Longwoods eLetter September 8, 2009
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“We are continuing to implement our stimulus package... Funding for the Ministry of Health Services will increase by nearly 18 per cent over the next three years.” British Columbia Finance Minister Colin Hansen
Handoffs and Fumbles
In healthcare, handoffs are more complex (than in football); the consequences of a fumble can be dangerous; and there’s a lot less practice than in high school. By Neil Seeman
Doing their part, the British Columbia Lower Mainland Health Authorities look to these Consolidation Opportunities
The CEOs write, “ ...Efficiencies in non-clinical areas must be looked for before we consider reducing essential patient care services... Going forward, virtually every non-clinical service will be looked at as a potential consolidation opportunity.” The detailed letter (PDF).
And in case you missed it...
British Columbians can begin to apply disclosure directives to manage their Electronic Health Record in advance of the system going live later this year and throughout 2010. A disclosure directive allows a patient to decide which of their records can be accessed by a health professional who does not have the keyword provided by a patient. If a patient can provide their keyword to the health professionals caring for them, then their records can be temporarily accessed.
And from two British Columbians...
A New Model for Sustainable Public Healthcare Delivery in Canada - Louise Turner & Bill Barrable.
Initial Report on Public Health in Ontario (PDF) from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - focused on performance, accountability and sustainability.
A Cross-Country Check-Up in Healthcare – impact on nurses
Susan Van De Velde-Coke looks at what is happening across the country and the impacts of change on nursing leadership roles.
Welcome back. In case you missed it, visit www.longwoods.com for: Canadian Doctors for Medicare + Roy Romanow + Steven Lewis + Linda Silas tell Americans that Canadian universal healthcare works.
High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality By Design
G. Ross Baker et al examine leadership strategies, organizational processes and investments made to create and sustain improvement in healthcare. Read the individual chapters at no charge.
Breakfast with the Chiefs – for subscribers only
Register for André Picard - September 15, 2009. For webcast details, visit these instructions.
Register for Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Gardam, Dr. Natasha Crowcroft, Dr. Brian Schwartz and Dr. Jonathan Gubbay - Friday, October 2, 2009
George Brown College, Centre for Health Sciences. See their Interprofessional Education Experiences Map (PDF). If this is important to you and you bring special skills and you would like to be involved, write the publisher@longwoods.com.
Find out if you’re at risk for H1N1. The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP) is conducting an H1N1 ‘Swine’ Flu Virus Study.
HealthCampToronto Sept. 16, 2009, will use the "unconference" format to create a safe place for contrarians, free thinkers, change agents and idea entrepreneurs. It is the first healthcamp in Canada, modeled after the globally renowned healthcamp movement begun in San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia. Healthcamp discussions are followed by thousands online (on Twitter) around the world. Venue: 120 Bloor at the IBM Centre for e-Business Innovation. Sponsored by the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, Longwoods Publishing and by IBM Canada. Tickets are just $25, including food and relentless idea provocation. If you want to challenge groupthink and revolutionize current health and healthcare systems through the power of your ideas register asap to secure a ticket.
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Harnessing Collaborative Technology to Accelerate Achievement of Chronic Disease Management Objectives for Canada (PDF)
Leslee J. Thompson, Lindsay Healey, Will Falk
Examples of how technologies that exist today can help to accelerate the achievement of some key chronic disease prevention and management objectives.
Comparison of Information Technology in General Practice in 10 Countries (PDF)
Denis Protti
It is the clinical application that provides one of the biggest benefits to general practitioners as it addresses legibility concerns, can be a significant time saver, and offers the potential to make use of decision-support capabilities.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Form and Function of Joint Health and Safety Committees in Ontario Acute Care Hospitals
Kathryn Nichol, Irena Kudla, Michael Manno, Lisa McCaskell, Joseline Sikorski and D. Linn Holness
HealthcarePapers
Safety Is Not Negotiable: The Importance of Occupational Health and Safety to Pandemic Planning
Linda Silas, Nancy Johnson, Kate Rexe
Nursing Leadership
The Effects of Organizational Flexibility on Nurse Utilization and Vacancy Statistics in Ontario Hospitals
Anita Fisher, Andrea Baumann, Jennifer Blythe
Healthcare Policy
Office Home Care Workers' Occupational Health: Associations with Workplace Flexibility and Worker Insecurity
Isik U. Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton, Sharon Davies
Electronic Healthcare
Critical Success Factors Relating to Healthcare's Adoption of New Technology: A Guide to Increasing the Likelihood of Successful Implementation
Kevin J. Leonard
World Health and Population
Implementation of a National Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Program in Uganda
J. Nsungwa-Sabiiti, G. Burnham, G. Pariyo, and The Uganda IMCI Documentation Team
Today’s featured Podcast:
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.
Running time: 34:43 minutes
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.
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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, and IBM
Register.
Friday, October 2, 2009 - Toronto, ON
Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Gardam, Dr. Natasha Crowcroft, Dr. Brian Schwartz and Dr. Jonathan Gubbay
Topic: Pandemic Preparedness
Location: Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, MacLeod Auditorium, Room 2158, One King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HPME, IBM, and Roche
Register.
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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.
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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. Details.
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.
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.
Murray Martin, President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, to supervisor for Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) to address governance, management and financial issues
Ray Brown to CIO, Queensland Health to implement the State’s e-health agenda
Dr. Colin Lee to the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control group at the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Dr. Colin Lee received a special recognition award from the American Medical Writers Association for co-authoring with Dr. Vincent Lam Pandemic Flu and You: A Guide, a book on pandemic preparedness for the general public
Dr. Shelley Deeks to the Surveillance and Epidemiology group at the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Corrine Johnston to Director of Health Sciences (Nursing, Oral Health, Health Services Management and Health and Wellness), George Brown College, Toronto
Review all recently reported Transitions.
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President and CEO - Brant Community Healthcare System, Brantford, ON
Home and Community Program Manager – Northern Health, Terrace, BC
Director of Patient Care Services – Northern Health, Fort St. John, BC
Manager, PGRH Diagnostic Services - Northern Health, BC
Operations Manager, BIRT - Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, ON
Director of Long Term Care Operations - Unionville Home Society, Unionville, ON
Vice President, Research and Analysis - CIHI, Ottawa, ON
Manager, Corporate Services - Central LHIN, Markham, ON
CEO - Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association, Eastern Ontario
Vice President, Science and Public Health - OAHPP. Toronto, ON
Clinical Planning Analyst - Clinical Education - Sidra Medical & Research Center, the Doha Qatar
Director, Quality and Utilization Improvement - Providence Health Care BC
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
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