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.
Publisher's Page (news) in the journal
Electronic Healthcare
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
[Send your
transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
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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
- 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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