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Vicki Gabereau interviews Dr. Jan Christilaw, VP Medicine at BC Women's. All about Women's Heart Health. Wanna go? Click here.
Recruiters take note: Coming to HealthAchieve in November '08
Use an old fashioned way to recruit achievers – a bulletin board at the HealthAchieve Conference – a feature sponsored and enabled by Longwoods. This should be fun. Download PDF.
The following articles from the journal Healthcare Quarterly are provided at no charge courtesy of an educational grant from HPCanada. Read the complete issue on line, download and save the papers, send them to colleaques. Effective until midnight September 23, 2008.
Aim for Excellence: Integrating Accreditation Standards into the Continuous Quality Improvement Framework
Wendy L. Nicklin, Tena McLellan and James A. Robblee
Family Physicians and Home Care Agencies - Valuing Each Other's Roles in Primary Care
Ivy F. Oandasan, Loan Luong and Anne Wojtak
The Impact of Allocation of Additional Resources on the Waiting Time for Cataract Surgery
Lorne Bellan
Hospital Redevelopment: Crisis, Challenge or Opportunity! One Rural Hospital's Success Story
Margrét Comack
Inventing the Future
Good Environmental Policy Leads to Good Public Health Policy: A Lesson from the Grassroots
Krystyn Tully and Mark Mattson
Quarterly Letters: Internet Censorship in the Hospital: Bad Ethics and Great Irony
Mark Bernstein
Quarterly Letters: The Correct Caduceus
Trevor Hancock
CIHR Research: Addressing the Effects of Adverse Events: Study Provides Insights into Patient Safety at Canadian Hospitals
Dr. G. Ross Baker and Dr. Peter Norton
ICES Report: Volume and Outcome in Healthcare: Implications for Health Policy
David R. Urbach
CIHI Survey: In-Hospital Hip Fractures in Canada: Using Information to Improve Patient Safety
Indra Pulcins and Eugene Wan
The following issue of the Journal of Nursing Leadership is available at no charge courtesy of the Editor in Chief. Read the complete issue on line, download and save the papers, send them to colleaques. Effective until midnight September 23, 2008.
In this issue of the Journal of Nursing Leadership, we demonstrate our interest in leadership across all of nursing's four domains - administration, practice, teaching and research. We examine topics related to the politics, policy, theory and innovations that contribute to leadership in these domains. See the whole issue here. Vol.16 No.1 2003.
Obesity: What's with this oversized load we're carrying?
Longwoods will be featuring the crisis of obesity in the new year. For our supporting on-line resource library – if you have a white paper, new idea, power point presentation or video you would like to share please send it to our Web Editor. Use of submitted materials will be subject to editorial review. We look forward to your contributions.
SPECIAL “BACK TO WORK” SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: For individuals only. Expires TODAY, September 16, 2008.
The Healthcare Omnibus: $199.00. Purchased individually the cost would be +$1100.00. This offers unfettered open electronic access to these journals and resources: Healthcare Quarterly; HealthcarePapers; Nursing Leadership (CJNL); Healthcare Policy / Politiques de Santé; Electronic Healthcare; World Health & Population; Law & Governance; Home and Community Care Digest, Special Issues (including the Patient Safety Papers and special publications on High Performance Organizations - cases; Transforming Healthcare Organizations to include CPOE; and Healthy Workplaces and all special publications now in the works); plus, continued access to Longwoods TV learning channel; Healthcare Case Study Library; Longwoods Radio Podcast; Longwoods Online; Publisher's Profiles; White Papers; HR Resources. And if you are employed by a public sector organization [including hospitals] this subscription is your ticket to all sessions of Breakfast with the Chiefs. Simply click here: OMINBUS: get it all. And subscribe. This offer expires TODAY, September 16, 2008.
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Emerging Leader Forum. Monday, September 22, 2008
Speaker: Hon. Michael Kirby, former Senator and Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Venue: Hart House (Debates Room), University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto
Details here: Emerging Leaders Forum No. 9. Details and Readings (PDF)
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OHA Small, Rural and Northern Award of Excellence
The Ontario Hospital Association is pleased to present its Small, Rural and Northern Award of Excellence. This award recognizes innovation and excellence in the delivery of patient care within a small, rural and/or northern hospital. For further information, go to www.srnhospitals.com
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Au Canada, environ un médecin sur cinq a été formé.
