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“People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas" Anonymous. [The Canadian Medical Association has formally encouraged provincial medical associations to address the growing obesity epidemic – specifically, by partnering with the Canadian Obesity Network]
Denis Protti reviews the book “High Performing Healthcare Systems” by Ross Baker. A review that brings the whole topic into focus. Download PDF
Download or read the book online here.
Resolutions for 2009 - for your own sake. Download PDF.
Ice Storm: A Crisis Management Diary from that cold winter of ’98. Dave G. Hunter, Delores MacDonald, Linda Peever
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Daily Health and Healthcare News. Compiled by our Editors and Canadian Press.
Flu trends - up to the minute updates from Google.
Listeriosis up to the minute news updates from Google
In 2002–2003, the average cost of hospital care for a Canadian-born baby weighing less than 750 grams was almost $118,000. More .at CIHI.
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En 2002-2003, le coût moyen des soins hospitaliers pour un nouveau-né canadien pesant moins de 750 grammes s’élevait à près de 118 000 $.
Healthcare Quarterly
Insight: In Conversation with Brian Postl
Ken Tremblay
HealthcarePapers
Building Public Support for Anti-obesity Policy Initiatives
Bruce Silverglade
Nursing Leadership
Fostering Research Partnerships: Interview with Dr. Gina Browne
Dorothy Pringle and Gina Browne
Healthcare Policy
Interview with Penny Ballem
Steven Lewis and Penny Ballem
Electronic Healthcare
Measuring Information Technology Investment among Canadian Academic Health Sciences Centres
Lorraine Pederson and Kevin Leonard
World Health and Population
Health Sector Reform And Decentralization In Tanzania: The Case Of The Expanded Programme On Immunization At District Level
Innocent A. J. Semali, Don De Savigny, and Marcel Tanner
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
We describe our experience with a Nursing Usability Laboratory, where human factors design principles were applied to common nursing procedures. This paper will be of interest to any hospital seeking to enhance safety by applying human factors design principles..
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2008/2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Vancouver
Murray T. Martin and Cliff Nordal
Murray T. Martin is President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON. Cliff Nordal is President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Vancouver,UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, IBM, McKesson Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Toronto
Glenda Yeates, Graham Scott and Dr. Brian Postl
Glenda Yeates is President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Graham Scott is Chair, CIHI. Dr. Brian Postl is CEO, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Ontario Hospital Association
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Toronto
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: 2009 Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, McKesson Canada, Microsoft, Ontario Hospital Association
Friday, March 13, 2009 - Vancouver
Ida Goodreau, President & CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health
Topic: TBA
Location: Vancouver, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, Sodexo
Monday, April 21, 2009 - Toronto
Mary Ferguson Pare, Vice President, Professional Affairs & Chief Nurse Executive UHN
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Toronto
Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, IBM, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs: Joseph D’Cruz, Professor, Rotman School of Management, Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Dr. Penny Ballem, Tom Closson, and the Honourable George Smitherman.
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Murray T. Martin, President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences, and Cliff Nordal, President and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Presented Thursday, December 4, 2008
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, HPME, University of Toronto, Healthtech HP Canada, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare, Sodexo.
The small print: Breakfast with the Chiefs: registration requirements:
Do you work at a publicly funded organization? If so, you must hold a current personal subscription for at least one Longwoods journal. This covers attendance for the full season. If you are not a subscriber click here first. If you are a subscriber go to this page for information on upcoming dates: click here.
Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com
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February 8 – 10, 2009: Toronto, ON. Nursing Leadership Conference. For nurses in formal and informal leadership and management roles across all areas of nursing practice, as well as nursing and health administration students, consultants, policy decision-makers, CEOs and others with an interest in the leadership impacts of nursing. For conference and registration information, please click here.
February 9 – 10, 2009: Halifax, NS. Chronic and Complex Care: Prevention, Care Planning and Management. This conference will explore many facets of CDM with input from healthcare policy makers and clinical leaders, including delivery of care, proactive management, and a look at the acute care impacts of chronic illness. Register by December 5th, 2008 and save. For details click here.
February 9 - 11, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Accelerating Primary Care Conference. After attending, delegates will be prepared to revolutionize their practices and policies to improve services and outcomes. New this year, the Alberta Interdisciplinary Primary Health Care Research Network will host a pre conference workshop that provides hands- on learning about implementing improvements in projects. Click here.
February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. For details click here.
March 19 - 20, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Leaders in Rehabilitation: the Rehabilitation of Function, Alberta Health Services, in the Edmonton and Calgary areas and the University of Alberta - Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine are pleased to announce the 4th Leaders in Rehabilitation conference. Speakers and special guests include Mr. Alan Lilly, Dr. Mike Landry, Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell and Dr. Arya Sharma. 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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Israel Mida to Governor, North York General Hospital (ON) Foundation
Jacqueline Tilford-Clarke to Governor, North York General Hospital (ON) Foundation
Olga Dellidonne to Governor, North York General Hospital (ON) Foundation
Tim Kastelic to Governor, North York General Hospital (ON) Foundation
Colleen Johnston to Chair of the Board of Directors and President, The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Farsad Kiani to Board member, The Princess Margaret Hospital (ON) Foundation
Dawn Graham to Chair of the Board, Rx&D
Christian Velmer to President and Managing Director, Wyeth Canada
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