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"Canada's apparent capacity to reform its health system is inversely proportionate to the volume of high-quality reports that document its need to do so” Steven Lewis cuts to the pith in Healthcare Policy.
OHA Responds to Dupont-Daniel Inquest into the homicide of nurse Lori Arline Dupont from Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ontario Download PDF
Top Ten Health Policy Mistakes Since Medicare from Steven Lewis.
ICES. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences – global media responds to drug study. Download PDF
Young scholars interested in research-to-practice and policy issues should consider Canada’s strategic training programs. Partnering in Community Health Research (PCHR). More details at www.pchr.net. Deadline for applications is March 1, 2008.
IRPP President Mel Cappe in conversation with Wendy Dobson and Carolyn Tuohy to reflect on government priorities both in Toronto and Ottawa, and their implications for policy-making more generally. Register online.
Health Council of Canada released Why Health Care Renewal Matters: Learning from Canadians with Chronic Health Conditions. It examines whether Canada's health care system is meeting the needs of people with chronic health conditions and how changes to care can improve their health.
The Manitoba Nurses Union is advising nurses not to apply to work at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre, citing concerns about patient safety. See CBC
Women’s Substance Use Requires A Special Approach. From Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (ON).
OK it’s the holiday season. From McGill’s Chemistry Office for Science and Society its Breathable Wine Glasses. Download PDF
THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE
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CIHI announces new report: Physicians in Canada: Average Gross Fee-For-Service Payments.
According to a news release from Canada Health Infoway, Newfoundland and Labrador has achieved the goal of having more than 95 per cent of diagnostic images available digitally throughout the province to authorized health care providers, making it the second province in Canada to implement such a province-wide system. More.
Credit Valley Hospital, William Osler Health Centre, and Halton Healthcare Services in Mississauga, Ontario are sharing patient data through a Web-based electronic healthcare record (EHR) viewer. More.
Physicians in British Columbia will be provided funding via the Ministry of Health to support the implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) provided the EMR selected by the physician is from a limited list of approved solutions. More.
B.C. health authorities consider shared services. Download PDF.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre launched an innovative new on-line tool today that will allow the public to monitor the hospital’s performance in achieving its goals and objectives. Full story here
Alberta’s Advantage: Congrats – University of Alberta fourth-year medical students placed first in the country in the written portion of the Medical Council of Canada licensing exam.
Emergency Management Site Map. Ministry of Health Ontario (PDF)
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Today’s featured Podcast: What is the research telling us about the quality of work-life for nurses and its implications for their retention and recruitment?
Linda O'Brien-Pallas: Professor, University of Toronto, CHSRF/CIHR National Chair, Nursing Health Human Resources. Tom Closson: healthcare management consultant & Past President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health Network (UHN).
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2008 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs - Great minds in Dialogue (Locations to be announced)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 – Toronto
Dr. Robert Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer, University Health Network,
Dr. Jonathan Irish, Chief, Department of Surgical Oncology, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto and
Dr. Tak Mak, Director of Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research and Senior Scientist, Division of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology and Advanced Medical Discovery Institute/Ontario Cancer Institute.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
February 2008 – Toronto (date to be announced)
Dr. Ben Chan, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Health Quality Council and Michael Decter, Chair of Wait Time Data Certification Council for Ontario
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 – Toronto
Dr. Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner of Courtyard Group, Chair, Ryerson University and Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Healthcare.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Toronto
Dr. Alan Hudson, Lead of Access to Services/Wait Times for the Health Results Team, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, OHA
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations Click Here
See our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs video: What is the research telling us about the quality of work-life for nurses and its implications for their retention and recruitment? Tom Closson: healthcare management consultant & Past President and Chief Executive Officer of University Health Network (UHN) and Linda O'Brien-Pallas: Professor, University of Toronto, CHSRF/CIHR National Chair, Nursing Health Human Resources. To view presentation 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.
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January 9, 2008: Toronto, ON. OACCAC Knowledge and Inspiration 2008 Conference Call for Papers. Submissions are being accepted on the OACCAC website. Click here.
