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…Canadians (63%) disagree with the statement “I am confident that in ten year’s time that Canada will have enough health professionals to meet our future needs." – Source: Ipsos News Centre
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Institutions give most of our 1,000,000 annual eVisitors free access to the Longwoods Library. These readers visit more than 6,500,000 pages. With reason. Dr. Michael Guerriere writes: “Longwoods has done more to bring information and new ideas to the front lines of healthcare in Canada than any other publishing company.” We make the complete Longwoods Library available to hospitals, regions, universities, and many other organizations. A decade of policies, best practices and new ideas. For more information please click here.
Registration Instructions for Student Nurses – it’s free!
The Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses, Longwoods Publishing and editor-in-chief, Dorothy Pringle, PhD, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto are pleased to offer all university and college students that are members of The Canadian Nursing Students Association (CNSA) no-cost access to the online version of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership (ISSN: #1481-9643). It’s free. You must register. For full instructions please click here.
People Centred Health: the $10,000 challenge!
We are looking for pathfinders who can help us to design a people-centred health system for Canadians. Here’s a competition worth looking at. Best response wins $10,000. Click here
Canadian Standards Association and Canada Health Infoway team up for the advancement of international health information technology standards report
What is public health care? What is private health care?
Depending on who you ask, it's either what defines Canada – or it's the greatest impediment to ensuring that Canadians get quick access to the kind of medical services they deserve. From CBC this “News: in-depth” commentary.
Cleveland Clinic comes to downtown Toronto. The clinic’s focus is wellness and quality of care. Members of their medical team are likely staff at other Toronto hospitals and clinics. Patient can choose to obtain additional services in Cleveland Ohio. The clinic has no intention of contravening the Canada Health Act or Ontario regulations and is supporting the government’s focus to improve access, to reduce wait times and to keep Ontarians healthy. See their Canadian website here. The clinic’s related Toronto referral service – Healthlink is run by a family physician. (Information based on a brief interview and their websites.)
Planning to attend the 6th International Conference On Priorities In Health Care this week? Here are some selected pre-conference readings to orient you to the issues: Download PDF
Healthcare Policy – Vol.2 No.1
Under the Radar: Stealth Development of Two-Tier Healthcare in Canada
Alan Davidson
Patient Safety Papers
The Development of the Canadian Paediatric Trigger Tool for Identifying Potential Adverse Events
Longwoods Review
A Conversation about Leadership and Quality
Healthcare Policy
Knowledge Translation and Patient Safety: The Canadian Adverse Events Study
HealthcarePapers
Making Patients Safer! Reducing Error in Canadian Healthcare
Healthcare Quarterly
Healthcare Performance Measurement in Canada: Who's Doing What?
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
A Dialogue on Quality and Patient Safety with Maureen Bisognano
World Health and Population
Who Receives Healthcare? Age and Sex Differentials in Adult Use of Healthcare Services in Rural Bangladesh
Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio read this . . .
This is great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using story telling, 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 Rebecca Hart at Rhart@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance of course.
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Patient Safety Papers – New 2006 issue will be available for download at www.longwoods.com early October. The 2005 issue is available online at no cost or in print for only $30. An Effective Tool to Enhance a Culture of Patient Safety and Assess the Risks of Medication Use Systems Identifying and Preventing Technology-Induced Error Using Simulations: Application of Usability Engineering Techniques Striking A Balance: Who Is Accountable for Patient Safety? Be sure your Healthcare Quarterly subscription is up to date to receive the print version of the new issue. Sign up online here or contact Barbara Marshall – bmarshall@longwoods.com or 416-864-9667. |
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), University of Toronto and guest editor of the Healthcare Quarterly on Patient Safety
Topic: Leadership Challenges in Creating Safer Care.
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: 3M Healthcare, Accenture, Healthtech, HP, Microsoft Canada, Philips Medical Systems, and TELUS
Recommended reading, click here
Thursday, October 05, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Topic: Ontario - Leading the Way in Health Information Privacy.
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Room 610
Sponsors: Accenture, Cerner, Healthtech, HP, Microsoft and TELUS
Tuesday,October 17, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Andreas Laupacis, President & CEO, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
Topic: Initial Experience with the Common Drug Review.
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: Accenture, 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 for more information. Not yet a member, but would like to join Breakfast with the Chiefs? Contact Lina Lopez, for more information.
October 13–14, 2006: Edmonton. Making Clinical Decisions for Managing Cognitive-Communication Disorders After Traumatic Brain Injury. This two-day course will provide speech-language pathologists with evidence on which to base clinical decisions for cognitive-communication disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI). For details click here.
October 16-17, 2006: Toronto. The PHIPA Summit 2006. Longwoods is an official media partner. Join the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan, the Canadian Medical Association, the Ministry of Health, Health Canada and many others at Ontario's premier and most reasonably priced Health IM & Privacy conference! For details click here or call 866.814.8317.
October 23, 2006: Richmond Hill. Integrating Community Support Services Within Regionalized Models: Innovations and Best Practices from Across Canada. Keynote Speaker: Marcus J. Hollander – President, Hollander Analytical Services Inc. and CRNCC Collaborator. For details click here.
October 26-27, 2006: Edmonton. Rehabilitation Research: Innovation in Rehabilitation. This conference will highlight the significant impact that technology has made and is expected to make in rehabilitation and geriatrics. For details click here.
November 3, 2006: London. The Royal College of General Practitioners (NHS) brings you E-Learning In Medical Education: Savings For The NHS. For details and registration go here.
November 6-8, 2006: Toronto. OHA HealthAchieve2006 - register online today. For details click here.
November 16-18, 2006: Toronto. Ontario College of Family Physicians 44th Annual Scientific Assembly. The Premier Family Medicine Conference in Ontario. Click here for details.
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.
[We don't go looking for these conferences. Send details to conferences@longwoods.com]
Dr. William Sibbald, Physician in Chief of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, died peacefully at home on September 14 2006
Review all recently reported Transitions here. Do you have appointments or transitions? Send them to transitions@longwoods.com
Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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