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Longwoods eLetter September 26, 2006

"I have learned to be present with nurses, listen to their voice and take action on what is important to them." – Dr. Mary Ferguson-Paré

OFF THE CUFF
The Canadian Health Informatics Awards Gala sponsored by COACH and CHITTA will be held on November 16th in Toronto. Recognize your peers and their contribution to health informatics. Reserve your tickets here.

The Cleveland Clinic will operate a hospital in Abu Dhabi. It will be called Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Canadians have already been there for some time and are now are building hospitals in England. See Interhealth’s UK website for starters.

The Canadian Heath Services Research Foundation wants your stories of successful (and not-so-successful) efforts to encourage evidence-informed decision-making. AND any unanticipated consequences you may have encountered. See: Call for stories here.

Managing Change. Big Change like regionalization
Three (3) Breakfast with the Chiefs sessions in Toronto: 1. Hon. Philippe Couillard, (November 20, 2006) Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services, 2. Dr. Penny Ballem (Dec.15, 2006) from British Columbia, and 3. Mr. David Levine, (April 17, 2007) President/CEO of the Montreal Regional Health Authority. For the schedule click here. To register please contact Kathleen Foisey here: kfoisey@longwoods.com.

The Longwoods Library --
Institutions can acquire a decade of policies, best practices and new ideas. For more information please click here.

Registration Instructions for Student Nurses – it’s free!
Student nurses, who are members of the CNSA can access the online version of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership. It’s free. Please click here.

People Centred Health: the $10,000 challenge!
Tell us about your vision of a people-centred health system for Canadians. Best response wins $10,000. Click here

According to Google Web Site Statistics Longwoods has more than 8500 web pages on its site. To access information simply search your own key words. The results will reflect ten years of new ideas, policies, and best practices together with news and information from across the country and around the globe.

Diagnosing Healthcare Technology: Managed Imaging and Printing Services and Desktop Lifecycle Solutions. Click here.

RECOMMENDED READING

New Issue of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
Workplace Empowerment, Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment of New Graduate Nurses
Julia Cho, Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Carol Wong

HealthcarePapers
Guest Editorial: Mental Health and the Workplace: Towards a Research Agenda in Canada
Alain Lesage, Carolyn S. Dewa, Jean-Yves Savoie, Rémi Quirion, John Frank

Patient Safety Papers
Patient Safety - Worker Safety: Building a Culture of Safety to Improve Healthcare Worker and Patient Well-Being
Annalee Yassi and Tina Hancock

Healthcare Quarterly
Toronto Hospital Reduces Sharps Injuries by 80%, Eliminates Blood Collection Injuries
Laura Visser

Healthcare Policy
Health Status and Healthcare Use Patterns of Rural, Northern and Urban Manitobans: Is Romanow Right?
Patricia J. Martens, The Need to Know Team, Randy Fransoo, Charles Burchill, Elaine Burland

World Health and Population
Health-Seeking Behaviour of People with Arsenicosis in Rural Bangladesh
Bimal Kanti Paul

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

Need to Ask an Expert?
A feature presented by Longwoods Publishing in collaboration with a pool of leading experts in the design and management of healthcare organizations.

Today's Question: When I graduate from nursing school this year my preferred employer should give me an opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way. How do I assess my prospects? More

LONGWOODS RADIO PODCASTS: listen and learn

Today’s featured Podcast: Nursing Professional Practice Councils
The desire to create an environment where nurses were valued, supported and empowered led to the development of a Nursing Professional Practice Council within an Ontario Public Health Unit. To hear the pod cast click here. to read the published paper please click here: Nursing Professional Practice Councils: The Quest for Nursing Excellence

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.

Approaches to Improving the Safety of the Medication Use System
Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Nicole Hartnell and Neil J. MacKinnon

Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle
Pam Marshall and Rob Robson

Safer Care - Measuring to Manage and Improve
Kira Leeb, Jennifer Zelmer, Greg Webster and Indra Pulcins

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.

BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – To register for any one of these events email Kathleen Foisey.
For more information contact Lina Lopez. Please note: all events start at 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. (join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.).

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.

CONFERENCES & EVENTS

September 28-29, 2006: Toronto. Planning for a Pandemic: A Conference for the Home & Community Care Sector. The Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres has organized a dynamic program of keynote speakers, panels as well as round table discussions on pandemic planning and preparedness at the national, provincial and local levels. For details click here.

October 4-5, 2006: Kelowna, BC. 1st Canadian Lean Healthcare Leader's Retreat. This intimate retreat will provide an opportunity for healthcare leaders interested or engaged in implementing Lean to convene with peers and lean experts. Topics to include the state of the art of Lean in Canadian healthcare, successful techniques for implementation, engagement of staff, sustainability, measurement and the readiness of organizations to embark on the lean journey. For details click here.

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 2-4, 2006: Quebec City. Family Medicine Forum 2006. The College of Family Physicians of Canada's Annual Family Medicine Forum is the largest educational event for family physicians in Canada. For details click here (en français ici)

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.

Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) offers board directors and executives education programs on governance and financial literacy across Canada - upcoming offerings click here.

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]

TRANSITIONS
Melanie Hilkewich, of Saskatoon, to President (re-elected) of the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.
Pierre Noel to President and CEO, Pembroke Regional Hospital
Joanne Habib to Regional Infection Control Network Coordinator, Central East Infection Control Network
Sue Matthews to VON Canada’s national executive director and chief of practice for Ontario.
Sonia Peczeniuk to Chair of the Steering Committee, Central East Infection Control Network
David Montgomery to Senior Vice President of Finance and Knowledge Transfer and CFO of St. Peter’s Health System in Hamilton, Ontario
Mary Osinga to President, Ontario Paramedic Association
Harvey Skinner to Dean, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto
Nick Cercone to Dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering, York University, Toronto
Dr. Jan Hux to Interim President and CEO, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Dr. Robert Kolodner, who led the development of the Veterans Health Administration’s e-medical records (EMRs) systems, to interim national coordinator of health information technology at the Department of Health and Human Services, USA.

Review all recently reported Transitions here. Do you have appointments or transitions? Send them to transitions@longwoods.com

CAREERS: sent to +40,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.
Senior Director, Performance, Contracts and Allocation - South West LHIN
Manager of Staff Development - Clinidata
Manager of Quality Services - Clinidata
Chief/Medical Director of Emergency Dept., Ambulatory Care & Community Health Program - Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Health
System Planning Advisor - Vancouver Coastal Health
Administrator - Macassa Lodge, Hamlton, ON
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Registered Nurses - Clinidata
Senior Financial Performance Analyst - Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
Manager, Integration and Database Services - Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA)
Manager, Business Applications - Vancouver Island Health Authority’s (VIHA)
Manager, Clinical Applications - Vancouver Island Health Authority’s (VIHA)
Volunteer Opportunities - Cottage Dreams
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
Specialty Nursing Education and Career Information
Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Northern Health Authority
Healthcare Quarterly Careers - September 2006 (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers - September 2006 (PDF)

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