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Longwoods eLetter July 25, 2006

"We need quicker access to more healthcare; we need better quality services; and we need improved population health." – Michael Decter

OFF THE CUFF
Now available. The 2006 Hospital Report for Ontario presents a basket of measures or "balanced scorecard" of indicators. It is available at www.hospitalreport.ca.

Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point – STAT Call with the Institute for Health Improvement July 26, 2006, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern Time. To learn more and enroll, click here

Call For Abstracts - International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care. Barcelona, Spain. April 2007.

University of Waterloo launches Master of Public Health Degree

Looking for adventure and challenge? Unique nursing opportunities await you in the Northwest Territories

RECOMMENDED READING
Healthcare Quarterly
Making Hospital Care Safer and Better: The Structure-Process Connection Leading to Adverse Events
Fadi El-Jardali and Martine Lagacé

ElectronicHealthcare
IT Solutions for Patient Safety - Best Practices for Successful Implementation in Healthcare
Peggy Leatt, Chris Shea, Melanie Studer and Virginia Wang

HealthcarePapers
Making Patients Safer! Reducing Error in Canadian Healthcare
G. Ross Baker, Peter Norton

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
A Dialogue on Quality and Patient Safety
with Maureen Bisognano

Healthcare Policy
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Rising Healthcare Issue
Heather S. Boon, Marja J. Verhoef, Laura C. Vanderheyden and Kathleen P. Westlake

World Health & Population
Who Receives Healthcare? Age and Sex Differentials in Adult Use of Healthcare Services in Rural Bangladesh
J.T. Young, Jane Menken, Jill Williams, Nizam Khan and Randall S. Kuhn

Need to Ask an Expert in Healthcare Law and Governance?
A feature presented by Longwoods Publishing in collaboration with a pool of leading experts in the design and management of healthcare organizations. More

LONGWOODS RADIO PODCASTS: listen and learn

Infrastructure for Board Accountability: Governance Structures and Processes for a Community Hospital
Sandra Kearns, David Vigar and Katherine Scimmi
Responsibilities of governing and managing the affairs of a healthcare organization have been in the forefront of Ontario Hospitals with the introduction of Bill 8.

Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio read this . . .
This is great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using story telling, compelling lectures or gripping interviews – using simple digital recordings that we distribute on the web. Formatted for iPod listeners too. For criteria and specifications please contact Rebecca Hart at Rhart@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance of course.

The Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership – Check out our Peer Reviewed journal at www.nursingleadership.net. Only 8$ per article or an annual subscription for $95.

College Students' Perceptions of Nursing: A GEE Approach
Jean Ann Seago, Joanne Spetz, Dennis Keane and Kevin Grumbach

Innovation in Leadership
Case Study: Reconciling the Quality and Safety Gap through Strategic Planning
Lianne Jeffs, Jane Merkley, Jana Jeffrey, Ella Ferris, Janice Dusek and Catherine Hunter

From the Editor-in-Chief:
"Hello, I'm Sue, I'm Your Nurse"
Dorothy Pringle

Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. Sign up online - http://www.longwoods.com/premium.php?cat=10 or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667.

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – now available online | enabled by TELUS

1. Dr. Michael Guerriere: Annual Review in IM/IT in Healthcare. PDF (1.1 MB)

2. Barry Monaghan, CEO, Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network
Topic: LHINs from a CEO Perspective PDF (940 KB)
Click to Watch Video Presentation

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – SIGN UP NOW FOR NEXT SEASON
2006/2007 Speakers include:
Jonathan Lomas
Dr. Anne Cavoukian
Dr. Ross Baker
Dr. Andreas Laupacis
Hon. George Smitherman
Jeff Lozon
Dr. Alan Hudson
Sheila Weatherill
John Tory
Hon. Philippe Couillard
...and more

* To attend, you need to be a member of the HealthcareBoard. Ask Lina for details. For more information visit the Breakfast with the Chiefs web page: Click Here. Visit the ‘Breakfast with the Chiefs’ photo galleries. Click here. Go ahead treat this like a picture-blog -- add your comments.

CONFERENCES & EVENTS
July 28-30, 2006: WorldFuture 2006. Creating Global Strategies for Humanity's Future, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. See the web site at http://www.wfs.org and click on "2006 Toronto."

