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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT.
Regrettably, Julie Morath, M.S., R.N., chief operating officer at Children's
Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis/ St. Paul,
has cancelled her presentation ‘Managing Safety – A Dialogue’ for Thursday,
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HR RESOURCES
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LAW & GOVERNANCE
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PLANS,
POLICIES & PROGRAMS
Scan this list of healthcare organizations’ plans, policies
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CASE STUDY LIBRARY
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is relatively new. Edited by
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material you would like included in this site please write to Rashi Sharma. All material is subject
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HEALTHCARE & HOSPITAL PROFILES
New Approaches
to Improving Patient Safety: Strategy, Technology and Funding
Can
Supply Chain Software Really Deliver More Nurses? St. Michael's Knows IT Can
First Do No Harm - A Hamilton
Health Sciences Experience
London
Area Hospitals - Easing Patient Transport Crisis And many more.
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this site please write to Susan Hale. All
material is subject to the editor’s review.
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
August 18.
November 11-12. Healthcare
September 13. Honourable
September 14. First National CNIA conference.
Nurses & Informatics: Transforming Healthcare. http://www.cnia.ca/CFP.html
September 18. The CAHSPR Conference (register with pcharbonneau@cahspr.ca) in Montreal
just prior to the International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health
Services (ICSBHS) and
following the University of Montreal’s Jean-Yves-Rivard
Conference.
September 25. National Hospice Palliative Care
Conference,
September 29.
October 19.
October 27. The DeGroote School of Business and
October 31. HealthAchieve.
August – December. OHA professional development is open to everyone. Visit
their site http://www.oha.com/ and see
“professional development.”
The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital's
2005 - 2006 course calendar is now available. For more
information or to request your copy please
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TRANSITIONS
Janet M. Beed to President and Chief Executive
Officer of Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr.
[Send your transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
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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
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CAREERS
According to Workopolis “Many
opportunities are not posted at all . . . and some 2,000,000 résumés are posted
on their site looking for the hidden job market.”— They should start here where
leadership positions are routinely filled.
Senior Program Officer, Research
Use - CHSRF
Agent principal ou Agente principale de programme, Utilisation de la recherche
- FCRSS
Senior Consultant Process Improvement at Mount Sinai Hospital
Clinical Education Coordinator - The Saskatchewan Academic Health Sciences
Network
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. Maryąs Hospital,
Kitchener
Chief Operating Officer - Capital Health Edmonton
[Send your career opportunities to
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RESOURCES
NEW. July issue of Information Management
News, the Health Results Team for Information Management's monthly newsletter
for partners and stakeholders. Direct
link: www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/providers/information/information_mn.html).
We do not recommend this Blog http://healthblogontario.squarespace.com/journal/
but it is very interesting.
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