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“There's a globalization of illness occurring, . . . people are starting to eat like us, and live like us, and die like us. And in one generation, for example, Asia's gone from having one of the lowest rates of heart disease, and obesity, and diabetes, to one of the highest.” Dr. Dean Ornish at the celebrated TED conference. Click here.
ESSAY
Fat Zombies, Pleistocene Tastes, Autophilia and the Obesity Epidemic ...
Obesity is clearly hazardous to health, but reports that 60% of us are "obese or overweight" border on fear-mongering. Bob Evans weighs in.
OFF THE CUFF
Health Care Governance Forum + Breakfast with the Chiefs: September 16, 2008 | Toronto: includes Dr. Alan Hudson reviewing Access to Services, ALC – and the relevance of governance + an evening with Cito Gaston managing the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the Baltimore Orioles. And more, much more.
Electronic Health Records for Population Health Monitoring and Research (PDF)
CDC report: Assessing the Potential of National Strategies.
Six-dollar all-you-can-eat buffet dinners – now what?
Obesity in Nursing Homes: An Escalating Problem ...
Rates of obesity are rapidly escalating in developed countries. With an ageing population, the consequences of obesity have significant implications.
Obesity and Joint Replacement Surgery in Canada...
Obesity has been strongly implicated as a risk factor for osteoarthritis....
Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? (PDF)
Examining the Evidence. Psychosocial and Community. [Good cottage reading on a rainy day.]
Obesity in Canada: A Call to Action (PDF)
Temporal trends in overweight and obesity in Canada, 1981-1996.
Treating the Obese: A BIG Issue...
Obese patients often try to seek treatment for diseases beyond their weight. Those in the medical community try to provide obese patients with the requested treatment. But do hospitals have the proper equipment to help the medical community with treatment possibilities?
Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation
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For Healthcare companies and recruiters: This year HealthAchieve provides all +8500 attendees the HealthAchieve2008 Pocket Notebook. Will include new, unpublished insights from Canada’s top minds + information critical to every healthcare organization in Canada. As only our editors can edit. + Career opportunities from coast to coast. Recruiters can participate and reach all the attendees plus the 250,000 online visitors. For more information click here (PDF) or contact Susan Hale.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Transforming Healthcare Organizations
Brian Golden
HealthcarePapers
Sustaining Change: The Imperative for Patient Access Strategies
Peter A. R. Glynn
Nursing Leadership
An Integrated Approach to Change Leadership
Judith Skelton-Green, Beverley Simpson, Julia Scott
Healthcare Policy
Working Within and Beyond the Cochrane Collaboration to Make Systematic Reviews More Useful to Healthcare Managers and Policy Makers
John N. Lavis, Huw T.O. Davies, Russell L. Gruen, Kieran Walshe, Cynthia M. Farquhar
Electronic Healthcare
Toward a Model of Successful Electronic Health Record Adoption
Lynn M. Nagle and Peter Catford
World Health and Population
Reducing Childhood Diarrhea Morbidity: Does Behaviour Change Matter? A Case Study from Northern Ghana
Issaka Kanton Osumanu
From World War to Class War: The Rebound of the Rich
Robert G. Evans
Incomes in Canada, as in many other countries, are becoming increasingly unequal. The resources and political influence of the super-rich underlie the growing prominence of the "elite" agenda: lower taxes, smaller government and privatization or shrinkage of social programs.
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2008/2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Toronto - Limited Seating
Dr. Alan Hudson
Dr. Alan Hudson is Lead of Access to Services/Wait Times for the Health Results Team, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Topic: The Future of Healthcare Governance in Ontario
Location: Imperial Room at The Fairmount Royal York, 100 Front Street West, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, HPME - University of Toronto, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
Register here
October 22, 2008 – Toronto
Matt Anderson
Matt Anderson is the CEO - Toronto Central LHIN
Topic: Exceptional Patient Centred Healthcare: integrated, collaborative, accessible and accountable. The case for technology.
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs (dates TBD)
Dr. Vivek Goel, President and CEO of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Ida Goodreau, President and CEO for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Leadership Challenges in Creating Safer Care - Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Dr. Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), University of Toronto and editor of the Healthcare Quarterly on Patient Safety. This event supported by: 3M, Accenture, Healthtech, HP, Microsoft, Philips Medical Systems, TELUS
The small print: Subscribers do have more options. If you are a personal journal subscriber and represent public healthcare management, practice, education, research or policy you can attend any and all of the breakfasts. If you are a member of a commercial / service organization you have other options. Please contact Susan Hale or Matthew Hart for more information. Not yet a member, but would like to join Breakfast with the Chiefs? Contact Lina Lopez for more information.
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With its theme, Inspiring Ideas and Innovation, HealthAchieve2008 is Canada’s largest health care show, attracting thousands of hospital leaders and health care professionals from across the country. This year, HealthAchieve will be held November 3, 4 & 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Featuring keynote addresses from the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Uwe Reinhardt and Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthAchieve2008 promises to be a truly inspiring event! For further information, visit www.healthachieve.com.
