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“A Good Catch is … an event or circumstance that has the potential to cause an incident or critical incident but that did not actually occur due to corrective action and/or timely intervention.” Debbie Barnard et al describing a program at Capital Health in Edmonton.
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The proportion of nurses with more than one job far exceeds the figures for the total employed adult population. 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 (PDF): see what you can experience in 2007.
Healthcare Quarterly
Access to Non-Funded Health Services (The Legal Implications)
Rino A. Stradiotto
HealthcarePapers
Chronic Disease Management: IT's Time for Transformational Change!
Sarah C. Muttitt, Richard C. Alvarez
Nursing Leadership
Reconnecting to Care: A Nursing Initiative at the Baycrest Geriatric Health System
Sholom Glouberman, Joy Richards, Marilyn El Bestawi, Rhonda Seidman-Carlson, Lorne Teperman
Healthcare Policy
Notice of Compliance with Conditions: A Policy in Limbo
Joel Lexchin
Electronic Healthcare
HIT Report from KLAS: Extensive IT Outsourcing: Advice from Providers
Mike Smith and Stacilee Whiting
World Health and Population
AIDS-Related Stigma: Perceptions of Family Caregivers and Health Volunteers in Western Uganda
Walter Kipp, Ellen Bajenja, Ednah Karamagi and Denis Tindyebwa
Today’s featured Podcast:
From World War to Class War: The Rebound of the Rich
Robert G. Evans
Incomes in Canada, as in many other countries, are becoming increasingly unequal. The resources and political influence of the super-rich underlie the growing prominence of the "elite" agenda: lower taxes, smaller government and privatization or shrinkage of social programs
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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.
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 15, 2007: Richmond Hill, ON. Supportive Housing: The Winning Formula for Supporting People and Sustaining the Health Care System. Presented by the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA), this symposium focuses on the crucial role that supportive housing plays in maintaining the health, well-being, independence and quality of life of individuals. 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.
October 24, 2007: London, ON. LHSC Patient Safety Conference. The conference will be of interest to administrative leaders, professional practice leaders, frontline staff and physicians. Objectives include enhancing awareness of national strategies; learning about Patient WalkRoundsTM as a strategy to advance culture change; gaining insight from the family’s perspective; and championing safe patient care for every patient every day. For more information please email heni.dykstra@lhsc.on.ca.
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Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.
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Michael Power to Vice President, Privacy and Security, Smart Systems for Health Agency, Ontario
Karen Dempsey to president of the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC)
Dr. Gary Lopaschuk, Scientific Director of the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, to Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Dr. Philip Halloran, Capital Health, Edmonton and the University of Alberta to Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Ken Powell to Chair, Board of Directors, Peterborough (ON) Regional Health Centre
Murad Jiwani to the Board of Directors, Toronto East General Hospital
Kris Bailey to Executive Director, CritiCall Ontario
Dr. Taylor Alexander to Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Mental Health Association
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