong.

Review all recently reported Transitions here.

Today's Jobs
Project Lead, Primary Health Care Information - CIHI, Toronto. ON
Project Lead, Primary Health Care Voluntary Reporting System - Analytica - CIHI, Toronto. ON
Vice President, Forensic Services - BC Mental Health & Addiction Services, Vancouver, BC
Planning, Integration & Community Engagement Consultant - Central West LHIN, Brampton, ON
Director, Cardiac Health Services - Interior Health, Kelowna, BC
Clinical Chief, Rehabilitation/Continuing Care Program - Eastern Health, St. John's, NL
VP, Medical Affairs - BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Vancouver, BC
Senior Director, Corporate Services - Mississauga Halton CCAC, GTA, ON
Clinical Operations Leader, ICU - St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care BC
Clinical Nurse Leader/Patient Educator - St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care BC
Executive Vice-President & COO - Trillium Health Centre, Toronto, ON
Leadership Opportunities at the South West LHIN, London, ON
Director, Pharmaceuticals and Health Workforce Information - CIHI, Ottawa, ON
Program Manager, Green Hospital Champion Fund - OHA, Toronto, ON
Compensation/Research Analyst - OHA, Toronto, ON
Vice President And Chief Nursing Officer - WRHA, Winnipeg, MB
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Executive Director, ACEN - Ottawa, ON
Nursing & Leadership Opportunities with the Provincial Health Services Authority of BC
Career Opportunities at Courtyard Group
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