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Longwoods eLetter October 24, 2006

"Through learning, sharing and implementing leading practices that are evidence-based, we will create the world’s safest healthcare system." - Phil Hassen, CEO, Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). (Canadian Patient Safety Week is October 20-27, 2007.)

OFF THE CUFF
Monday, November 20, 2006. Hon. Philippe Couillard, Minister of Health and Social Services, Quebec will speak in Toronto. Register here

NEW MONEY. NEW DEADLINE. What Should our Health System Look Like? $22,500 in award money for the best answers including a special $5000 student award. Download PDF

Canadian Public Health Association Annual Convention. May 2007. Vancouver: What Determines the Public’s Health. Download PDF

Regulations and Liabilities for Board Members or Directors NEW. Download PDF

Dr. Ross Baker - Leadership Challenges in Creating Safer Care - Click here to see the video presentation.

Nominate health researcher candidates for Top 40 Under 40™! All candidate names must be submitted by November 3. For further information, please click here.

On October 18 CIHR presents its first Café Scientifique: Insights into the future of aging with Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews et al will provide answers to questions or concerns about our aging bodies, our aging brains, and the environment in which we're growing old. Starts at 5 p.m. and is open to the general public. Admission is free. Please RSVP here.

RECOMMENDED READING

PATIENT SAFETY PAPERS
HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY VOLUME 9 SPECIAL ISSUE

Editorial: Creating Safer Care
G. Ross Baker

Enhancing Patient Safety through the Management of Clostridium difficile at Toronto East General Hospital
Arladeen Tomiczek, C. Stumpo and James F. Downey

Human Factors in Action: Getting "Pumped" at a Nursing Usability Laboratory
Edward Etchells, Cynthia Bailey, Ron Biason, Susan DeSousa, Laurie Fowler, Karen Johnson, Catherine Morash and Catherine O'Neill

Patient Safety in a Pediatric Centre: Partnering with Families
Bonnie Fleming-Carroll, Anne Matlow, Siobhan Dooley, Valerie McDonald, Kimberley Meighan and Kim Streitenberger

Frequency and Type of Medication Discrepancies in One Tertiary Care Hospital
Jennifer Turple, Neil J. MacKinnon and Bryan Davis

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BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS – Please note: all events start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 9:00 a.m. (Join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.).

Monday, November 20, 2006 - Toronto. Hon. Philippe Couillard, Minister of Health and Social Services, Quebec/ Ministre de la Santé et des Services Sociaux.
Topic: The Political Challenge of Reorganization: The Quebec Strategy
Location: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street (south side) Toronto, ON, Room 106
Sponsors: Accenture, Cerner, HP, Johnson & Johnson Medical Products, McKesson, Misys Healthcare Systems and TELUS
Register here

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
Register here

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

November 1-2, 2006: Ottawa. The Academy of Canadian Executives Nurses presents ACEN Annual Education day and AGM "Nursing Leadershift" 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 3-4, 2006: Toronto. The 1st Annual Canadian Nursing Conference. The Essentials for Developing the Advanced Clinician. For details click 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.

November 29-30, 2006: Toronto. Lean Healthcare Workshop. Introduction to Lean concepts and tools adapted specifically to healthcare; presented by Lean Innovations and hosted by Herman Miller for Healthcare (Canada). For details click here.

December 6-7, 2006: Vancouver. Lean Healthcare Workshop. Introduction to Lean concepts and tools adapted specifically to healthcare; presented by Lean Innvovations at Science World. 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
Mtre. Mathieu Gagné Joins National Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group, Fasken Martineau Dumoulin
Stuart Murray to President and CEO, St. Boniface Hospital & Research Foundation, Winnipeg.
Steve Herbert stepping down as President and Chief Executive Officer of Baycrest, Toronto (once a successor has been appointed)

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.
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
- Chief Health Economist - (CADTH)
- Director, Health Technology Reporting and Policy Analysis - (CADTH)
- Director, Knowledge Transfer - (CADTH)
• Vice President, Acute Care - Saskatoon Health Region
• Vice President, Human Resources - Saskatoon Health Region
• Executive Program Lead / Integration Facilitator - Southlake Regional Health Centre & Central LHIN
• Medical Director - Queen Elizabeth and Hillsborough Hospitals - Prince Edward Island
• Sherbourne Health Centre
- Medical Secretary
- Registered Nurses - Infirmary
- Community Health Workers - Infirmary
- Case Manager - Infirmary
- Registered Nurse (Extended Class) - Primary Care
- Registered Nurses - Primary Care
- Registered Practical Nurse - Primary Care
- Registered Dietician - Primary Care
- Clinical Pharmacist (Pharm D) - Primary Care
- Systems Analyst - IT
- Locum Physician, Primary Health Care (Full Time)
- Family Physician, Primary Health Care (Part or Full Time)
• Senior Consultant, Toronto - Courtyard Group
• Engagement Manager, Toronto - Courtyard Group
• Solutions Architect, Toronto - Courtyard Group
• Senior Consultant, Western Canada - Courtyard Group
• Consultant (Pharmacist), Western Canada - Courtyard Group
• Consultant (Integration), New York Office - Courtyard Group
• Senior Consultant (Technical), New York Office - Courtyard Group
• Consultant (Clinical), New York Office - Courtyard Group
• Consultant (Project Manager), New York Office - Courtyard Group
• Clinical Supervisor, RN, Canadian Red Cross, Chatham, Community Health Services
• Overseas/International Assignments, Canadian Red Cross
• Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• 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 (PDF)
• Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)

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