Longwoods eLetter July 26, 2005

It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba, Che viene e va; e quei la discolora Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.  Provide the author and source and get a free electronic subscription to the new journal Healthcare Policy. Mail me here.
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ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE
(a)
Evidence of public value and public risk of electronic health records should be subject to the standards increasingly used for and expected of evidence-based medicine, and of assessments of pharmaceuticals and medical devices;
(b) at the national level, Canada lacks an independent public accountability mechanism for analyzing public value and public risk from electronic health records;
(c) to the extent that, for electronic health records, the public risks are plausible and the public values are debatable, this lack is an issue of social justice.
Click here: www.ElectronicHealthcare.net
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HEALTHCARE PAPERS
The Veterans Health Administration: Quality, Value, Accountability, and Information as Transforming Strategies for Patient-Centered Care

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ONLINE ONLY
1. Quality Improvement Toolbook from the Health Quality Council of Saskatchewan. Go to HQ Online
2. Creating Effective Poster Presentations will result in a seamless combination of science and art. Go to HQ Online
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OUR CASE LIBRARY
Benchmarking Patient Complaints Data across Ontario Hospitals: University Health Network Invites Collaboration. Sharon Rogers and Belinda Vilhena | Go Here.
Improving Work Life Quality: A Diagnostic Approach Model. Martin Lees and Samantha Kearns | Go Here.
Collaborating to Innovate and Improve Patient-Centred Care at Hamilton Health Sciences. Ann Russell, Heather Campbell, Marlene Scardamalia, Mary Lamon, Blake Melnick, Jennifer Henderson, Chuck Cunningham, Anne Matheson and Nancy Smith Lea | Go Here.
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OUR BREAKFAST SERIES: Fifteen speakers are scheduled.
The first is The Honourable George Smitherman on
Tuesday, September 13, 2005.
Next is Dr. Robert Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer at the University Health Network on October 19, 2005.


The small print: Subscribers do have more options. If you are a journal subscriber and represent public 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. To pre-register for any of these rounds stay tuned or contact Lina Lopez. If you are a member of a commercial / service organization you have other options. Please contact Susan Hale for more information. [It’s still July and more than 175 guests are registered for Mr. Smitherman’s September appearance. Book now.]


What’s in a name? Thanks for responding to our quick & simple survey. Full results in next week’s eletter. If you haven’t responded yet, tell us what you prefer: (just click and send one only of the following options.) Breakfast at C Level or Breakfast with the Chiefs. All respondents get a free one-year electronic subscription to the journal Healthcare Papers.
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LAW & GOVERNANCE:
Comprehensive searchable database. Click here
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The ethos that is CourtyardGroup. Click here.
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TRANSITIONS
Dr. Brian Postl [President and CEO of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority] to Federal Advisor on Wait Times.
Karimah Es Sabar to BC Biotech as Executive Director
David Ricks to Elli Lilly as President and General Manager
Naseem Somani to Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories as Chief Executive Officer

Wendy Fucile, Vice President, Clinical Programs and Chief Nursing Officer at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre and Dr. Dylan Taylor, cardiologist and co-medical director at the University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital, two participants in Executive Training for Research Application (EXTRA).
Bruce Richmond to chair of the board of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

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CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS
1. Canadian Nurses Association. Calls for nominations for president – elect.
http://cna-aiic.ca/CNA/about/who/directors/call_nominations_e.aspx
2. 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)
3. 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
President - Caritas Health Group, Edmonton, Alberta
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Chemical Dependency Resource Team, Vancouver Coastal Health
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)

[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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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
- CIHR Team Grant Program
- Operating Grants
- New Investigator Awards.
- Fellowship Awards

CIHR – Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPHR)and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
- Fellowship Awards
- Doctoral Research Awards
- Research Development and Knowledge Exchange Initiative
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