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Longwoods eLetter September 30, 2008

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• At HealthAchieve in November please tell us: what should we achieve – above all else – to enable the best health and care of Canadians. Come to HealthAchieve and visit the Information Bulletin Board at the Longwoods Learning Centre and add your own thoughts. Give us a piece of your mind. Paper, pins and pens will be provided. And while you are there . . .
• Check out the HealthAchieve Job Bulletin Board with new Career Opportunities. Just like at the Laundromat. Organizations who want to post their job opportunities can contact Susan Hale.
• The future is here. See nine resources focused on the development and operations of The Digital Hospital.
• Alberta’s chief medical officer of health will report directly to the health minister. The positions will have more powers and responsibilities. See: Minister to announce public health changes.
• Call for Reviewers | Journal of World Health and Population. To facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts please take a moment to complete this form profile. For more information please click here. The journal can be found here: WorldHealthAndPopulation.com.
• C. difficile numbers for August 2008 show that there were 319 cases of C. difficile associated disease found among the 228 hospital sites in Ontario. The provincial C. difficile rate was 0.39 per 1,000 patient days. See: Patient Safety Initiative and hospital reporting.
• Children's Mental Health Plan for Alberta 2008 (PDF).
• Blood Borne Pathogens and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Action Plan for Alberta 2008 (PDF).
• From ICES. The September 2008 issue of At A Glance (PDF) —highlights of research findings. Includes: cardiovascular risk for kidney donors, limitations of flexible sigmoidoscopy, benefit from early tracheostomy; and more.
• Ontario integrates e-Health activities under one agency. Dr. Alan Hudson named Chair. Download PDF.
• Progress vs. Privacy. CIHR Café Scientifique. October 19, 2008. Details here (PDF).
• Enjoy a guided tour of the all-free Virtual Conference & Expo, hosted by HIMSS President and CEO, Steve Lieber. Get a preview of all the education, exhibits and networking that this virtual, interactive event offers. Click here!

• Notes from the Editor-in-Chief Peggy Leatt
• Lead Paper: Home Care: It's Time for a Canadian Model Margaret MacAdam
• Commentary:
  • Home Care, Continuing Care and Medicare: A Canadian Model or Innovative Models for Canadians? François Béland and Howard Bergman
  • Developing a Home Care System by Design Karen Parent and Malcolm Anderson
  • Health Human Resource Planning in Home Care: How to Approach It - That Is the Question Linda O'Brien-Pallas, Andrea Baumann, Stephen Birch, Gail Tomblin Murphy
  • Clear Goals, Solid Evidence, Integrated Systems, Realistic Roles Laurence G. Thompson
  • Implementing Home Care in Canada: Four Critical Elements Blair Richardson
  • Are We Finally Ready for a Canadian Model for Home Care? Denise Alcock
  • A Living Framework: Evolving from Traditional Care to Individual Mastery Shirlee Sharkey
  • Reaching a Federal/Provincial Consensus on Home Care Evelyn Shapiro
  • Maintaining the Integrity of Home Care Neena L. Chappell
  • Lies Told to the Sick and Weak Donna Vogel
  • Bringing Healthcare Closer to Home: One Province's Approach to Home Care Elizabeth Witmer
  • The "Canadian Model" in the International Context Miriam Hirschfeld
• Final Response: The Author Responds Margaret MacAdam

• From the Editor-in-Chief Dorothy Pringle
• Letters: Author Response Gloria Joachim
• Letters: In Praise of Nurses Mark Bernstein
• Letters: Community-Based Nurses Played as Role Janet Harris
• Nursing News
• Building Strength through Partnerships ACEN Update: Patricia O'Connor
• Research: Perilous Journey: Canadian Nursing Research in 2009 Carole A. Estabrooks
• Practice: What Will Change in Nursing Practice Over the Next Five Years? Heather Crawford
• Administration: Nursing Entrepreneurship: Instilling Business Acumen into Nursing Healthcare Leadership Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite
• Education: Fitting In or Standing Out: What Will Change in Nursing Education Over the Next Five Years? M.E. Purkis
• Special Report: The Health Council of Canada: A Speculation on a Constructive Agenda Michael B. Decter
• Developing Guidelines for an Interdisciplinary Practice Approach: Administration of Oral Medications in a Community Mental Health Setting Margaret Gehrs, Tracey Holz
• Making the Transition: Staff Nurse to Front-Line Nurse Leader Kari Stevenson-Dykstra
• Honours Education: Releasing Leadership Potential Angela J. Gillis
• Oral Hygiene in the Elderly: A Quality Improvement Initiative Anne Landesman, Mary Murphy, Joy Richards, Jean Smyth, Ben Osakue
• Evaluation of a Leadership Development Intervention Ann E. Tourangeau, Manon Lemonde, Marcia Luba, Diane Dakers, Chris Alksnis

• You are invited to attend A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Sheela Basrur. Download PDF
• Send your transitions, news and innovations to news@longwoods.com. (Let your communications VP know.)
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• Leading Practices Poster for HealthAchieve2007 now online. Have you been selected to display your Leading Practices this November 2008? Look at last year’s submissions and winning entries. Remember, the judges always look for outcomes. Click here. The Leading Best Practices awards are supported by Accenture, Agfa Healthcare, IBM, Roche and 3M Health Care. For Awards Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com.

