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Longwoods eLetter July 14, 2009
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"If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid." – J. M. Keynes
Why Healthcare’s Critics Don’t Matter. Neil Seeman. More.
Surprising Changes in the Market for ERP Consultants, July 13, 2009. More.
Healthcare Providers Finding a Strong ROI Moving to Digital Mammography. More.
“Thousands of people in Canada and around the world are committed to change and improving health policy and health systems. But we have too few places where we can share insights - and fewer where we can have the vigorous and healthy debates that generate creative and innovative solutions to tough problems.” Jennifer Zelmer explains how she intends to keep you up at night. More.
And from the same issue of Healthcare Policy: Remember, total spending on healthcare is always and necessarily equal to the total incomes of direct and indirect providers of healthcare - that's an accounting identity, not an economic theory. Robert Evans examines economists and answers the question “Is health more interesting?” More.
Dr. Penny Ballem: Three Lessons for LHIN (and other) CEOs to take home. More.
Hon. Philippe Couillard: The Political Challenge of Reorganization: The Quebec Strategy. More.
Dr. Ross Baker: Leadership Challenges in Creating Safer Care. More.
Ontario Hospital Association Executive Golf Tournament 2009. Register today. Golf on Thursday. Sponsors welcome. More.
300 subscribers wanted for beta test of personal electronic health record in Montreal. More.
Longwoods invites Healthcare Facilities to post positions for Front Line Nurses on this web page at no charge. For details click here.
Nominations for the 2009 HPME SOG - Deadline July 15/09
Graduate Alumni Leadership & Literary Awards - Four awards recognize excellence and celebrate HPME graduates in Leadership and Leadership in Innovation. Plus Two Literary Awards annually to graduates who have published papers that demonstrate excellence and originality, and that contribute to the field of health policy, management and/or health evaluation. For details click here.
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Accessing the Health Emergency Stockpiling Program for the Health and Broader Public Sector
Health Emergency Stockpiling Program for the Health and Broader Public Sector: Questions and Answers
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.
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 (PDF). 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
Determinants of Healthcare Workers' Compliance with Infection Control Procedures
Annalee Yassi, Karen Lockhart, Ray Copes, Mickey Kerr, Marc Corbiere, Elizabeth Bryce and members of the SARS study team: Quinn Danyluk, Dave Keen, Shicheng Yu, Catherine Kidd, Mark Fitzgerald, Ron Thiessen, Bruce Gamage, David Patrick, Phil Bigelow and Sharon Saunders
HealthcarePapers
Healthcare-Associated Infections as Patient Safety Indicators
Michael A. Gardam, Camille Lemieux, Paige Reason, Marlies van Dijk and Vivek Goel
Nursing Leadership
A Sabbatical Journey of Discovery: Patient Safety
Mary Ferguson-Paré
Healthcare Policy
Adverse Event Reporting for Herbal Medicines: A Result of Market Forces
Rishma Walji, Heather Boon, Joanne Barnes, Zubin Austin, G. Ross Baker and Sandy Welsh
Electronic Healthcare
Legislative Barriers to Outpatient e-Prescribing in a Randomized Trial
Sherman Quan, Merrick F. Zwarenstein, Katie N. Dainty, William J. Sibbald and Neill K. J. Adhikari
World Health and Population
The Use of Audit to Identify Maternal Mortality in Different Settings: Is It Just a Difference Between the Rich and the Poor?
Jeroen van Dillen, Jelle Stekelenburg, Joke Schutte, Gijs Walraven, Jos van Roosmalen
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2009/2010 Line Up
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Toronto. ON
André Picard, Award-Winning Journalist, Globe & Mail
Topic: To be announced
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
Register here.
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
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
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: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
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: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: To be announced
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Mary Jo Haddad, President & CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children
Topic: To be announced
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
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, OHA, 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, OHA, 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, ACAHO, CGI, McKesson Canada, OHA, 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:
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September 29-30, 2009: Edmonton, AB. 2nd Annual Medical Device Sterilization Forum: Infection Prevention and Control through Safe Sterilization and Reprocessing Practices. Presented jointly by CSA and Accreditation Canada, this two-day forum will provide healthcare decision makers, administrators and their reprocessing staff with the knowledge, tools and operational recommendations to help develop and implement an effective infection prevention and control program through safe sterilization and reprocessing practices. For more information 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).
Eileen Mercier to Trustee, University Health Network
John Mulvihill to Chair of the Board of Trustees, University Health Network
Darryl Perry, Executive Director of OHAfrica has left the organization.
Christina Bisanz to Chief Executive Officer, the Ontario Long Term Care Association
Steve Bradie to President and Chief Executive Officer, Green Shield Canada
Paul-Émile Cloutier to Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Medical Association
Peter Harrison to Director of the School of Policy Studies, Professor and Staffer-Dunning Chair of Policy Studies, Queen's University
Deborah MacLatchy to Vice President, Academic and Provost, Wilfrid Laurier University
Claude Montmarquette to President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations
Barry Rivelis to Chief Information Officer, Provincial Health Services Authority
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Director, Programs - The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Professional Practice Leader - Occupational Therapy - Penticton Regional Hospital, Penticton, BC
Contracts & Performance Specialist, Residential & Assisted Living Services - Fraser Health, BC
Chief Executive Officer - Canadian Nurses Protective Society, Ottawa, ON
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
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
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
Executive Director, ACEN - Ottawa, ON
Nursing & Leadership Opportunities with the Provincial Health Services Authority of BC
Career Opportunities at Courtyard Group
Career Opportunities at Strata Health
Career Opportunities at Northern Health
Career Opportunities at London Health Sciences
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Career Opportunities at Providence Health Care BC
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