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Longwoods eLetter August 22, 2006

"Let’s not turn our back on anyone. Let’s agree that every life has equal worth and saving lives is the highest ethical act. If we accept this, then science and evidence — untainted by stigma — can guide us in saving the greatest number of lives. " – Melinda Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

OFF THE CUFF
Nova Scotia’s, St. Francis Xavier University in will receive more than $4 million over the next three years from the Public Health Agency of Canada to host the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. More...

Canada and France have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent that outlines mutual work the countries plan to undertake in the next four years in key areas such as pandemic influenza preparedness and the strengthening of their healthcare systems.

RECOMMENDED READING

World Health and Population
A Regional Perspective towards Managing HIV/AIDS in Northeast Africa
Lemma Merid

HealthcarePapers
Global Connectivity: A Blessing and a Curse
James V. Porto

Healthcare Quarterly
The Big Boom: What CIHR's Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Means to the Baby Boomer Generation and Canada's Healthcare System
Réjean Hébert

Longwoods Review
Viewpoint: Health Visitors and Public Health and Security
John C. Nash and Tim Ramsay

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Nurses on the Move: Migration and the Global Health Care Economy
Reviewed by Margaret Keatings

Need to Ask an Expert in Healthcare Law and Governance?
A feature presented by Longwoods Publishing in collaboration with a pool of leading experts in the design and management of healthcare organizations. More

New from Graham Scott, Maureen Quigley and others – and on the “Law & Governance” website.

· Roles & Responsibilities - Healthcare or Hospital Board of Directors

· Privacy Compliance Checklist

· Privacy Challenges in the Emergency Dept

· Hospital Privacy Toolkit -- Ontario

· Hospital Governance and Accountability in Ontario

· Governance Checklist. Hospital Governance and Accountability in Ontario

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
[more than 12,000 people have read our cases and 2000 have listened to this new feature. Thank you.]

Linking Health Services at the Community Level
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. Click here

Maximizing Efficiency in Cataract Surgery: A Model Program
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. Click here

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.

Home and Community Care Digest – Check out synopses of recent research at www.longwoods.com. Only 8$ per synopsis or an annual subscription for $300.

Hospital at Home not cheaper than in-hospital care
National Palliative Care Strategy Needed to Support Patients Preferring to Die at Home
The Positive Impact of Hospice Care on the Surviving Partner

Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. Sign up online - http://www.longwoods.com/premium.php?cat=10 or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667.

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – To register for any one of these events email Lina Lopez
Please note: all events start at 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. (join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.).

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), University of Toronto and guest editor of the Healthcare Quarterly on Patient Safety
Topic: Patient Safety.
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: 3M Healthcare, HP and TELUS
Recommended reading, click here

Thursday, October 05, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Commissioner, Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Topic: To Be Announced.
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: Cerner, HP and TELUS

Tuesday,October 17, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Andreas Laupacis, President & CEO, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
Topic: Initial Experience with the Common Drug Review.
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: Roche and 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 for more information. Not yet a member, but would like to join Breakfast with the Chiefs? Contact Lina Lopez, for more information.

CONFERENCES & EVENTS
Dr. Robert Kolodner is the keynote speaker for this year's e-Health Session at HealthAchieve2006. Dr. Kolodner is the Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) of the world-renowned United States Veterans Health Administration (VA). Also coming are: Malcolm Gladwell, Justin Trudeau, Peter Mansbridge, Andrew Weill and more. See and register now at www.healthachieve.com.

September 14, 2006: The Emerging Leader Forum (ELF) with Dr. Alan Hudson, Lead for Ontario’s Access to Care & Wait Times Strategies. If you’ve been in the eHealth industry for less than 5 years, ELF invites you to join this dynamic group of thinkers. Email elf@courtyard-group.com to reserve your spot by September 8th and obtain more information. Also visit ELF at www.emergingleaderforum.com ELF - New Minds. New Ideas.

September 29, 2006: Toronto. Quality Healthcare Network presents: A Patient-Centred Health System: Scripting for Improvement
The deadline for the Call for Presentations is September 5, 2006. For details click here.

October 16-17, 2006: Toronto. The PHIPA Summit 2006. Longwoods is an official media partner. Join the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan, the Canadian Medical Association, the Ministry of Health, Health Canada and many others at Ontario's premier and most reasonably priced Health IM & Privacy conference! For details click here or call 866.814.8317.

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.

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: The Robo Award | Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education |Call for Submissions is Now Open! All awards will be presented at the OHA HealthAchieve2006 held on November 6 to 8 in Toronto. Visit here

TRANSITIONS

Chuck Shields to Executive Director, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.

Sylvia Zylla to Associate [Corporate and Personal], the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Jane deLacy to Vice President, Patient Services, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto

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.
President and Chief Executive Officer - Trillium Health Centre
Chief Nursing Officer - West Parry Sound Health Centre
Senior Planning Consultant - LHIN
Administrative Assistant - LHIN
Community Engagement Consultant - LHIN
Controller, Business Support Manager - LHIN
Corporate Coordinator - LHIN
Decision Support Consultant - LHIN
Decision Support Consultant - LHIN
Epidemiology and Decision Support Consultant - LHIN
Funding and Allocation Consultant - LHIN
Funding and Performance Consultant - LHIN
Integration Consultant - LHIN
Performance and Contract Management Consultant - LHIN
Planner - LHIN
Planning and Decision Support Consultant - LHIN
Program Assistant - LHIN
Senior Community Engagement and Communications Consultant - LHIN
Senior Community Engagement Consultant - LHIN
Senior Consultant, Performance and Contract Management - LHIN
Senior Consultant, Planning and Integration - LHIN
Senior Epidemiology and Decision Support Consultant - LHIN
Senior Funding and Allocation Consultant - LHIN
Senior Funding and Performance Consultant - LHIN
Senior Integration Consultant - LHIN
Senior Planner - LHIN
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Executive Director - The Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses (ACEN)
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)

Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]

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