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"Being Young is Tough" - (Source: UNFPA [United Nations Population Fund])
Today is World Population Day. UNFPA has a vision of a world fit for young people. It is a world that promotes and protects their rights, provides opportunities to develop their full potential, welcomes and respects their voices and views, and where they live free of poverty, discrimination and violence. In such a world, young people possess the knowledge and skills required to make informed, voluntary and responsible life choices, including decisions about sexual and reproductive health.
Abstracts of 100 Public | Private projects across Canada from a publication of The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships. Co-sponsored by Industry Canada. Click here
Dr. Penny Ballem writes the Premier of British Columbia, June, 2006.
From Business Week:
The Best Medical Care in The U.S.
How Veterans Affairs transformed itself -- and what it means for the rest of us – including Canada’s regional networks.
From the Health Council of Canada. Steven Lewis talks about the importance of moving forward with an electronic health record in Canada. Full story
International Panel Releases Five-Year Review of CIHR
Spend this summer on the frontiers of healthcare and discover job satisfaction combined with a quality of life unlike anywhere else in CanadaAre you a post secondary student and still looking for summer employment? Try the Northwest Territories. Go here.
The Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team (CCORT) releases the Canadian Cardiovascular Atlas
HealthcarePapers
A Cautionary Tale: Rethinking Medicare
Matthew Hodge and Renaldo N. Battista
Healthcare Quarterly
A Collaborative Evidence-Based Approach To Making Healthcare a Healthier Place to Work
A.Yassi, A.S. Ostry, J. Spiegel, G. Walsh and H.M. de Boer
Healthcare Policy
The Impact of Implementing Managed Competition on Home Care Workers' Turnover Decisions
Margaret Denton, Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, Sharon Davies, Danielle Hunter
ElectronicHealthcare
Accelerating the E-health Connectivity Imperative: Implementing Short-term Value against Long-term Goals when Building Private-sector Relationships
George Blake
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
ACEN Position Statement: Nursing Workload-A Priority for Healthcare
World Health & 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
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1. The Hon. George Smitherman: State Of Health Transformation in Ontario. PDF (113 KB) | Click To Watch Video Presentation
2. Dr. David Butler-Jones: Click To Watch Video Presentation
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October 15 - 27, 2006: The Canadian College of Health Service Executives and The Change Foundation are offering a two-week study tour to Australia and New Zealand. For details, please contact Chris Parsons a 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.
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