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“We may have missed something. Cuba has achieved "first world" population health status despite a minimal economic base. Far from marginalizing medicine, Cuba has by far the world's largest physician workforce. But doctors' roles are significantly expanded. The system seems to work.” Robert G. Evans
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World Health and Population
Spatial and Temporal Variations in Incidence of Tuberculosis in Africa, 1991 to 2005
Olalekan A. Uthman
Patient Safety Leadership Walkarounds: How Organizations are Enhancing Patient Safety Culture, Part One
Cathy O'Neill and Guna Budrevics
Patient Safety Leadership Walkarounds (PSLWA) have been identified in the literature as a powerful tool to develop patient safety culture by connecting senior leaders and front line staff in open dialogues about patient safety. (Leonard et al, 2004) Many organizations report that this strategy promotes teamwork, facilitates communication and offers an opportunity for constructive dialogue on collective approaches to improve patient, and in some cases, client safety.
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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
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October 22, 2008 – Toronto
Matt Anderson
Matt Anderson is the CEO - Toronto Central LHIN
Topic: A View from a LHIN.
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
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November 18, 2008 – Toronto
Vivek Goel
Vivek Goel is President and CEO of the Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Topic: Renewing Public Health in Ontario: The Role of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.
Location: Toronto
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs (dates TBD)
Dr. Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group Inc.; Ida Goodreau, President and CEO for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Matthew Anderson - then Vice-President, Chief Information Officer, UHN and Toronto Community Care Access Centre
IT Collaboration Report PDF.
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, Dell Canada, Lanier Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Roche, and TELUS
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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 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 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 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 27-29, 2008: Toronto, Ontario – Family Medicine Forum. Canada’s largest family medicine conference. Co-hosted by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) and the CFPC’s Sections of Teachers and Researchers. For conference program and registration click here.
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.
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