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“Ever since that ER visit when I was 16, I have believed that the care I and my family receive (rightly) depends on a partnership with the medical community – I do my part and you do yours. If I say nothing: 1) when I am uncomfortable with what is happening; 2) when I have been given the role of “watchful eye” (when waiting for care) and spotted a problem; or, 3) when I don’t know what the warning signs are that I should be watching for, I am failing my side of the partnership.” Kira Leeb provides six mini cases demonstrating partnership care and one case that didn’t. Read about the real embarrassment here.

Essays

Healthcare, Moore’s Law and Joints; A statistical appendix and discussion of case costing – Part two of two by Will Falk

Off the Cuff

Two weeks of bliss:

We have opened up a whole series of books and journals for your late summer reading – freely available courtesy of an unrestricted grant from Philips.

1. Can a mass media television broadcast unrelated to health be associated with changes in the rate and characteristics of visits for acute emergency care? Find out here.
2. Child Health in Canada Issue 2: Child and Youth Mental Health
3. Child Health in Canada Issue 1: Determinants of Health
4. The redesign of Princess Margaret Hospital’s–systemic therapy (chemotherapy daycare and transfusion) facilities. The vision: create a new space and experience that is truly patient centric and world class. More here from Brian Golden and colleagues.
5. Once again with emphasis: Hand hygiene compliance by healthcare providers has been difficult to achieve due to diverse environments, work culture, processes and task requirements (editor’s note: “malarkey”). The Development of a Tool Kit to Create Supportive Processes and Environments.  And more from Patient Safety Papers Issue 5

Tom Closson: 17 clips to retirement. No. 1

Tom Closson and Pablo Rivero: “International collaboration and innovation in citizen engagement.” Lessons from Spain (Tom starts at minute 28). A Discussion with Pablo Rivero, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Social Policy, Government of Spain.

A good start toward rational healthcare billing Will Falk provides his perspective on the revised Physician Services Agreement in Ontario.

Edmonton Obesity Staging System [EOSS] offers clinicians a useful approach to identify obese individuals at elevated risk of mortality who may benefit from more attention to weight management. Details here.

The Renewed Power of “Telehealth”

Dr. Ed Brown has agreed to tell us what he is really thinking — at Breakfast with the Chiefs. Topics will range from the impact of global telehealth on Canada to OTN’s creation of a tele-home health network. Over the last year OTN conducted more than 134,000 clinical consultations. This may pale in comparison to their impact once the network reaches into patients’ homes and the broader community and readily accessible to both healthcare providers and tele-homecare patients. Radiologists and family docs will not want to miss this. Email us and we will pre-announce the date and place.

Call for Nominations: The Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education

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How to …

How to Get Published: Tip #2
Targeting the Right Journal for Your Work
Most of you probably know that Longwoods publishes several journals. In fact, there are six all together. Three are focused on aspects of health policy and health services research. Healthcare Quarterly is a journal of leading practice. HealthcarePapers is a forum for examining new policy initiatives. Healthcare Policy is a peer-reviewed journal of health services and policy research. (And yes, the names are very similar and can be confusing to the uninitiated.). Read more here.

Our Editors Recommend

• Chronic Kidney Disease in Canada’s First Nations: Results of an Effective Cross-Cultural Collaboration by Chris W. Ashton and Denise Duffie
• Are We in a Pickle? Rethinking the World of Research and User Interaction by Patricia J. Marten
• Stakeholders’ Conceptualizations of the Nurse Practitioner Role in the Pediatric Emergency Department by Louise Murray, Mary Reidy and Franco A. Carnevale
• A Global Approach to Evaluation of Health Services Utilization: Concepts and Measures by Roxane Borgès Da Silva, André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, Raynald Pineault and Pierre Tousignant
• Measuring EMR Adoption: A Framework and Case Study by Morgan Price, Francis Lau and James Lai
• Breastfeeding in Cambodia: Mother Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices by Hilary Wren and Lori Chambers

Our Readers Recommend

• Measuring EMR Adoption: A Framework and Case Study
• Social Stigma and Mental Health among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Conceptual Framework and Future Research Needs
• Healthy Workplaces for Health Workers in Canada: Knowledge Transfer and Uptake in Policy and Practice
• Implementing Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (HOBIC): Lessons from an Early Adopter Site
• Research: Evidence-based Nursing Practice: How to Get There from Here
• Death by Side Rail
• Reality Therapy for Healthcare Bureaucrats/Policy Wonks & Politicians.
• Delivery: Funding, human capital, incentives, and how they affect our healthcare
• The Value of Performance Measurement in Promoting Improvements in Women’s Health
• So what? Now what? Exploring, understanding and using the epistemologies that inform the improvement of healthcare

See Best Read Articles on our home page Longwoods.com

News

• Fat and healthy? York U study finds slim isn’t always superior
• Ontario offering earlier breast screening to women at high risk
• Durham College and Dapasoft Inc. develop unique knowledge portal
• The ‘Teeth’ of FDA’s Food Safety Law
• York U researchers zero in on protein that may help treat obesity, diabetes
• Lawson Scientist Presents Joint Pain Treatment 2.0
• Promising practices identified to address pressing issues in Aboriginal maternal and child health
• More…

Conferences

• August 23, 2011: Toronto, ON. Free networking event for emerging leaders in healthcare
• September 7-9, 2011: Huntsville, ON. Health Care Leadership Summit 2011: A New Environment and New Realities
• September 19-20, 2011: Toronto, ON. 4th Annual Lean in Healthcare
• September 20, 2011: Toronto, ON. Maternal & Newborn Care Conference
• September 22- 23, 2011: Toronto, ON. Patient Safety in Mental Health: Shining a Light on Suicide
• October 2-4, 2011: Edmonton, AB. 2011 Accelerating Primary Care Conference
• October 4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Critical Care – Call for Abstracts Now Open!
• October 5, 2011: Toronto, ON. 2011 Health Care Human Resources Symposium
• October 17, 2011: Toronto, ON. Mobile Health Symposium
• October 2-3, 2011: Toronto, ON. National Case Management Network of Canada Conference
• November 21-22, 2011: Toronto, ON. Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference

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Conferences on the Longwoods site
Ontario Hospital Association conferences.
Events in Global Health at the University of North Carolina
For more information please contact conferences@longwoods.com

Transitions

• Lorraine Manners to Associate Partner, Four Corners Group
• David Mosher to McKesson as Product Manager for RelayHealth

Send your transitions to transitions@longwoods.com
See more Transitions here.

Featured Careers

See the entire list of leadership and nursing careers at Jobs.Longwoods.com

• Vice President, Transplant – Trillium Gift of Life Network, Toronto, ON
• Editor-in-Chief – Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ottawa, ON
• Chief Information Officer – Association of Ontario Health Centres, Toronto, ON
• Patient Care Manager – 2C General Medicine – The Credit Valley Hospital,  Mississauga, ON
• Clinical Educator 2C General Medicine – The Credit Valley Hospital,  Mississauga, ON
• President and Chief Executive Officer – Campbellford Memorial Hospital, Campbellford, ON

For more information or to post a position go to Jobs.Longwoods.com or email Susan Hale

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