Longwoods eLetter July 19, 2005 

Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted.” Hugh MacLeod
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The editors recommend these papers.
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Clinical Automation in the Physician Office: FOCUS: e-Prescribing/Ambulatory EMR 2005. Click here: The HIT Report from KLAS:

Utilization: Implications for Nursing Human Resource Planning in Hospitals.
This work, undertaken by Gail Tomblin Murphy and Linda O’Brien-Pallas, estimates the association between the number of hospital days and patient outcomes in acute care hospitals in Canada. From The Pulse of Renewal Download PDF.

Interdisciplinary and Intradisciplinary Nursing Education: None, Either or Both? Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reinvented itself. For Canada there are lessons to be learned." Click here: Healthcare Papers. Be our guest.

Health, Healthcare and Nation-Building: A Three-Dimensional Approach to Innovation in Canada. Glenn G. Brimacombe. Click here: Healthcare Quarterly. Be our guest. (Follow the link and download the pdf of this paper for additional commentary.)
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OUR CASE LIBRARY
Walking the Tightrope: Creation of the Physician Scorecard at the Rouge Valley Health System Naresh Mohan, Fathi Abuzgaya, Sonia Peczeniuk, Paula Raggiunti, Andrea Gates and David Brazeau | Go Here.
Driving Practice Change Through Technology Adoption and Assessment: Clinical and Economic Impact of the Clave® Needlefree System
Kate Fournie, Christa Clements and Sandra McManus | Go Here.
Evaluating Our RN Recruitment Plan
Cheryl Anne Smith | Go Here.
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OUR BREAKFAST SERIES: Ms. Sheila Weatherill, CEO of Capital Health is on the roster. Other confirmed speakers are: Mr. Barry Monaghan, Dr. Alan Bernstein, Dr. Ross Baker, The Honourable George Smitherman, Dr. Robert Bell, Dr. Michael Guerriere, Mr. Michael Decter, Mr. Graham Scott, Ms. Glenda Yeates, Mr. Richard Alvarez, Dr. Graham Sher, Dr. David Butler-Jones, Mr. Philip Hassen, and Mr. Dieter Pagani.

What’s in a name? Tell us what you prefer: (click on your preference and hit send) Breakfast at C Level or Breakfast with the Chiefs. All respondents get a free one-year electronic subscription to the journal Healthcare Papers.

The small print: Subscribers do have more options. If you are a journal subscriber and represent healthcare management, practice, education, research or policy you can attend any and all of the breakfasts and you can have free access to the webcasts – and much more. If you are a member of a commercial / service organization you have other options. Please contact Susan Hale for more information. To pre-register for any of these rounds stay tuned or contact Lina Lopez. [It’s mid July and more than 100 guests are registered for Mr. Smitherman’s September appearance.]
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LAW & GOVERNANCE:
Comprehensive searchable database. Click here
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Healthtech is looking for a wide range of skills. Click here.
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TRANSITIONS
Tony Dagnone, CEO of London Health Sciences Centre to Chair of the Change Foundation
Gail Donner, Partner, Donner/Wheeler to Board of the Change Foundation
W. Scott Dudgeon, Executive Director, Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative to Board of the Change Foundation
John Hudson, Vice Chair Kingston General Hospital to Board of the Change Foundation
Teddene Long, Board of York Central Hospital to Board of the Change Foundation
Gale Murray, President and CEO Change Foundation to Board of the Change Foundation
Hilary Short, President and CEO, Ontario Hospital Association to Board of the Change Foundation
Leo Steven, President and CEO Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre to Board of the Change Foundation

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AWARDS: call for nominations
1. Ted Freedman Award recognizes those individuals or organizations that inspire, advocate and enable education in health, health services and health management. Sponsored by Compass Group Canada. Deadline is Tuesday, September 13, 2005. For submission guidelines (click here)

2. Therapeutic Clown Award: The Longwoods HealthcareBoard in collaboration with the Therapeutic Clown Program at Sick Kids would like to recognize therapeutic clown practitioners for what they really are. Deadline is Tuesday, September 13 2005. Sponsored by the HealthcareBoard. For submission guidelines (Click here)
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CAREERS
The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute - Edmonton, Alberta
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Director of Care - Amica, West Vancouver
Full Time Clinical Educator - ICU/CVICU/Cardiac Surgery - St. Mary’s Hospital, Kitchener
Chief Operating Officer - Capital Health Edmonton
New Graduate Nurse Internship Program-St. Michael's Hospital
Career opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
CIHR - Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR)
- Research Syntheses
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Team Planning and Development Grants - Toward Enhanced Quality of Life through Injury Prevention, Acute Response and Rehabilitation
- CIHR Team Grant Program
- Operating Grants
- New Investigator Awards.
- Fellowship Awards
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