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“Health care is Canada's largest knowledge industry, an industry that will experience phenomenal growth and export opportunities over the next twenty-five years”. Dr. Alan Bernstein. See: Canada in a Flat World: A Health & Science Superpower (PDF)
What is Longwoods up to? A quarterly report card to June 30, 2007.
A Pan Canadian Environmental Scan of Clinical Telehealth Activity (PDF)
Grand River Hospital's Internet-Based Solutions Empower Patient Care (PDF)
CHIMA - Who Needs Health Information Management Professionals? (PDF)
Wading through Wait Times: What Do Meaningful Reductions and Guarantees Mean?
St. Joseph's Hospital Hamilton - Enabling Women to Take Control of Their Health & Creative Alternatives to Dialysis (PDF)
Governance as an Instrument of Successful Organizational Integration
Volunteer Trustees: a recruiting strategy
Four new interventions join Safer Healthcare Now campaign
Shriners move forward -- in Montreal
All about SICKO
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care
For our American readers: Marry a Canadian & come to Canada. . . get healthcare coverage for life.
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The UK Health System: Lessons for Canada
Sicko discussed by Canadian expat George Pink and other experts from Chapel Hill. North Carolina Public Radio clip
Question: What Might we learn from the UK? Answer: Commit, Commit, Commit
Canadian Healthcare: not Michael Moore's perspective. Watch the video and Leave your comments
Canadian Healthcare: yet another perspective on government managed care. Watch video and leave your comments
Governor Schwarzenegger wants accessible, efficient and affordable health care for every Californian (PDF).
US primary care patients have less face time than those in Australia and New Zealand: Commonwealth Fund
Forefathers of Medicare:
While Tommy Douglas is widely regarded as the father of Medicare, Matt Anderson initiated the first health care program. Anderson's plan allowed for access to a municipal doctor, 21 days of hospital care, and prescription drugs for an annual fee of five dollars. Details here.
WORDS are us:
We asked our readers for new words to help translate healthcare policy and practices. They had to take an existing word, change only one letter and provide a new definition. Here’s what we got: “West Pile Virus”, “Patient-centred fare”, and “Quality of lift.” Next week we present these and 17 more – with definitions. Stay tuned.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The 2007 Healthcare Awards at OHA HealthAchieve2007 are Now OPEN. Submit today! Visit here.
Did You Know?
While most strokes are not fatal, the risk of dying after having had one increases with age. CIHI.ca
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Seeking Nominees for Innovation in Clinical Practice Team Award
The Innovation in Clinical Practice Team Award recognizes excellence in clinical practice among Ontario’s health care professionals. Visit www.ohahealthachieve.com or email sjacobs@oha.com. The deadline for submissions is July 19, 2007.
A photo review of HealthAchieve 2006: see what you can experience in 2007.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Adverse Events in Community Care: Developing a Research Agenda
Paul Masotti, Michael Green, Sam Shortt, Duncan Hunter and Karen Szala-Meneok
HealthcarePapers
Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: Some Uncomfortable Questions
Joann Trypuc, Alan Hudson
Nursing Leadership
Editorial: Nurse Practitioner Role: Nursing Needs It
Dorothy Pringle
Healthcare Policy
Divvying Up the Funding Pie: What Share for Health Services and Policy Research?
Brian Hutchison
Electronic Healthcare
HIT Report from KLAS: Nurse and Staff Scheduling: Tightening Up the Ship?
Stacilee Whiting and Jared Peterson
Today’s featured Podcast:
Human Factors in Action: Getting “Pumped” at a Nursing Usability Laboratory
Edward Etchells et al.
This paper will be of interest to any hospital seeking to enhance safety by applying human factors design principles.
Listen. Read the article here.
Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio read this . . .
This is 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 Rebecca Hart at RHart@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance of course.
Need to Ask an Expert?
A feature presented by Longwoods Publishing in collaboration with a pool of leading experts in the design and management of healthcare organizations.
Response provided by: Neil Seeman, JD, MPH is a Senior Consultant in the health care practice at IBM Global Business Services and teaches health law and institutional management at Ryerson University.
Please submit your questions to Experts@longwoods.com
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To see some photo archives click here. To see our video archives click here. Thank you for your support. We are now planning a new season starting in September ’07.
Thank you to all who took the time out to respond to the Breakfast with the Chiefs survey. Your comments are key to our planning. Our 2007/2008 program will be announced soon.
Our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs: One hundred and fifty Chiefs and aspiring chiefs heard Matt Anderson as interviewer in the second of a series of discussions with Richard Alvarez. We heard about IT’s last frontier – healthcare; Infoway’s new strategic plan – soon to be out; Infoway’s criteria for future spending; consumerism – coming on like a tsunami; the committed role of employers and patient portals; Google’s drive to serving the health sector – as only Google can; regional EMRs; Infoway’s strategy for better uptake by physicians and the importance of demonstrations of technology that works. Stay tuned – the next interviews will be in Montreal and one of Alberta’s academic health sciences centres.
July 13-19, 2007. Toronto, ON. Designing Organizations for Value-Creation, Sustainability and Social Well-Being. The GO Society’s conference to support learning, to build trusting relationships between practitioners, to advance knowledge and implementation effectiveness, and to plan and commit to collaborative work to advance the field. For details click here (PDF).
August 16-17, 2007: Vancouver, BC. Operations Research In Health Care. This conference brings together leading experts in the field of health care Operations Research (OR) from across Canada and the USA, as well as researchers just starting their careers in this important field. There will be a wide variety of exciting presentations, reflecting the diversity of health care OR and the potential benefits of OR analyses. Operating On Health Care is about building bridges between operations researchers, health care managers, practitioners, and policy makers. For details click here.
August 26-29, 2007: Winnipeg, MB. Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) 2007 National Conference. The changes in the global marketplace and the explosion of network-driven decision-making are transforming the public service at a pace never before experienced. New demands and innovations continue to affect public administration. This year’s national IPAC conference will help us manage today’s demands while we prepare for tomorrow. For details click here.
October 19, 2007: Toronto, ON. Enhancing Cognition in Older Adults: Connecting Research and Clinical Care. Get updated on recent advances in cognitive difficulties faced by older adults, as well as pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to treatment. The conference includes morning lectures led by internationally recognized leaders in cognitive and neural aging, and afternoon workshops led by scientists and scientist-clinicians focusing on specific issues related to cognitive rehabilitation of older adults. 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.
[We don't go looking for these conferences. Send details to conferences@longwoods.com]
Dr. Ben Chan to CEO of the Ontario Health Quality Council (OHQC).
Bonnie Brossart to interim Chief Executive Officer, Saskatchewan Health Quality Council's
Joan Lesmond to Executive Director of Community Engagement, Saint Elizabeth Health Care (SEHC)
Rahul K. Bhardwaj to president and CEO, Toronto Community Foundation.
Michelle A. Willette to partner, Cox & Palmer, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador office.
Anna M. Cook to partner, Cox & Palmer, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador office
Heather Linkletter to Vice President, Sales and Marketing EMIS Inc.
Review all recently reported Transitions here.
Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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