Longwoods eLetter December 20, 2005
"During the
year’s darkest months, major religions invite us to celebrations of
light – Eid (Islam), Diwali (Hinduism, Sikhism, and
Jainism), Hanukkah
(Judaism), and Christmas (Christianity). You who are professionals,
technologists, support workers, educators, researchers or leaders in health and
health care need to know that, for people and communities in their darkest or
most uncertain moments, you are bearers of light. In these days of
celebration,
we give you and invite you to give each other the gift of appreciation and
gratitude for the light that shines through your compassion, competence and
presence in local, regional, national and global health systems.” Sister
Elizabeth M. Davis, December 20, 2005
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FEATURES
- Avian
Flu Pandemic: Economic Analysis by Dr. Sherry Cooper
- Political
Party Platforms from ACAHO: a Comparison
- Election
Primer from ACAHO | December 2005
- NEW: Ontario's Wait Time Strategy
- Evaluation
of the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care: the only one we could find.
QUESTIONS
What is the total
healthcare spending in
How many physicians per 1,000 Canadians are there?
What is the proportion of low-income adults in
because of cost? How about in
What is the expected increase in provincial healthcare spending in 2005-06?
What is the average hospital inpatient cost of a knee replacement?
ANSWERS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Immunize a community of
children!
A gift of life you
can give to many children for just $100. Because of a generous
contribution from the Canadian Government, your gift of $100 will provide $500
worth of immunizations! Make it your department's gift and forego
Nomination
Alert
SickKids Foundation has created Rotman Award for Paediatric Home Care
Innovation. The $100,000 award will go to a Canadian non-profit organization
that delivers home and community health care services to infants, children,
youth
(0-18 years old) and their families. The deadline for nominations is January
31,
2006. www.cyhn.ca
Scholarship
Announcement
Rehabilitation-Related Research. With TD Bank Financial Group:
$300,000 over three years. For Graduate Students with Disabilities.
Application deadline is May 1, 2006
Contact Lois Ward : ward.lois@torontorehab.on.ca
Advance your career! Here are some
details about the MHSc program at the
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, [HPME] Faculty of
Medicine,
CONFERENCES
& EVENTS
January 31, 2006. Breakfast
with the Chiefs | Analysis of the economic fall
out
of a flu pandemic by Dr. Sherry Cooper.
BMO
by Longwoods' "Breakfast with the Chiefs".
For more information (or to register) contact LLopez@longwoods.com
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS [English] [French]
| Program & Info [English] [French]
The 7th Annual Integrated Care
Conference: The deadline is January 30, 2006.
More information here: INIC www.integratedcarenetwork.org or here
SOLIDAGE
Research www.solidage.ca
or here PRISMA Research www.prisma-qc.ca
The e-Health
2006 Call for
Participation is your guidebook to deciding how
you can contribute to information sharing and knowledge transfer.
We invite you to attend e-Health 2006:
e...for Everyone!
and to submit a proposal to present relevant material in either a
concurrent session, panel discussion or poster presentation.
The submission deadline for this year’s abstracts is
Click here to download 2006 Call for Participation (PDF)
Rotman’s Health Leadership Program:
February 06, 2006.Turning Leadership Potential into Leadership Ability.
The 16th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference:
Stroke And Cognition:
What's Hot. Posters on research related to stroke and cognition are invited.
All
submissions will undergo blind peer review. Abstracts of accepted posters will
be
published in the journal Brain & Cognition.
Toward a National Pharmaceuticals Strategy:
February 9 and 10, 2006.
experts and policy makers from
and
safety and post-marketing surveillance, national formularies and price control,
and challenges to pharmaceutical policy reform. The call for abstracts and
online
registration, visit the conference website: www.chspr.ubc.ca/hpc
Seventh National Conference on Quality in Health Care
- February 15th - 17th,
2006. Who’s Improving Health Care in
Results. Four Seasons Hotel,
Key note speakers:
The Canadian Public Health
Association (CPHA) 97th Annual Conference.
Fairmont Hotel,
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
1. The Key to Excellence
in Elder Health and Elder Care.
2. Embracing the Future of Nursing: Educating
Tomorrow's Nurses.
3. The Many Faces of Diabetes: Implementing
Best Practices across Populations
and Settings.
LEADERSHIP
TRANSITIONS
Janet McElhaney to head of geriatric medicine at
Providence Health Care and
the University of British Columbia
Robert Sheldon to Vice-President Research, Calgary Health Region
Donna Ratcliff, first to receive the Five Star Pharmacist Award by the
College of
Pharmacists of British Columbia
Donald Cowan, Carol Hansell, William Waters to Toronto East General
Hospital
Board of Directors
Jack Bingham to Executive Director, Ontario. Canadian Institute for
Health
Information (CIHI)
John McLaughlin to provincial vice president, Preventive Oncology,
Cancer
Care Ontario.
Mary Gospodarowicz to regional vice president of cancer services for
Cancer
Care Ontario and Princess Margaret Hospital, and medical director of
Oncology
and Blood Disorders at Princess Margaret Hospital
[send your transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
LEADERSHIP
JOBSITE
Full Time Patient
Care Coordinator - Homewood Health Centre, Guelph, ON
Vice-President,
Research - CIHR
Vice-President,
Knowledge Translation - CIHR
Vice
President & Chief Nursing Officer-St. Josephıs Care Group, Thunder Bay, ON
Senior Advocacy
Officer, Global Libraries Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
Grants
Coordinator, Global Health Program Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle,
WA
Program
Director, China HIV/AIDS Initiative Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Beijing
Administrator
- Capital Care Norwood, Edmonton, AB
Director
of Operations for Ontario – Clinidata
Regional
Vice President, Cancer Services, Windsor, ON
Chief
Executive Officer - James Bay General Hospital
Director,
Health Reports - Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Career Opportunities
in the Northwest Territories
Career
Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career
Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career
Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Healthcare
Quarterly Careers (PDF)
Nursing
Leadership Careers (PDF)
[Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com]
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