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Longwoods eLetter July 21, 2009

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"My virtual and occasionally in-person friend, Farhan Merali, (Harvard Medical School MD 2011 and Harvard Business School MBA 2011), sent along this link to an excellent introductory article from Healthcare Quarterly about application of Lean principles in the Canadian health care environment. It was prepared by Dr. Dante Morra and associates from the University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital. As you will see, Lean principles and philosophy are independent of geographic setting." – Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

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What Detroit can Teach Canadian Healthcare. By Neil Seeman and Neil Stuart
Is your industry too big to fail? Will taxpayers bail out your organization and its staff if your entire industry goes bankrupt? More.

The Longwoods Scholar Competition at the Advanced Health Leadership Program Joseph L. Rotman School of Management | University of Toronto. Apply now. More.

CMS Changes Driving Rapid Growth for Infection Control Software More.

Healthcare Providers and IT Vendors Far Apart on Creative Solutions for a Tough Economy. More.

From our Recommended Reading series: Issues on Public Health ...

Leading Lean: A Canadian Healthcare Leader's Guide by Benjamin A. Fine, Brian Golden, Rosemary Hannam and Dante Morra.
Canadian healthcare organizations are increasingly asked to do more with less, and too often this has resulted in demands on staff to simply work harder and longer. Lean methodologies, originating from Japanese industrial organizations and most notably Toyota, offer an alternative...

Healthcare-Associated Infections as Safety Indicators by Michael A. Gardam, Camille Lemieux, Paige Reason, Marlies van Dijk and Vivek Goel
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a pressing patient safety concern, yet healthcare administrators and providers tend to view them as less of a threat than adverse events such as medication errors and falls

British Columbian’s option to manage their own healthcare record. More.

The Ontario Hospital Association has put out a call for candidates for HOOPP Board of Trustees. Click here for more information.

British Columbia Health Under Pressure

• Memo from British Columbia’s Minister of Health Minister Kevin Falcon to Board Chairs (PDF). More.
• Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Financials as of March 31, 2009 (PDF). More.
• Vancouver Island Health Authority Budget. (PDF) More.
• Linda Cranston’s latest progress report for PHSA. (PDF) More.
• Fraser Health: Year End Reports - 2008-2009 Audited Financial Statements (PDF). More.
• Interior Health Authority Service Plan (2008/09- 2010/11). (PDF) More.
• Northern Health Service Plan - 2008/09 to 2010/11. (PDF) More.

The Honourable George Smitherman and crew take a break from cleaning duties. (Download the photo) We found him in the middle of his riding keeping Toronto clean during its garbage strike. This minister never walks away from a crisis. He is now Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.

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.

PANDEMIC PLANNING 2 from the pages of Healthcare Papers

1. Safety Is Not Negotiable: The Importance of Occupational Health and Safety to Pandemic Planning by Linda Silas, Nancy Johnson and Kate Rexe
2. SARS and Health Worker Safety: Lessons for Influenza Pandemic Planning and Response by Mario A. Possamai
3. It's Not Just about the Mask by H. Roslyn Devlin, Samer Abou-Sweid, John King
4. Can an Expanded and Integrated Occupational Health Service Help Buffer the Impact of a Global Influenza Outbreak in Healthcare Organizations? By Michael S. Kerr
5. What's the Plan? The Unique Challenges Facing the Home and Community Care Sector in Preparing for a Pandemic by Judith Shamian, Teresa Petch, Freya Lilius, Esther Shainblum, Rita Talosi
6. Pandemic Influenza: When Mother Nature Calls, Will We be Prepared to Answer? By J. Bennet Waters
7. The Authors Respond by Linda Silas, Nancy Johnson and Paul Curry
   

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

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Healthcare Quarterly
Service-Based Funding and Pay for Performance: Will Incentive Payments Give Canadian Healthcare the Quality Boost It Needs?
Jane Coutts and Jennifer Thornhill

HealthcarePapers
Healthcare-Associated Infections: Infection Prevention and Control within the Accreditation Canada Qmentum Program
Wendy Nicklin, Paula Greco and Jonathan I. Mitchell

Nursing Leadership
Practice Doctorates in Nursing: Developing Nursing Leaders
Sonia Acorn, Kimberley Lamarche and Margaret Edwards

Healthcare Policy
The Gatekeeper System and Disparities in Use of Psychiatric Care by Neighbourhood Education Level: Results of a Nine-Year Cohort Study in Toronto
Leah S. Steele, Richard H. Glazier, Mohammad Agha and Rahim Moineddin

Electronic Healthcare
Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: What Lessons Can Canada Learn from the Experience of Others?
Micaela Brown, Nicola T. Shaw, Nicole A. Grimm, Sarah C. Muttitt and Joseph Gebran

World Health and Population
Traditional Healthcare Delivery Systems in the 21st Century Nigeria: Moving beyond Misconceptions
Ezebunwa E. Nwokocha

2009/2010 Line Up

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Toronto. ON
André Picard, Award-Winning Journalist, The Globe and Mail
Topic: To be announced
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, and OHA.
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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).

October 30, 2009: Toronto, ON. Baycrest presents the 9th Annual KLARU Conference - Aging at Home: Connecting Research and Clinical Care, at The Holiday Inn Yorkdale For more infomation click here and click on the conference link.

Denis Protti to honorary doctor of science from City University, London, England. Details here.
Martha Aauchinleck to acting CEO, North East Local Health Integration Network, Ontario
Peter Vaudry to Acting Chair of the Board of Directors, North East Local Health Integration Network, Ontario
Bernard Souche to Director, Health Systems Strategy, Medtronic
Paul Bradley to Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Medical Products
Ian Campbell to Interim Executive Director of OHAfrica
Jean Rousseau to Vice-President, Corporate Sales, Covidien

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