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“Dr. Couillard the calm voice of reason, and "Furious George" Smitherman the ever-quotable pit bull.” From André Picard’s commentary on two departed Ministers of Health. See Essay below.
ESSAY
Strong Personalities and Failing Grades: André Picard on Smitherman & Couillard
In a job where there is an unreasonable and unrelenting demand to explain and defend the actions of others, both were superb with the media. But can anyone outside a tiny circle of policy wonks identify a single lasting accomplishment . . .?
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From the Ontario Hospital Association: The many challenges facing mental health and addiction patients and their families. See: Longwoods.com.
Physician Leadership Program. October '08 and November '08 at HPME. Download PDF.
Creating Healthy Work Environments. Summer Institute '08. For details and registration form Download PDF.
. . . not excluding iPhone, Sidekick, Treo [editor’s note]: Beyond BlackBerry Thumb. The omnipresent technology may be creating a host of problems.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center leading the way to reduce errors and improve quality of care through human patient simulation.
Thousands apply to lottery to become patients of two new doctors in N.L. town.
Adoption of Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care
Only 4% of physicians use an extensive, fully functional system for electronic health records. -- from The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Les troubles mentaux et du comportement sont la raison principale pour laquelle les itinérants visitent les services d’urgence.
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FS-4 Facilitates True-to-Life Training at Leading Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Stemming from the use of simulation-based training in the aviation field, the human patient simulator lets hospital teams practise high-crisis medical situations. Read it Here.
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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, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
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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, McKesson Canada, 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 or Matthew Hart 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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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 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 2-8, 2008: Venice Italy. 2008 Summer School of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The Summer School will focus on hospital reengineering, looking at how hospitals interact with the rest of the health and care systems and with the communities around them, dealing with the relationships of hospitals with other actors. 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.
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