August 12, 2006: Toronto. International Nursing Forum: Nurses at the Forefront of HIV/AIDS:
http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/news/events/aids_forum/default_e.aspx.
You can register here: registration@unconventionalplanning.com.

September 14th: The Emerging Leader Forum (ELF) will reconvene for its 2nd meeting. If you’ve been in the eHealth industry for less than 5 years, ELF invites you to join this dynamic group of thinkers. Look for meeting details in mid-August. Email elf@courtyard-group.com to join the distribution list. Additional information can be found at www.emergingleaderforum.com. ELF - New Minds. New Ideas.

September 18 & 19, 2006: Toronto. IHE CANADA WORKSHOP 2006: Connecting for Health: Using Standards to Connect... Conference on Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), addressing its essential role in the sharing of health information. For more information, please visit: http://www.ihe-canada.com/Events/2006/06Sept18-19.htm

October 19, 2006: Vancouver. Partnering for Patient Safety II. Learn how to involve patient and family members as partners in advancing patient safety. For full program details and to register, please visit: http://www.buksa.com/halifax.

October 19, 2006: Vancouver. Advances in Education and Team Training for Healthcare. Learn how to incorporate the latest training techniques in healthcare / health professional curricula or ongoing training activities as a way to enhance safety in healthcare. Opportunities to tour the Centre of Excellence for Surgical Education and Innovation are included in workshop registration fee! For full program details and to register, please visit: http://www.buksa.com/halifax.

October 25-27, 2006: Hamilton. 5th International NHSRU Conference, Practice to Policy: Global Perspectives in Nursing. Please find attached details on the featured speakers. Register before September 13, 2006 and receive the early bird rate; please visit www.nhsru.com for the full program and registration details.

November 6-8, 2006: OHA HealthAchieve2006 - register online today and take advantage of the Super Early Bird Promotion. Special Rates available only until July 28, 2006! For details click here.

How to get value from a conference. If you believe that success is about pushing yourself to learn new things, to change, and to build a web of personal relationships, then going to the right conferences, and attending them in the right way, can be critical to your strategy for staying on the cutting edge -- both in your organization and in your career. Learn more here.

For our complete list of conferences and events go here

Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.

[We don't go looking for these conferences. Send details to conferences@longwoods.com]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The OHA’s 2006 Healthcare Awards include: International Best Practices | The Robo Award | Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education |Call for Submissions are Now Open! All awards will be presented at the OHA HealthAchieve2006 held on November 6 to 8 in Toronto. Visit here

TRANSITIONS
Bonnie Adamson to Chair of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE)
John Freeman to Board Chair of West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Brien Benoit to Chair of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
Mary Catherine Lindberg to Member of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
Paul Beeston to Chair of the Board of the Centre for Addiction and Mental, Toronto
Dr. Lorne Martin to Chief of Medical Staff, Halton Healthcare Services, Ontario
Sid Trevail to Chair of the Board of Directors, Northumberland Hills Hospital, Ontario
Jean Morrison to Chief Nursing Officer and Vice-President of Performance Excellence, Saskatoon Health Region. Also appointted to the board of directors of Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
Gayle Gorrill to vice-president finance and operations, University of Victoria
Bonnie Jeffery to director of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU).
Dr. Anastasios (Tas) Venetsanopoulos to the newly created position of Vice-President of Research and Innovation, Ryerson University

Review all recently reported Transitions here. Do you have appointments or transitions? Send them to transitions@longwoods.com

CAREERS: sent to +20,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Director of Corporate Services - Health Quality Council (HQC), Saskatoon, SK
Clinical Nurse Specialist for Neurosciences - University of Alberta Hospital Site, Edmonton, AB
Executive Director - The Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses (ACEN)
Director, Patient Care Services - Stanton Territorial Health Authority, Yellowknife NT
Associate Vice-Principal (Facilities) - Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Administrator - Longwoods Publishing, Toronto, ON
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
Specialty Nursing Education and Career Information
Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities - Hamilton Health Sciences
Career Opportunities at Northern Health Authority
Healthcare Quarterly Careers - June/06 - (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)

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Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]

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