August 2-8, 2008: Venice Italy. 2008 Summer School of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The Summer School will focus on hospital reengineering, looking at how hospitals interact with the rest of the health and care systems and with the communities around them, dealing with the relationships of hospitals with other actors. For details click here.
August 25-29, 2008: Vancouver, BC. 26th International System Safety Conference. The ISSC 2008 conference will provide evidence-informed, practical knowledge about how best to integrate new knowledge and practical applications of recent thinking about methods to achieve enhanced safety. The conference features opinion leaders from the fields of high reliability, resilience engineering and human factors including Richard Cook, a physician, educator, and researcher at the University of Chicago. The conference usually draws people from risk critical industries, such as aviation, the petro-chemical and nuclear power industries, and the military; and has increasingly been introducing themes of specific interest to health care. For details click here.
September 10-12, 2008: Montebello, QC. 1st Annual Canadian Health Leadership Network Symposium. Join Lord Nigel Crisp in a discussion on what works and what doesn't vis-à-vis leadership styles and behaviours. Engage in dialogue with leaders from Canada's academic, community, long-term and continuing care health sectors, senior government officials, national health organizations, as well as the next generation of health system leaders in Canada! CHLNet values leadership development throughout the lifecycle of leadership. Senior health systems leaders who attend are encouraged to sponsor an emerging leader from their organization to attend this very unique and intimate leadership development event. For details download PDF. For registration form download PDF.
September 17-20: Toronto, ON. 5th International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference Leadership in Advanced Nursing Practice: Maximizing Health, Celebrating Collaboration and Promoting Innovation. Presented jointly by the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAAPN) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). This conference will inspire advanced practice nurses around the globe to learn new ways to handle challenges, and will provide an exciting opportunity to network with clinicians, administrators, policy-makers, educators, researchers, students, and interdisciplinary colleagues. Topics include Nurse Practitioner Roles in Anesthesiology and Models of APN role evaluation. International Speakers include Ann Hamric, Dorothy Brooten and Stephen Lewis. For details click here.
September 20, 2008: Toronto, ON: Network with industry leaders, while supporting a great cause at The Imagination Ball. Saint Elizabeth Health Care’s phenomenal fundraising Gala featuring: President and CEO Shirlee Sharkey, Honorary Chair Shirley Douglas, CTV’s own Ken Shaw, Presenting Sponsor TELUS, and many more…You’ll be in good company at the Imagination Ball! Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Toronto’s The Carlu. For tickets click here.
September 26 & 27th, 2008; Toronto, Ontario. Health Human Resources Migration International Policy Symposium. Co-sponsored by the University of Toronto, The Connaught Committee and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Demetrios Papademetriou, President, The Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC. For further details and registration information click here.
October 14- 18, 2008: Toronto, Ontario - Dorothy Wylie Nursing Leadership Institute. The 15th offering of the award winning residential Nursing Leadership Development Program at the Institute for Learning with Keynote Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Rick Lash of the HayGroup. Limited Registration. Details, Brochure and Registration www.dwnli.ca or Contact Katrin Wade (416) 426-7229.
October 17, 2008: Toronto, ON - 8th Annual Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU) Conference “Connecting Research and Clinical Care: Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Settings”. Attendees will be updated on recent advances of safety improvements as well as practical applications for long-term care providers to take back to their organizations to implement best practices. For more information, click here.
November 10-14, 2008: Toronto, Ontario - Health Leaders Institute. The 4th annual offering of this inter-professional residential leadership development program with keynote by Dr Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Rick Lash of the HayGroup. Limited Registration. Details, Brochure and Registration www.healthleaders.ca. or Contact Katrin Wade (416) 426-7229.
February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. For details click 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.
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Emerging Leader Forum (ELF) Planning Committee Recruitment – ELF is growing and needs more helping hands – four new positions are available. If you’re interested in joining the planning committee go to the ELF website www.emergingleaderforum.com for more information and submit an application form to ELF@courtyard-group.com by August 8th 2008.
RIM is hiring a Marketing Programs Manager. Interested? Click here.
Project Officer, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON
GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Health Policy - Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Director, Asset Management - Halton Region, ON
Branch Director - VON, Greater Halifax & Lunenburg County, NS
Site Manager - Northern Health, Kitimat, BC
Director, Health and Counselling Centre - St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
Director of Nursing - The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON
Executive Director, Acute Programs - Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, BC
Manager, Health Services, Neonatal IC & Pediatrics - Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC
Executive Services Director - South West LHIN, London, ON
Director, Community Engagement and Communications - Toronto Central LHIN
Director, Program Development - Toronto Central LHIN
Financial Analyst - Toronto Central LHIN
Director, Professional Practice – Health Disciplines - Bridgepoint Hospital, Toronto, ON
Executive Director - Victorian Order of Nurses, Southern Alberta
Web Content Entry - Longwoods Publishing, Toronto, ON
Marketing Manager, Healthcare - RIM, Waterloo, ON
Doctors Without Borders - Medical and Non-Medical Volunteers
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
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