1. 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.
2. Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – Breakfast with the Chiefs. Toronto. Matt Anderson, CEO - Toronto Central LHIN. Location: Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto. Register here.
   Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Cerner, CGI, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, IBM, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
   
   Breakfast with the Chiefs: registration requirements: some very fine print
   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. This year’s speakers include: Dr. Alan Hudson, Matthew Anderson, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Dr. Ross Baker, Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Guerriere, Ida Goudreau, Cliff Nordal, Murray Martin and Dr. Mary Ferguson-Pare. If you are not a subscriber click here first. If you are a subscriber register here.
   
   Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com.

SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
C’est en automne qu’a eu lieu le plus grand nombre de visites aux services d’urgence de l’Ontario à la suite d’une chute d’une échelle.

Healthcare Quarterly
Leading Complex Change in Healthcare: 10 Lessons Learned
Lianne Collins, Rebecca Parkes and Gerard Seijts

HealthcarePapers
Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio: The Way Forward in Ontario
John McKinley, Debbie Gibson and Sten Ardal

Nursing Leadership
I'm a Different Kind of Nurse": Advice from Nurses in Rural and Remote Canada
Martha L.P. MacLeod, Ruth Martin Misener, Kathy Banks, A. Michel Morton, Carolyn Vogt, Donna Bentham

Healthcare Policy
Delivering Primary Care to Homeless Persons: A Policy Analysis Approach to Evaluating the Options
S.E.D. Shortt, Stephen Hwang, Heather Stuart, Melanie Bedore, Nadia Zurba and Margaret Darling

Electronic Healthcare
Demonstrating the BlackBerry as a Clinical Communication Tool: A Pilot Study Conducted through the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care
Sherman Quan, Robert Wu, Dante Morra, Brian M. Wong, Richard Mraz, Melinda Hamill, Howard Abrams and Peter G. Rossos

World Health and Population
Guest Editorial: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): A Global Policy Paradox
Michel D. Landry and Sudha Raman

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.

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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
Register here

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
Register here

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, HPME, University of Toronto, 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: 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. This year’s speakers include: Dr. Alan Hudson, Matthew Anderson, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Dr. Ross Baker, Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Guerriere, Ida Goudreau, Cliff Nordal, Murray Martin and Dr. Mary Ferguson-Pare. If you are not a subscriber click here first. If you are a subscriber go to this page for information on upcoming dates: click here.

Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com

To see the photo archives click here. To see our video archives click here.

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.

October 2, 2008: Toronto, ON. Crossing Boundaries Safely: Overcoming Challenges to Successfully Implement Medication Reconciliation. To celebrate patient safety week, join us for a panel discussion on overcoming medication reconciliation challenges and lessons learned. RSVP: Kelly Lane or 416-340 4800 x4765. For information click here.

October 14- 18, 2008: Toronto, ON. 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 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, 2008: Richmond Hill, ON. Look Globally - Act Locally: Integrating Care in the Community for Vulnerable Populations.The Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community and OCSA will feature top speakers from Canada and Europe to learn more about what works, what does not, and what needs to be done at the local level to implement successful integrated client care initiatives. 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.

October 24, 2008: Ottawa,ON. First Annual EHL Leadership Symposium. Join Emerging Health Leaders for a half-day knowledge and networking symposium. The event targets young health professionals from a variety of health backgrounds including administration, research, policy, government, and practicing clinicians. Our focus will be leadership through an interprofessional and values-based lens with a keynote presentation and three concurrent workshops. For more information click here.

November 10-14, 2008: Toronto, ON. 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 13, 2008: Toronto, ON. Healthcare Information Security Symposium – Incident Response and Data Forensics. We invite you to join us for breakfast and discussion - our topics are “Incident Response Horror Stories” and “Data Forensics; What You Need to Know” Our speakers are Eldon Sprickerhoff, Co-Founder of eSentire, and Larry Gagnon Principal, of Forensicom. This event will run from 7:15am to 10:00am. For more information click here.

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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Today's Jobs
Vice President, Women’s & Children’s Clinical Services- LHSC, London, ON
Assessment Module Leader, Radiation Therapy/Assessment - BC Cancer Agency, Fraser Valley. BC
Jobs at Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), Ottawa, ON & Edmonton, AB
Community Outreach Worker, Health Bus Program - Sherbourne Health Centre, Toronto, ON
President - BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Vancouver, BC
Associate Dean, Laboratory and Allied Health - BCIT School of Health Sciences, Vancouver, BC
Nursing Unit Administrator, ICU - Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH), Toronto, ON
Director of Information Technology - The Mississauga Halton CCAC
Director, Negotiations - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto or Kingston, ON
Nurse Educator, Emergency Department - The Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, ON
Director, Impact and Evaluation - CHSRF, Ottawa, ON
Program Directors - Sault Area Hospital (SAH) , Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences - The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, ON
Manager, Methods & Modelling - The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
President and CEO - St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, SK
Coordinator, Critical Care Trauma Centre - Victoria Hospital, LHSC, London, ON
GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Health Policy - Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Marketing Manager, Healthcare - RIM, Waterloo, ON
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The School of Public Health at the University of Alberta is recruiting these Academic Positions
Director, Centre for Health Promotion Studies
Assistant or Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
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Assistant or Associate Professors, Health Economics or Policy
Assistant or Associate Professor & Academic Co-Director
Senior Professor in Environmental Pediatrics and Child Health
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