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Longwoods eLetter August 25, 2009

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"“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," according to Leo Tolstoy. In healthcare, the opposite seems to me to be true.” Jennifer Zelmer writing from Denmark.

The Iron Chancellor and the Fabian by Robert G. Evans
The real attraction of social health insurance would appear to be that it shields health spending, to some degree at least, from direct accountability to elected governments, while on average providing a larger flow of total income to providers of care and administrators of payment systems. As only Bob Evans can tell it.

Our first Breakfast with the Chiefs for September. Topic: Speaker’s license.
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON. Its Pulitzer Prize winner André Picard – forthright health columnist and health reporter at The Globe and Mail. Sponsored by: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, IBM and OHA. Register.

Critical Issues in Healthcare: the nursing perspective
The Academy of Canadian Executives Nurses + the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership + Longwoods are collaborating to offer world-class conferences exploring new ideas, policies and practices – learn, connect and create the impetus for change. To be notified of the next video conference, please register your email address with Susan Hale.

Ontario’s Economic Update (PDF). August 2009. Looking better.

If you prefer to “hear what we publish,” check out our extensive list of podcasts. Use your computer or your MP3 player. Listen.

Longwoods Healthcare Blog: 5 Myths About Health Care Around the World.

HEALTH RECORDS +

1. US Government invests $600M for Regional Extension Centers to create resource facilities for doctors’ offices and hospitals to assist them in the adoption and use of health IT solutions and at the same time released $564M for state-level health information exchanges.
2. The Government of Canada has invested $1.6 billion dollars to date in Infoway’s program to help create an electronic databank of health records for all Canadians. Last February 2009 The Hon. Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health announced the Governments commitments to invest a further $500 million in Infoway to help create an electronic databank of health records for all Canadians. Six months after the announcement the money has not been released.
3. The total cost of Ontario’s eHealth Strategy is (an additional) $2.133 billion between 2009-2012.
4. Prospective Buyers Plan to Purchase. KLAS recently published research identifying the Clinical Information System (CIS) vendors that prospective buyers plan to purchase from, which other vendors would be considered in the process...

Recommended Reading enabled by Public Health.
Pandemic Influenza: When Mother Nature Calls, Will We be Prepared to Answer? (PDF)
J. Bennet Waters

“A good case study is about reality. It pays dividends ...” Corporations and Healthcare organizations interested in participating in our Brief Case Book please email Matthew Hart or call him at 416-864-9667 x 113. Longwoods helps create national and international partnerships across sectors to translate research, build capacity and generate ideas and advance good care. The Brief Case Book is one part of it. Collaboration of product/service providers and healthcare providers are invited. Become part of the foundation of Canadian healthcare. Publish! (PDF).

Healthcare Quarterly
Engaging Physician Leaders in Performance Measurement and Quality
Michael Heenan and David Higgins

HealthcarePapers
Why Performance Indicators Have a Place in Health Policy
Terri Jackson

Nursing Leadership
Expanding Nurses' Scope of Practice
Dorothy Pringle

Healthcare Policy
Support Performance Improvement: The CSI Survey
Mark J. Dobrow, Lawrence Paszat, Brian Golden, Adalsteinn D. Brown, Eric Holowaty, Margo C. Orchard, Neerav Monga, and Terrence Sullivan

Electronic Healthcare
The Information Management Strategy Cascade: Strategy-Based Performance Management of a Flu Recall Practice
Juliana Jackson, Karen Born, Jamie Read and Adalsteinn Brown

World Health and Population
Multiple Forces Working in Unison: The Case of Rapid Improvement of Vital Statistics in South Africa Post-1996
Sulaiman Bah

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Today’s featured Podcast:

Linking Health Services at the Community Level
Ronald Lagoe, Theodore Pasinski, Paul Kronenberg, Thomas Quinn and Phillip Schaengold

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. The objectives of these interventions were to improve patient outcomes and system-wide efficiency.

Running time: 16:36 minutes

Listen.
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Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio, read this . . . This is a great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using storytelling, 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 our Web Editor at chale@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance.

2009/2010 Line Up

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Toronto. ON
André Picard, Award-Winning Journalist, The Globe and Mail
Topic: To be announced
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, IBM and OHA.
Register.

Friday, October 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON
Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Gardam, Dr. Natasha Crowcroft, Dr. Brian Schwartz and Dr. Jonathan Gubbay
Topic: To be Announced
Location: To be Announced
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, IBM, OHA and Roche
Register.

Information on upcoming speakers

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For sponsorship information, please contact Matthew Hart at 416-864-9667 x 113 or email at mhart@longwoods.com

The small print: Breakfast with the Chiefs registration requirements:
Do you work at a publicly funded organization? If so, you must hold a current personal subscription for at least one Longwoods journal. This covers attendance for the full season. If you are not a subscriber, go here first. If you are a subscriber, go to this page for information on upcoming dates.

Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com

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September 29-30, 2009: Edmonton, AB. 2nd Annual Medical Device Sterilization Forum: Infection Prevention and Control through Safe Sterilization and Reprocessing Practices. Presented jointly by CSA and Accreditation Canada, this two-day forum will provide healthcare decision makers, administrators and their reprocessing staff with the knowledge, tools and operational recommendations to help develop and implement an effective infection prevention and control program through safe sterilization and reprocessing practices. Details.

October 5-6, 2009: Toronto, ON. HIROC and OSACH present: Transformational Leadership. This conference will deliver strategic and inspirational advice from dynamic Canadian leaders on how to build a Culture of Safety in Healthcare. Speakers to include: Major-General Lewis MacKenzie - “Lessons in Leadership” and Dr. Graham Lowe - How to make your organization’s culture the foundation of safety. Detials (PDF).

October 5-7, 2009: Toronto, ON. The Canadian Healthcare Business Development Network Annual meeting. Please join 100+ healthcare business development leaders, CFOs and other healthcare executives in October 2009 in Toronto, for our annual conference, themed Rethinking the Business of Healthcare. We've got an exciting program this year, featuring some of the best ideas and innovative approaches in revenue generation that have hit bottom line in healthcare institutions. The lineup of speakers is excellent, with Executives from Cleveland Clinic, to GE Healthcare, to Deliotte's Centre for Health Solutions, plus much more. Hosted & organized this year by SickKids and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Details.

October 8, 2009: Toronto, ON. Human Resources Symposium 2009: Delivering on the Human Capital Value Proposition. Brought to you by the Ontario Hospital Association. Hear Dr. David Ulrich, Tom Closson, Anne- Marie Malek, and Dr. Edgardo Perez explain the most important actions that healthcare leaders can take to enhance the value and sustainability of Ontario's healthcare system and more. Details.

October 21–22, 2009: Halifax, NS. E-HEALTH Forum. This event provides a uniquely Atlantic forum for networking and discussion on shared issues, solutions and strategies to address the challenges encountered as implementation and utilization moves forward. Details.

October 26–27, 2009: Calgary, AB. 9th Edition E-HEALTH Forum: Is the promise of e-health being delivered?  This conference will focus squarely on the latest developments around the use and application of e-health systems to drive improvements in healthcare quality and the implementation of a more efficient and streamlined approach to care delivery. Details.

October 30, 2009: Toronto, ON. Baycrest presents the 9th Annual KLARU Conference - Aging at Home: Connecting Research and Clinical Care, at The Holiday Inn Yorkdale. Details at the conference link.

November 24-25, 2009: Boucherville, QC. Medical Laboratory Management. Improving Patient Safety through effective Leadership. Laboratory professionals must be leaders in ensuring patient safety within the laboratory environment.  This leadership begins with developing a culture centered on patient safety and quality management within the laboratory. Join us for this two day forum and gain a better understanding of the critical components of a good laboratory management program. Details.

November 26-28, 2009: Toronto, ON. 47th Annual Scientific Assembly presented by the Ontario College of Family Physicians, this event that gathers close to 1000 delegates including family physicians, residents, medical students, family practice nurses and other healthcare professionals from all over the province. The CPD program is designed "By Doctors - For Doctors" and includes current clinical topics, updates on previous popular topics and emerging clinic issues. Details.

Dr. David Pichora from Chief of Staff to acting CEO to CEO Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, ON
Roger Walker to President and Chief Executive Officer Timmins and District Hospital
Susan Kwolek to Senior Vice President Patient Care Programs and Services at Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON
Kathryn Hayward-Murray to Vice President, Strategy, Quality and Organizational Performance at Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON
Wyanne Law of Mississauga, Ont., 2009 recipients of The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame / Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Scholarship Award.
David Kim of Nanaimo, BC, 2009 recipients of The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame / Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Scholarship Award.
Danica Kindrachuk of Moose Jaw, Sask., 2009 recipients of The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame / Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Scholarship Award.
Heidi Dixon of Gander, NL. 2009 recipients of The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame / Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Scholarship Award.

Review all recently reported Transitions.

Today's Jobs
Senior Director, Planning, Integration & Community Engagement - Central LHIN, Markham, ON
Vice President, Science and Public Health - OAHPP. Toronto, ON
Deployment Coordinator – PITO, Vancouver, BC
Senior Healthcare Professionals - KPMG, Toronto, ON
Clinical Planning Analyst - Clinical Education - Sidra Medical & Research Center, the Doha Qatar
Director, Programs - The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Director, Quality and Utilization Improvement - Providence Health Care BC
Manager of Regional Renal Program - Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough. ON
Manager of Nephrology/Medicine Inpatients - Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough. ON
Clinical Nurse Leader/Patient Educator - St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care BC
Executive Director, ACEN - Ottawa, ON
Nursing & Leadership Opportunities with the Provincial Health Services Authority of BC
Career Opportunities at Strata Health
Career Opportunities at Northern Health
Career Opportunities at London Health Sciences
Career Opportunities at Alberta Health Services
Career Opportunities at Vancouver Coastal Health
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Providence Health Care BC
Career Opportunities at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance

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