January 10-11, 2008: Miami, FL. Nursing Excellence: Bringing Best Evidence to the Point of Care. This inaugural South Florida Winter Evidence-Based Nursing Conference will spotlight nursing excellence and evidence based practice. This conference will be of interest to nurses in practice positions, researcher practice projects, educators engaged in curriculum change and administrators committed to achieving excellence. The primary purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for advancing the goal of nursing excellence through bringing best evidence to the point of care. For details click here.
January 16, 2008: Toronto, ON. Healthcare Leaders’ Dialogue on Governance Renewal. Ontario’s health care system is still very much in the early stages of a “fundamental transformation”. One of the key questions that has been raised as the system undergoes transformation to a regionally integrated model is “Will local governance survive?” For details click here.
January 25-26, 2008: Toronto, ON. Model World Health Organization Conference 2008. Nursing Students of Ontario (NSO, an official RNAO Interest Group) will host its first conference at Toronto’s Ryerson University. Attendees will participate in a simulation of a Model World Health Organization, representing 193-countries and debating foreign health policies regarding terrorism and corresponding health services: the two topic areas of debate include policies regarding child soldiers, and preparing for bioterrorism as a planned epidemic. For more information, click here or contact Jennifer Yoon.
February 5-6, 2008. Red Deer, AB. David Thompson Health Region Hospital Emergency Care and Patient Flow Forum: "Today's Solutions that Work". This National Conference will bring together leaders and decision-makers in emergency health services (physicians, nursing, paramedics), quality improvement, health administration, government, and academia to explore and share "Today's Solutions That Work" in reducing wait time challenges facing our emergency departments today. You will acquire tools for improving input, throughput, and output in our health care system today and into the future. Click here for details.
February 10 - 12, Banff, AB - AllerGen's 3rd Annual Research Conference. Join Canada's top allergic and related immune disease experts at innovation from cell to society3. To register please visit here
February 12-14, 2008: Edmonton, AB. Accelerating Primary Care 2008. Hosted by the University of Alberta and Capital Health to explore leading practice and innovation to accelerate primary care. For details click here.
March 3-4, 2008: Mississauga, ON, 2nd Annual Healthcare Safety Forum presented by the Canadian Standards Association and Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare.s Toronto Airport Hilton. Click here for more information.
March 6-7, 2008. Toronto, ON. “Forging Ahead…Evidence to Innovation” – Saint Elizabeth Health Care Conference 2008. The objective of this event is to celebrate the centennial year of Saint Elizabeth Health Care and to promote the use of research, evidence and innovation at the individual, organizational and systems levels of health care. This two day conference will examine three themes: 1) how technology and consumer empowerment are leading to innovations in the delivery of healthcare (on an individual level), 2) fostering an organizational culture that supports the use of research evidence and innovation (at the organizational level), and 3) exploring how research, evidence and innovation are being used to inform policy and the future of health care (at a systems level). Registration is now open for the conference. For details click here
March 10-12, 2008: Berlin, Germany. World Health Care Congress Europe 2008. 600 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Participating thought leaders include health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and heath care industry suppliers. 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.
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Michael O'Keefe to interim president and CEO of Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia, ON. (started in October)
Dr. John Wright to interim president and CEO of Scarborough Hospital, Toronto ON
Pamela Fralick to President and CEO, Canadian Healthcare Association.
Olivia Golden, N.Y. governor’s director of operations, to senior fellow position at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.
Murray Elston elected to chairperson of the Canadian Nurses Foundation board of directors.
Suzanne L. Michaud to Senior Nursing Consultant, Office of Nursing Policy, Health Policy Branch at Health Canada, on an interchange from the Canadian Nurses Association.
Tony Dagnone to Pacific and Western Credit Corporation’s subsidiary, Pacific and Western Bank of Canada, as a special advisor in the health care industry.
Nancy Macken as Vice President, Finance and Chief Administrative Officer, Bridgepoint Health, Toronto ON
Tom Poldre to Chief of Corporate Communications and Community Relations, Bridgepoint Health, Toronto ON
Shelly Jamieson to Secretary of the Cabinet, Head of the Ontario Public Service and Clerk of the Executive Council, Government of Ontario
Dr. Michael Leonard to Chief of Staff, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
St. Clair Armitage (former Executive Director of the Peterborough Hospital in the United Kingdom) to PPP Project Director, The McGill University Health Centre, Montreal PQ
Sheree Davis to Director, Health System Strategy Branch (HSSB), Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario.
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