Healthcare Quarterly
Creating Sustained Improvements in Patient Access and Flow: Experiences from Three Ontario Healthcare Institutions
Hugh MacLeod, Bob Bell, Ken Deane and Carolyn Baker
HealthcarePapers
Do Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratios Measure Patient Safety? HSMRs in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Robert B. Penfold, Stafford Dean, Ward Flemons and Michael Moffatt
Nursing Leadership
Reorganizing Nursing Work on Surgical Units: A Time-and-Motion Study
France Desjardins, Linda Cardinal, Eric Belzile, Jane McCusker
Healthcare Policy
Variations in Lifetime Healthcare Costs
Evelyn L. Forget, Leslie L. Roos, Raisa B. Deber and Randy Walld
Electronic Healthcare
Toward a Model of Successful Electronic Health Record Adoption
Lynn M. Nagle and Peter Catford
World Health and Population
Work Status and Health of Women: A Comparative Study of Northern and Southern States of Rural India
Sharmishtha Basu and Shiv Narayan Sidh
Evaluating Our RN Recruitment Plan
Cheryl Anne Smith
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From the Editor-in-Chief: It's Time to Recognize Good Things ACEN Update: Nursing Leaders for Tomorrow: Where Are They? What Else Does the Box Say? Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. Sign up online here or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667. |
2008/2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – Toronto
Matt Anderson, CEO - Toronto Central LHIN
Topic: A View from a LHIN.
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Cerner, CGI, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, IBM, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – Toronto
Vivek Goel
Vivek Goel is President and CEO of the Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Topic: Renewing Public Health in Ontario: The Role of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HP Canada, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Toronto
Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Healthtech, HP Canada, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Vancouver
Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Vancouver,UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HP Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Toronto
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: 2009 Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs (dates TBD) Ida Goodreau, President and CEO for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division.
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Matthew Anderson - then Vice-President, Chief Information Officer, UHN and Toronto Community Care Access Centre.
IT Collaboration Report (PDF).
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, Dell Canada, Lanier Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, 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 or Matthew Hart for more information. Not yet a member, but would like to join Breakfast with the Chiefs? Contact Lina Lopez for more information.
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Please Note: The CIHR event He's a Player, She gets Played is POSTPONED until further notice.
With its theme, Inspiring Ideas and Innovation, HealthAchieve2008 is Canada’s largest health care show, attracting thousands of hospital leaders and health care professionals from across the country. This year, HealthAchieve will be held November 3, 4 & 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Featuring keynote addresses from the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Uwe Reinhardt and Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthAchieve2008 promises to be a truly inspiring event! For further information, visit www.healthachieve.com.
September 17-20, 2008: Toronto, ON. 5th International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference Leadership in Advanced Nursing Practice: Maximizing Health, Celebrating Collaboration and Promoting Innovation. Presented jointly by the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAAPN) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). This conference will inspire advanced practice nurses around the globe to learn new ways to handle challenges, and will provide an exciting opportunity to network with clinicians, administrators, policy-makers, educators, researchers, students, and interdisciplinary colleagues. Topics include Nurse Practitioner Roles in Anesthesiology and Models of APN role evaluation. International Speakers include Ann Hamric, Dorothy Brooten and Stephen Lewis. For details click here.
September 20, 2008: Toronto, ON. Network with industry leaders, while supporting a great cause at The Imagination Ball. Saint Elizabeth Health Care’s phenomenal fundraising Gala featuring: President and CEO Shirlee Sharkey, Honorary Chair Shirley Douglas, CTV’s own Ken Shaw, Presenting Sponsor TELUS, and many more. You’ll be in good company at the Imagination Ball! Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Toronto’s The Carlu. For tickets click here.
September 26-27, 2008: Toronto, ON. Health Human Resources Migration International Policy Symposium. Co-sponsored by the University of Toronto, The Connaught Committee and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Demetrios Papademetriou, President, The Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC. For further details and registration information click here.
