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Longwoods eLetter August 30, 2005
"We don't have good evidence, good research and good
literature that supports some of these time frames, so they're a best guess at
this point." Dr. Brian Postl, the prime minister’s federal adviser on wait
times reported on the CBC before the journalists and reporters were locked out.
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WHAT DO YOUR COLLEAGUES THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT?
(1.) Physician and staff recruitment or
(2.) Collaboration with academic and training facilities for human resource
planning.
(1.) Increasing patients/consumer involvement in program planning/evaluation
and/or corporate governance issues or
(2.) Increasing focus on patient satisfaction issues
(1.) Increasing focus on performance measurement for accountability or
(2.) Implementing an electronic patient health record
The answers are here: Healthcare
Quarterly
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EVENTS
September
26, 2005. Dr. David Butler-Jones. Breakfast with the Chiefs.
Confirm with Lina Lopez
November 11-12,
2005. Healthcare Summit: Legal, Economic and Medical Issues. Vancouver. National conference
designed to help Canadian governments (federal and provincial), administrators,
clinicians and academics develop a practical blueprint for beneficial reform
and recommend changes that conform to the guidelines of the recent Supreme
Court of Canada decision. See: http://www.cimca.ca.
“Yet another pivotal moment in Canadian history is shaping up to take place at
the venerable Hotel Vancouver this fall.” Matt Borsellino, The Medical Post.
More
conferences and events are available HERE. An easy reference
updated weekly.
If you have a conference to list please contact conferences@longwoods.com.
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TRANSITIONS
Tony Dagnone, CEO of London Health Sciences Centre has announced he
will retire by year-end ’05.
Jackie
Schleifer Taylor to Director, Professional Practice, St. Michael's Hospital
More transitions listed HERE. An
easy reference updated weekly
[Send your
transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
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CALLS FOR
NOMINATIONS
1. Ted Freedman Award.and 2. Therapeutic Clown Award
Submission deadlines for the 2005 Ted Freedman Award and the 2005 Robo Award is
in two weeks on Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Here are the nomination forms
3. November 24, 2005. CHITTA
has established awards to recognize excellence among Canadian Healthcare ICT
companies. Application packages can be found here.
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LEADERSHIP CAREERS
Chief
Scientist - Institute for Work & Health
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
Career
opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career
Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Nursing
Leadership Careers (PDF)
Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
HCPRAC -
Healthcare Jobs - Click here
Longwoods Weekly
JobSheet
Live and Work in Canada
[Send your
career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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