Longwoods eLetter November 13, 2007

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“The time for a serious public discussion on the collision of rising medical costs and the "death with dignity" debate is now.” Dr. Robert Cushman, Ottawa

Here is the new HealthcarePapers: rich content on pandemic planning

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British Columbia: 2007 Physician Master Agreement Download PDF

Highlights: British Columbia: 2007 Physician Master Agreement Download PDF

Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio (HSMR) Explained. Download PDF

Diabetes lurks in suburbs – the Toronto Star Download PDF

World Toilet Summit looks to a hygienic future Click here

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Healthcare Quarterly
ICES Report: The Growing Prevalence of Diabetes in Ontario: Are We Prepared?
Lorraine L. Lipscombe

HealthcarePapers
Why Healthcare Renewal Matters: Lessons from Diabetes
Diane E. Watson, Michael Hillmer, Farrah Prebtani, Kira Leeb

Nursing Leadership
From the Editor-in-Chief: Desperately Seeking New Graduates with Specialized Expertise
Dorothy Pringle

Healthcare Policy
Could MRI and CT Scanners Be Operated More Intensively in Canada?
Ruolz Ariste and Gilles Fortin

Electronic Healthcare
Reporting the performance of HIT vendors: Smart Pumps
Stacilee Whiting and Jason Hess

World Health and Population
Structural Adjustment Programs and the Trickle-Down Effect: A Case Study of the Fujimori Period in Peru, Using Reproductive Health as an Indicator for Levels of Poverty
Sonia Simone Menon

Today’s featured Podcast: Patient safety beyond hospitals: A look at patient safety culture in nursing homes.

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Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 – Toronto
Graham W.S. Scott and Glenda Yeates
Topic: The New CIHI. New Data, New Roles.
Location: Toronto, McMillan BinchMendelsohn Law Firm at BCE Place
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Microsoft Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 – Toronto
Linda O'Brien-Pallas and Tom Closson
Topic: What is the research telling us about the quality of work-life for nurses and its implications for their retention and recruitment?
Location: Toronto, Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Room 106
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, IBM Canada, Ontario Hospital Association 
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See our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Why are the Americans mapping the Canadian healthcare IM profile? With Dave Garets, President and CEO of HIMSS Analytics and Ida Goodreau, President and CEO of Vancouver Coastal Health
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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.

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November 14-15, 2007. Toronto, ON. COACH Executive Forum Recruiting and Retaining Health Informatics Professionals:  What You Need to Know and Do. Canada’s Health Informatics Association presents this event as the first in the new Executive Forum Series. Learn new methods for recruiting top talent and retaining high performers through targeted career development and recognize contributions from the best and brightest that lead to successful implementations and results. Explore the practical application of a competency framework, evaluate metrics that track employee recruitment, retention and recognition and much more. For details click here.

November 12-16, 2007 (with follow up April 2008):  Toronto, ON. Health Leaders Institute at BMO Institute for Learning. Join inter-professional colleagues for a week of leadership exploration and development featuring Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Haygroup’s Emotional Intelligence Practice Team, and Mixed Company Theatre Group among others.  For details click here.

November 15, 2007: Toronto, ON. The Emerging Leader Forum (ELF) is excited to kick off the 2007-2008 Emerging Leader Forum Speaker Series with Mr. André Picard. Mr. Picard is the Globe & Mail's public health reporter and one of Canada's top policy writers and will be sharing his insights on how to transform the Canadian healthcare system from an "outsider's" perspective. For details click here.

November 15-17 2007: Toronto, ON. 45th Annual Scientific Assembly of the Ontario College of Family Physicians. The Premier Family Medicine Conference in Ontario. Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel. For more information visit our website or call Lourdes Alvares at 416.867.9646 ext 48

November 20-21, 2007. Gatineau, QC. Fueling the Innovation Engine - Accelerating the adoption of improvement. The theme of the Forum will be the spread and sustainability of improvement ideas and initiatives. It will feature Mr. Hugh MacLeod, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Accountability and Performance Division, MOHLTC, Dr. Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation Practice, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and Nora Spinks, President of Work-Life Harmony Enterprises. In partnership with the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA), we are offering an optional pre-conference workshop on November 19th, entitled Spotlight on Required Organizational Practices (RoPs). For details click here.  

November 20-21, 2007: Vancouver, BC: Lean for Healthcare Workshop. Introduction to Lean concepts and tool adapted specifically to healthcare; presented by Lean Innovations Inc. For details click here.

November 26-27, 2007: Kingston, ON. Wait Times in Canada – Writing the ‘Script for Success: From Dialogue to Action.  Learn what has been done so far to reduce wait times, what has worked and what has not, and what the Canadian health care system must do next to make a difference. Then help us, through a highly interactive session, to develop practical and concrete solutions and future directions for reducing wait times for medical care in Canada. These solutions will be published – with appropriate credit to all participants – in discussion papers after the conference. For details click here.  

December 4-5, 2007: Toronto, ON: Lean for Healthcare Workshop. Introduction to Lean concepts and tool adapted specifically to healthcare; presented by Lean Innovations Inc. For details click here.

May 26-28, 2008: Gatineau, QC. Bridging Silos" the 2008 CAHSPR Conference. The Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research invites you to submit an abstract for the 2008 Conference. The goal of the CAHSPR Conference is to bridge across the various silos that exist within our system and unite researchers, decision makers and policy makers in the common purpose of preparing for change in the priority areas of our healthcare system. Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2007. Click Here for more information or to submit an abstract.

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James Stonehouse to Managing Partner, Ray &  Berndtson, Toronto
Hedard Albert to Minister of Wellness, Culture and Sport in New Brunswick
Mark Rochon to Chair, Board of Directors Ontario Hospital Association
Tom Closson to President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Hospital Association, effective January 14, 2008
Michel Perron re-appointed to Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
Karen L. Ormerod to Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Global Ethics (Canada)
David Rivard to Executive Director, Children's Aid Society of Toronto
Laurie Brager to Director of Sustainability, Compass Group Canada
Nancy Macken to Bridgepoint Health as Vice President Finance and Chief Administrative Officer
David Musyj to Windsor Regional Hospital as Chief Executive Officer
Tom Poldre to Bridgepoint Health as Chief of Corporate Communications and Community Relations
Stephen Shapiro to St. Paul's Hospital Foundation as President and Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Clive Ward-Able to Amgen Canada Inc. as Executive Director, Scientific Affairs

[Don’t forget; we don’t make these up. Please send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com] 

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Executive Director Position - Elizabeth Bagshaw Women’s Clinic, Vancouver, BC
Chief Executive Officer - Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital Carleton Place, ON
Director of Operations (Quebec, Eastern Canada & Nunavut) - Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Ottawa, ON
OHAfrica - Chief Executive Officer
Policy Analyst: Applied Research - Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario, Toronto, ON
Director of Nursing - Fudger House, Homes for the Aged, Toronto, ON
Executive Director - Haro Park Centre, Vancouver, BC
Student Nurse Burseries - Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
Career Opportunities at Courtyard Group
Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Vancouver Coastal Health
Career Opportunities at Vancouver Island Health Authority
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)