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Longwoods eLetter October 10, 2006

"I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings." - Margaret Mead

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What Should our Health System Look Like?
$22,500 in award money for the best answers. Download PDF

IHSPR is running a special competition of the Research Community Development Funding Program. The deadline for applications is October 13, 2006. Visit this link: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/4112.html.

The Change Foundation Invites Letters of Intent for the 2006 Awards Program for Innovation in Nursing Human Resources. Click here.

Our second special issue on Patient Safety Policies and Best Practices (150 pages edited by Dr. Ross Baker) will be released next week. Secure your copy by having an up to date subscription to Healthcare Quarterly. Renew/subscribe here.

An additional special issue dedicated to Medication Order Entry Systems – is an 80 page case study from concept to completion. Edited by Dr. Brian Golden. Secure your copy by having an up to date subscription to Healthcare Quarterly. Renew/subscribe here.

In British Columbia up to $10 million will be spent this year to get public input on the province's health-care system. Details here

How to recognize and reward the next generation of research and innovation talent in Ontario. Check out their awards program here.

According to economics professor Charles Beach (Queens University) Canada attracts a higher percentage of skilled workers than the United States. The Americans are listening. Here is his presentation to the U.S. Senate. Click here.

RECOMMENDED READING

Healthcare Quarterly
Has Ontario's Stroke System Really Made a Difference?
Mary Lewis, Joann Trypuc, Patrice Lindsay, Chris O'Callaghan and Alexis Dishaw

HealthcarePapers
The Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute: Creating Sustainable Accountability through Collaboration, Relevant Measurement and Timely Feedback
Cy Frank, Don Dick, Doug Smith, Tracy Wasylak, Kathy Gooch, Ron Zernicke

Nursing Leadership
Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC): Integrating Patient Outcome Information into Nursing Undergraduate Curricula
Carole Orchard, Cheryl Reid-Haughian, Rick Vanderlee

Healthcare Policy
Waits for Surgery Following Hip Fracture
Kira Leeb, Kathleen Morris, Linda Choy, Tracy Johnson

Electronic Healthcare
Low-Cost Rapid Usability Engineering: Designing and Customizing Usable Healthcare Information Systems
Andre W. Kushniruk and Elizabeth M. Borycki

World Health and Population
Integrating Results from Formative Phase Studies for Informing the Design of Intervention Studies on Neonatal Health in India
Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Abhimanyu Niswade, Suresh Ughade and Sanjay Zodpey

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.

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LONGWOODS RADIO PODCASTS: listen and learn

Today’s featured Podcast: Kafka, New Orleans, the OARs and the KT Boundary
Reverse the flow of Kafka's fable of the Imperial Message and you have the problem of Knowledge Transfer - the message is not getting through.
To hear the podcast click here. To read the published paper click here

Organizations interested in contributing to Longwoods Radio read this . . .
This is great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using storytelling, 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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Opening the Doors: Building Brand Awareness
Judith John and Rob McCartney

CIHI Survey: Variation in Heart Attack Mortality in Canada
Jacinth Tracey, Jennifer Zelmer, Maraki Merid and Audrey Boruvka

Insight: In Conversation with George Smitherman
Ken Tremblay

Be sure your individual subscription is up to date. 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.).

Tuesday,October 17, 2006 – Toronto. Dr. Andreas Laupacis, Director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital
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

Monday, November 20, 2006 - Toronto. Hon. Philippe Couillard, Minister of Health and Social Services, Quebec/ Ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Topic: TBA
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street (south side) Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: Accenture, Cerner, HP, McKesson, Misys Healthcare Systems and TELUS

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - Toronto. Jeff Lozon, President and CEO, St. Michael's Hospital
Topic: The Coming Revolution of the Knowledge Institute: Accelerating Science to Care
Location: The NEW Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street (south side) Toronto, Room 106
Sponsors: Accenture, AMGEN, Dell Canada, Healthtech, HP, Philips Medical, Roche and TELUS

For a complete lisitng of Breakfast sessions click here.

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

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.

November 2-3, 2006: Ottawa. Politics, Policy & Prosperity…Health & the New Economy. The ACAHO Fall Invitational Conference. 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 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.

November 30 – December 2, 2006: Vancouver. 2nd Annual WINN Symposium, Workplace Integration of New Nurses. Practical Strategies to Support the Integration of New Nurses. For details 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
Dr. Jan Hux to Interim President and CEO of Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
Karen King to Chair, the Manitoulin Health Centre, Ontario
Allan Gregg to Advisor, Advisory council on Retirement (BMO)
Dr. Michael Baker to Advisor, Advisory council on Retirement (BMO)
Darren Nippard to Managing Director, Government for Accenture
Dr. Elizabeth Eisenhauer to President, the National Cancer Institute of Canada
Dr. Colin James McMillan to President, Canadian Medical Association
David Montgomery to Senior Vice President of Finance and Knowledge Transfer and Chief Financial Officer, St. Peter's Health System
Heather Nicolson-Morrison to Executive Director, Ontario Home Respiratory Services Association
Pierre Noel to President and Chief Executive Officer, Pembroke Regional Hospital
Mary Osinga to President, Ontario Paramedic Association

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.
Diagnostic Sonographer I - University of Alberta Hospital - Stollery Cardiology Department, Edmonton
Nurse Practioner, Acute Surgical Services - University of Alberta/Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton
Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist - University of Alberta/Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton
Nurse Practitioner, Acute Pain Services - University of Alberta/Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton
Clinical Supervisor, RN, Canadian Red Cross, Chatham, Community Health Services
Technician, Aids to Independent Living Program, Canadian Red Cross, Lower Mainland Region, BC
Advisor, Programs, Training & Development, Canadian Red Cross, Ontario Zone, Disaster Management Dept.
Overseas/International Assignments, Canadian Red Cross
Regional Coordinator Of Quality Control And Risk Management - Aspen Regional Health
Manager Of Information Access And Privacy - Aspen Regional Health
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Registered Nurses - Clinidata
Volunteer Opportunities - Cottage Dreams
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
Specialty Nursing Education and Career Information
Career Opportunities at Aspen Regional Health
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)

Visit our portal of 80 participating healthcare recruitment centres
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]

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