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 Longwoods eLetter October 25, 2005

 

 “Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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LHINS, REGIONS, HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE: BOARDS: GOVERNANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN . . .
Lessons for Not-for-Profit Boards, Directors of not-for-profit boards are facing many of the same governance challenges as those on public-company boards. The hapless poster boy for this: Kenneth Langone, a former director of the not-for-profit New York Stock Exchange and head of...
10 Questions Every Director Should Ask, A best-selling management guru offers a checklist that board members can use to keep their company focused on the real drivers of wealth.
Health Services Research after Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General): New Inspiration, New Challenges, As a result of Chaoulli, wait-times research of this kind and health policy research generally in Canada will now take on heightened legal significance. The Court has signaled that future litigants may rely on established benchmarks...
Risk, Crooked managers. Changing technology. Financial surprises. Who knows what company-killers lie ahead? Here's how directors can protect themselves.
The New Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act; An Overview, The current legislative regime governing the federal not-for-profit sector has not undergone any significant modification since 1917. On November 15, 2004, following much public consultation, the federal government introduced An Act Respecting...
Clinicians' Duty to Care; A Kantian Analysis,
Walking the Tightrope: Creation of the Physician Scorecard at the Rouge Valley Health System, Using resources efficiently while raising the bar on quality is an ongoing struggle within the healthcare system. Achieving this delicate balance is a key determinant of an organization's ability to meet its strategic direction. Recognizing that...
Strong Boards, Weak Managers, Directors of corporate boards today are expected to implement stringent corporate governance practices, even if this means playing an adversarial role vis-à-vis management. Unfortunately, while most directors are intelligent, honorable, and...
Defining the Board's Scope,   Boards must make sure they abide by their regulated agenda, while steering clear of a checklist mentality and, most importantly, determine what they will spend their time on.
Coming Soon to a Health Sector Near You: An Advance Look at the New Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA): Part II, This is Part II of a two-part article that provides a broad overview and comparative study of the new Ontario health sector-specific privacy legislation. In Part I, which appeared in the previous issue of Healthcare Quarterly, we discussed...
The Quality of Care Information Protection Act: Ontario Fasken Calvin
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TRANSITIONS in health leadership
Graham W.S. Scott to the Order of Canada as a Member in recognition of his voluntary service. Congrats.
Lorna Reimer to Director, Centre of Excellence in Telerehabilitation (CET) in Edmonton, Alberta -- a collaborative between Capital Health and the University of Alberta (Faculties of Rehabilitation, Medicine & Dentistry, Nursing).
Jean-Claude Tardif to director of the FRSQ Cardiovascular Health Network (RSCV).

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Patient Safety NEW: 160 page reference manual from Healthcare Quarterly

New special issue edited by Dr. Ross Baker. From the publishers of Healthcare Quarterly. With educational grants from the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Ontario Hospital Association. Open access for all. Open here.
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Canadian Treatment Action Council Awards
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
November 17-18.
Health Services Restructuring: New Evidence and New Directions. at Queen's University. Hosted by John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, and the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Details of the program as well as registration information can be found on the on the IRPP website at http://www.irpp.org/events.
November 16 & 17, 2005: InnoWest 2005 - Calgary, Alberta
Converting Ideas into Actions – Second Annual Western Canadian Innovation Conference
November 15. Graham Scott, Chair + Glenda Yeates, CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information. Breakfast with the Chiefs. Register with: llopez@longwoods.com.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - Location: McMillan Binch Mendelsohn, Toronto, Rowell Boardroom. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.(join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.) – a premium event
November 15 to 17, 2005: Partnership Fall 2005 Symposium - Victoria, British Columbia
November 14 and 15, 2005: HL7 Canada Fall 2005 Conference - Victoria, British Columbia
November 11 and 12. Healthcare Summit: Legal, Economic and Medical Issues. Vancouver. National conference designed to help Canadian governments (federal and provincial), administrators, clinicians and academics develop a practical blueprint for beneficial reform and recommend changes that conform to the guidelines of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision. See: http://www.cimca.ca.
̶Yet another pivotal moment in Canadian history is shaping up to take place at the venerable Hotel Vancouver this fall.” Matt Borsellino, The Medical Post.
November 6 – 11, 2005 Health Leaders Institute | from the team that designed the Dorothy Wylie Institute. Check it out. Click here http://healthleaders.ca/index.html
November – December, 2005. DeGroote: Health Leadership Series: manage and exceed expectations in all areas of patient care and administration.
November 3 and 4, 2005: Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO) 2005 Conference - Ottawa, Ontario
November 04, 2005, ANEGTA. Speaker Sue Matthews, Chief Nursing Officer, Ontario. For more information write Sue Munro at smunro@firststageinc.com
November 03, 2005 PHIPA is intended to strike the right balance between the legitimate need of health professionals to collect, use or disclose personal health information and the need to maintain the confidentiality of such sensitive information: further explore the world of EHRs, discuss best practices, discover PHIPA’s impact on medical research. http://www.governmentevents.ca/phipa2005/agenda.php
October 31 – November 02, 2005. Canada’s international healthcare show. See: http://www.healthachieve.com. For policy makers, providers, suppliers and the professions.
Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Stephen Covey, Dr. Marla Shapiro, Jim McCarter, Hon. Preston Manning, Dr. David Suzuki, Dr. James Orbinski & Dr. John Kenagy, Leslie Beck, and Dr. Andrew Pipe. www.Healthachieve.com
October 28, 2005. The BC Health Information Management Professionals Society (BCHIMPS). "The Road to Quality in health IM/IT". Dr. Michael Bainbridge - chief clinical architect for electronic health records in the United Kingdom and Dr. Penny Ballem, Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Health. Details here: http://www.bchimps.bc.ca

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Health Leadership | CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Coordinator, Seven Oaks Program - Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility, Victoria, BC
Chief Operating Officer, Georgetown Hospital Site- Halton Healthcare
President & Chief Executive Officer - St. Joseph¹s Care Group, Thunder Bay
Manager, Decision Support - St. Joseph’s Care Group, Thunder Bay
Manager, Materiel Management - St. Joseph¹s Care Group, Thunder Bay
Nursing Practice Initiatives Lead - Vancouver Coastal Health
Nurse Practitioner (NP), Regional Stroke Program - Capital Health Edmonton
Senior Directors - Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
Directeur Principal - Les réseaux locaux d’intégration 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 – L’Institut 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


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