September 29, 2008: Vancouver, BC. Health Human Resources in Nursing: The Research and the Reality. Join Dr. Linda O’Brien-Pallas, at this Research Symposium to explore The Gap between the Research and the Reality in HHR Planning, find out the latest on the Nursing Research Fund and examine Western Canada’s recruitment initiatives. For more information go to www.confmail.com and select “Chair Research Symposium”.
October 8, 2008: Online. Take your future for a test drive! Canadian Nurses Association's Premiere Webcast Event. Join CNA leaders and nurses from across the country to discuss current challenges and look at where the profession is headed. Learn how we're bringing forward solutions to improving our health system and advancing our roles. Log on to www.cna-aiic.ca on Wednesday. October 8, 2008 at 1:00 pm EDT and put nurses in the driver's seat!
October 14- 18, 2008: Toronto, Ontario - Dorothy Wylie Nursing Leadership Institute. The 15th offering of the award winning residential Nursing Leadership Development Program at the Institute for Learning with Keynote Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Rick Lash of the HayGroup. Limited Registration. Details, Brochure and Registration www.dwnli.ca or Contact Katrin Wade (416) 426-7229.
October 17, 2008: Toronto, ON. A public celebration of the life of Dr. Sheela Basrur at Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle, Rm 122, Toronto, ON from 4-5:30 p.m. On behalf of the family and friends of Dr. Sheela Basrur and the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, we would like to notify you of two special events that will be taking place this fall to celebrate her life and legacy. For information click here.
October 17, 2008: Toronto, ON. 8th Annual Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU) Conference “Connecting Research and Clinical Care: Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Settings”. Attendees will be updated on recent advances of safety improvements as well as practical applications for long-term care providers to take back to their organizations to implement best practices. For more information, click here.
October 19-21, 2008: Vancouver BC. Innovation in HealthCare: Passion to Progress. Leaders from all areas of health care and related industries will attend this two-day conference focusing on leadership, systems change and sustainable outcomes. Confirmed to speak are, Hon.George Abbott, Dr. Richard Heinzl, Roger Martin, Tod Maffin, Stan Davis, Jeremy Gutsche and Rex Murphy. For more information, click here.
October 20-21, 2008: Toronto, ON. 2008 CIHR Health Information Summit – Data, Data, Everywhere: Access and Accountability. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in an international event that will bring together leading researchers, decision makers and other key stakeholders for a two-day Summit focusing on enhancing access to health information for research that supports evidence-informed decisions that improve the health of Canadians and their health system. Click here.
November 10-14, 2008: Toronto, Ontario - Health Leaders Institute. The 4th annual offering of this inter-professional residential leadership development program with keynote by Dr Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Rick Lash of the HayGroup. Limited Registration. Details, Brochure and Registration www.healthleaders.ca. or Contact Katrin Wade (416) 426-7229.
November 18-19, 2008: Toronto, ON. COACH Fall Forum, The Legacy Issue: Managing Transition and Reducing Risk on the EHR Journey. Explore the technical and human risks and challenges facing healthcare organizations as they transition from legacy systems at this COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association event. Take home best practices, case study ideas and practical tools. Learn from speakers who have been there at the interactive sessions. For details, click here.
November 27, 2008: Toronto, ON. A evening fundraising reception at the Carlu to raise support and awareness of the public health outreach program to be created at the Sheela Basrur Centre. For information click here.
November 27-29, 2008: Toronto, ON. Family Medicine Forum. Canada’s largest family medicine conference. Co-hosted by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) and the CFPC’s Sections of Teachers and Researchers. For conference program and registration click here.
February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. For details click here.
June 1-2, 2009: St. John’s, NL. National Healthcare Leadership Conference. Themed Accountability in Health System Leadership: The Balancing Act, this is the largest national gathering of health system leaders in Canada sponsored by the CCHSE and the CHA. The Call for Abstracts is now available online at www.healthcareleadershipconference.ca. Deadline for submission is November 2, 2008.
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.
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