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"… a court --
jurisdictionally arrogant, substantively ignorant and politically
irresponsible -- has determined that medicare must be restructured to show
due respect for the rights of those with money - and the rights of private
corporations to make profits - regardless of the wishes of Canadians or the
impact on our most important social institution. Fiat justitia, ruat caela.
But if the heavens fall, what kind of justice is that?" You may or may not agree with |
Towards a Canadian Model of Integrated Healthcare |
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
September 29.
September 29 & 30. Healthy Hospital Innovative
Practices Symposium - Inspiring Healthy Workplaces: Why Top Executives Invest
in Employee Engagement First. www.oha.com/conferences
October 6. ANEGTA. Speaker
October 19.
October 28. The BC Health Information Management Professionals Society
(BCHIMPS). "The Road to Quality in health IM/IT".
October 31, November 1, 2.
November 3 and 4. Members of the Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare
Organizations will meet. More information here.
November 3 and 4. Members of the
November 4.HealthcareRounds. Julie Morath, M.S., R.N., COO at Children's Hospitals and Clinics
in Minneapolis/ St. Paul, has scheduled her presentation ‘Managing Safety
– A Dialogue’ from 2 to 4 pm. at the Rotman School of Management. Sponsored by Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy.
Contact: llopez@longwoods.com.
November 6 - 11. Health Leaders Institute | from the team that designed the Dorothy Wylie
Institute. Check it out. Click here http://healthleaders.ca/index.html
November 11 - 12. Healthcare
2005 - 2006 Schedule. Community Information Forums on
Addiction and Mental Health from CAMH,
MORE CONFERENCES HERE.
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TRANSITIONS in health leadership
Dr. Ron Zernicke to Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute as Executive
Director
Janine Hopkins to
Provincial Vice President, Public Affairs, Cancer Care Ontario
Dr. James Till & Dr. Ernest McCulloch awarded the 2005
Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research on adult and embryonic stem cells. See:
Lasker Award Web site
Marlene Borins to President of the
Mount Sinai (Toronto) Hospital Auxiliary
Mayor Stephen Mandel and two other
councillors to Alberta’s Capital Health board
Janet Umphrey to Senior
Vice-President, Operations, Professional Practice and CNO Calgary Health
Region
Anthony Dale as interim Vice President of Policy and Public Affairs,
Ontario Hospital Association
Lindsey Crawford to Executive Director, Corporate Performance, The
Scarborough Hospital
Adrienne Jackson to Executive Director, Stakeholder Relations, The
Scarborough Hospital
Alia Hogben, Hazelle Palmer, Michele Landsberg, Nan
Hudson, Patricia O’Connell, Tekla Hendrickson and Wendy
Sutton to the Board of
Directors of Women’s College Hospital (Toronto) announced seven new Board
members elected at their Annual General Meeting.
Clermont Gignac to Executive
Director in charge of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), le Centre
hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), and Ste. Justine Hospital
redevelopment projects.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Québec had
formally joined Canadian Institute for
Health Information (CIHI) and -- according to
Northern Ontario School of
Medicine (NOSM) is now open with a West Campus located at
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Thinking of a health career in
Are US executives an option for Canadian Healthcare? Read this.
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Health Leadership | CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES
Nurse
Practitioner (NP), Regional Stroke Program - Capital Health Edmonton
Senior Directors - Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
Directeur Principal - Les réseaux locaux d¹intégration des services de santé
(RLISS)
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information
(CIHI)
Scientific Director - CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
(IHSPR)
Directeur scientifique - L¹Institut des services et des politiques de la santé
(ISPS)
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
Senior Program Officer, Research Use – CHSRF
Agent principal ou Agente principale de programme, Utilisation de la recherche
– FCRSS
[To list career opportunities contact Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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