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Longwoods eLetter August 1, 2006
"I see only one move ahead, but it is always the correct one." - José Raúl Capablanca, Chess Champion (Source: Scientific American)
OFF THE CUFF
Official call for nominations for induction into The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame - www.cdnmedhall.org
New Report: Ontario Hospitals Show Progress in Acute Care - http://www.hospitalreport.ca/
A survey of ACAHO members – the Presidents’ and Chief Executive Officers of Canada’s Teaching Hospitals and academic Regional Health Authorities – on a range of relevant national health policy issues that impact on their local responsibilities. To read the survey click here.
October 26-27, 2006 – Toronto. Conference Board of Canada Roundtable on Socio-Economic Determinants of Health
Find out more about the Roundtable.
HealthcarePapers Volume 7 Number 1 (Sustaining a Wait Time Strategy) will be online Tuesday, August 8, sign up for the e-mail alert so you don’t miss it. - http://www.longwoods.com/list_sub.php
RECOMMENDED READING
Healthcare Quarterly – Patient Safety Papers
From Inquest to Insight
Valdine Berry, Linda Smyrski and Laurie A. Thompson
ElectronicHealthcare
IT Solutions for Patient Safety - Best Practices for Successful Implementation in Healthcare
Peggy Leatt, Chris Shea, Melanie Studer and Virginia Wang
HealthcarePapers
Pay-for-Performance = Pay for Quality?
Eliot Halparin and Dave Davis
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership – Pulse of Renewal
Best Practice Guidelines: Dissemination and Uptake across Canada
Healthcare Policy
Joining the Conversation: Newspaper Journalists' Views on Working with Researchers
Charlotte Waddell, Jonathan Lomas, John N. Lavis, Julia Abelson, Cody A. Shepherd and Twylla Bird-Gayson
World Health & Population
Family Caregiving for AIDS Patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Thomas Matukala Nkosi, Walter Kipp, Lory Laing and Judy Mill
Call to Authors
Healthcare Policy’s Linkage and Exchange provides a forum for knowledge translation (KT) case studies. Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 100 words, a brief statement of background and context, a description of the KT initiative, a presentation of results (including challenges that arose and how they were addressed) and a discussion of lessons learned, highlighting those that are potentially transferable to other topics and settings. Manuscripts should be a maximum of 2,000 words, excluding the abstract and references. For more information see Healthcare Policy’s Authors Guidelines.
LONGWOODS RADIO PODCASTS: listen and learn
Maximizing Efficiency in Cataract Surgery: A Model Program
by Fouad Tayfour
Cataract removal is an increasingly common surgical procedure. Today in Canada, however, the waiting time for this procedure may be unacceptably long for many patients.
Linking Health Services at the Community Level
by Ronald Lagoe, Theodore Pasinski, Paul Kronenberg, Thomas Quinn and Phillip Schaengold.
This study describes a series of interventions linking hospitals, medical staff physicians, long-term care providers and mental health services in the metropolitan area of Syracuse, New York.
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.
BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – now available online | enabled by TELUS
1. Matthew Anderson, VP, University Health Network, CIO, SIMS Partnership & eHealth Lead, Toronto LHIN
Click to Watch Video Presentation
2. Glenda Yeates, CEO, The Canadian Institute for Health Information
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 view the bios of all our 2006-2007 speakers click here.
* 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
August 12, 2006: Toronto. International Nursing Forum: Nurses at the Forefront of HIV/AIDS: For details click here.
September 17–22, 2006: Orangeville. Emergency Management and Preparedness Fall Institute. For details click here.
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, click here.
September 28–29, 2006: Markham. 5th International Elder Care Conference: Older People Deserve the Best. For details click here.
October 15-17, 2006: Edmonton. Telehealth 2006 – 9th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. For details click here.
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.
October 26–27, 2006: Markham. 3rd International Conference: Embracing the Future of Nursing: Educating Tomorrow’s Nurses. For details click here.
November 6-8, 2006: Prince George. Research Use Week (Northwest): Tools, strategies, and stories of using evidence in rural and remote health services delivery and policy development. The goal is to encourage and improve evidence-based decision-making in health system policy and management. For details click here.
November 6-8, 2006: Toronto. OHA HealthAchieve2006 - register online today and take advantage of the Early Bird Prices Available from July 29, 2006 – September 16, 2006. For details click here.
November 9-12, 2006: Hamilton. Annual Nurse Practitioner Conference: Bringing Evidence to Your Practice. For details click here.
November 30 – December 1, 2006: 6th International Conference: Healthy Workplaces in Action 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
Richard Irving to President-elect of HIMSS Ontario
Laurie Poole to Vice President of the Canadian Society of Telehealth (CST)
Dr. Brien Benoit to Chair of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board.
Mary Catherine Lindberg to Member of the Board and will serve as Vice-Chair.
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.
Director, Environmental Services - Toronto Rehab
President & CEO - Sault Ste. Marie & District Group Health Association
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 Hamilton Health Sciences
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Northern Health Authority
Healthcare Quarterly Careers - June/06 - (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)
HCPRAC - Healthcare Jobs - Click here
Longwoods Weekly JobSheet
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