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Longwoods eLetter August 23, 2005
“. . . and let me make it
perfectly clear” How often has this phrase led to scandal?
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While “. . . This will be short. I’m on holidays” has never led to scandal as far as I know.
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HEALTHCARE ROUNDS. Julie Morath, M.S., R.N., chief operating officer at Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis/ St. Paul, has scheduled her
presentation ‘Managing Safety – A Dialogue’ for Friday Nov. 4th from
2 to 4 pm. at the Rotman School of Management. Contact Lina Lopez at llopez@longwoods.com.
MORE conferences and events are available here.
In sequence. An easy reference updated weekly. If you have a conference to list
please contact conferences@longwoods.com.
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CASE STUDY LIBRARY
NEW. Five cases just listed. Go here: They are:
1 .Ontario Creates a Centralized RFP Process from Which all Participants
Emerge as Winners by Peter Finkle and Brenda Edwards
2. Designing an Efficient Hospital Porter System by Li Chen, Mats Gerschman, Fredrik Odegaard, David K. Puterman, Martin L. Puterman and Ryan Quee.
3. Infrastructure for Board Accountability: Governance Structures and Processes
for a Community Hospital by Sandra "Sam" Kearns, David Vigar and Katherine Scimmi
4. Reducing Patient Transportation Costs by Lynda A. Monik
5. Good Shepherd Memorial Hospital: The Women's Health Relocation Proposal by
Kent V. Rondeau
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RESEARCH REPORTS: The Pulse of Renewal: is
focused on strategies for augmenting and enhancing nursing human resources.
These researched reports cover: attrition from schools of nursing; the quality
of nurses' work life; nursing utilization and human resource planning in
hospitals; dissemination of best practice guidelines; and issues related to
educational preparation, leadership and workforce objectives. Go
here. Already on university curricula.
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TRANSITIONS
Alex Drossos to Hamilton Health Sciences, Clinical Appropriateness & Efficiency Program
Niagara
Health System to sole provider of acute care services and the Hotel Dieu to
provider of complex continuing care services in St. Catharines and Thorold, Ontario
and various rehabilitation services for the region of Niagara.
Sunnybrook &
Women’s Bayview
campus in Toronto to home of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology program and
Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit which are currently located at Women’s College
Hospital. Sunnybrook & Women’s Orthopaedic and Arthritic campus to
increase capacity and develop an institute promoting research in lower limb
orthopedic disease. Women’s College (downtown Toronto) to become a
self-governed and separately managed entity that will improve healthcare for
women across the province and throughout Canada.
[Send your
transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
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CALLS FOR
NOMINATIONS +
1. Ted Freedman Award. For submission guidelines (click here)
2. Therapeutic Clown Award: For submission guidelines (Click here)
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LEADERSHIP CAREERS
Postdoctoral
Fellowships, Cardiac Nursing Research - Faculty of Nursing, University of
Alberta
Customer
Relationship Managers & Implementation Support team members - Consulting
Cadre
Change
Specialist - Providence Health Care
Vice
President, Human Resources & Support Services - Humber River Regional
Hospital
Senior
Consultant, Patient Flow Improvement - Vancouver Coastal Health
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
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)
New
Graduate Nurse Internship Program-St. Michael's Hospital
[Send your
career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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