Quote

“Then, something happened.” Bob Evans. Click here to find out what.

Essays

Will Falk Comments on John Ronson’s essay “LHINs at Five years – What Now?”

Off the Cuff

Tom Closson: 17 clips to retirement. No. 3

“. . .the most fundamental challenges, both practical and ethical, that healthcare institutions have to face in the transition to a new era of globalized health services.” A paper by Tom Closson and colleagues. Hospitals in a Globalized World: A View from Canada… (Peggy Leatt invited Andrea A. Cortinois, Sarah Downey, Tom Closson and Alejandro R. Jadad to write this essay)

Passing the Shakespeare Test (or, overindulgence may lead to indifference) by Jennifer Zelmer

Blimey, it’s the last week of summer vacation. So we are making the last issue of Healthcare Policy free for a week. Inspired by Shakespeare. Delivered by Zelmer. Click here.

What Healthcare can Learn from Steve Jobs

Participatory Medicine: Longwoods has a library of papers reflecting on “shared decision making.” Just click here. There are a number of movements advocating this and here is Wikipedia’s take on it. Worth a look as Longwoods explores this further.

Patient Safety – Ten years ago:  Making Patients Safer! Reducing Error in Canadian Healthcare by G. Ross Baker and Peter Norton

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

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How to …

How to Improve Hand Hygiene. From IHI and collaborators.

WHO Guidelines On Hand Hygiene In Health Care: A Summary

Our Editors Recommend

• Attitudes and Behaviours of Hospital Pharmacy Staff toward Near Misses by Colette B. Raymond, Donna M. M. Woloschuk and Nick Honcharik
• Addressing Primary Care Needs: A Participatory Approach to Collaborative Policy Development by Joanna Nemis-White, James MacKillop, Mark Bennett, Elaine Rankin, Lorianne MacLean, Janice Meisner, Tessa Trasler and Terrence Montague
• Towards a National Report Card in Nursing: A Knowledge Synthesis by Diane Doran, Barbara Mildon and Sean Clarke
• Diagnosing Senescence: Contributions to Physician Expenditure Increases in British Columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06 by Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Robert G. Evans, Morris L. Barer, Kerry J. Kerluke and Rachael McKendry
• HIMSS Analytics 2009 ICT Study: The State of E-Health in British Columbia by Patrick Powers
• A Qualitative Inquiry into the Application of Verbal Autopsy for a Mortality Surveillance System in a Rural Community of Southern India by Prem K. Mony and Mario Vaz

Our Readers Recommend

• Developing an Orientation Toolkit for New Public Health Nurse Hires for Ontario’s Changing Landscape of Public Health Practice
• Laughing at the Obese
• Sarah Palin is (Half) Right about Obesity Policy
• Advancing Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care
• Primary Care in Canada: Coming or Going?
• Health Reform and the Obama Administration: Reflections in Mid-2010
• Clinical Characteristics and Service Needs of Alternate-Level-of-Care Patients Waiting for Long-Term Care in Ontario Hospitals
• Pay-for-Performance in Publicly Financed Healthcare: Some International Experience and Considerations for Canada
• From Diagnosis to Cure: A Process Improvement Journey
• The Demonstration Projects: Creating the Capacity for Nursing Health Human Resource Planning in Ontario’s Healthcare Organizations

See Best Read Articles on our home page Longwoods.com

News

• New CEO for Preventive Health Agency
• Lancet Papers Outline Worldwide Trends in Obesity, Hypertension, and Cholesterol
• One in Three Eligible Ontario Women Not Getting Screened for Breast Cancer
• More…

Conferences

• September 7-9, 2011: Huntsville, ON. Health Care Leadership Summit 2011: A New Environment and New Realities
• September 19, 2011: Broadcast: Recent Innovations in Primary Care
• 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 2-3, 2011: Toronto, ON. National Case Management Network of Canada Conference
• 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 12-13, 2011: Vancouver, BC. HealthCare Leaders’ Association of BC Leadership Conference
• October 13-14, 2011: Ottawa, ON. Medical Devices Summit 2011
• October 17, 2011: Toronto, ON. Mobile Health Symposium
• November 21-22, 2011: Toronto, ON. Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference

Add your conference to the Longwoods eLetter here
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

Eric Latimer, PhD, joins the editorial team of the journal Healthcare Policy
Tom Predovic to Senior Vice President, Technology, Nexj Systems Inc.
Louise Sylvan to Chief Executive Officer of The Australian National Preventive Health Agency, an independent statutory authority created to lead the fight against preventable diseases through preventive health initiatives targeting obesity and alcohol, tobacco and other substance abuse.

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

• Sales Director – NRC Picker Canada, Markham, ON
• Director of Human Resources – City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON
• Director of Operations – ParaMed,, Markham, ON
• Vice-President, Patient Care and Chief Nursing Executive – Hotel Dieu Hospital, Windsor, ON
• Director, Policy and Research – Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario Toronto, ON
• President and CEO – Women’s College Hospital Foundation, Toronto, ON
• Policy Analyst – Toronto Academic Health Science Network Toronto, ON
• Vice President, Transplant – Trillium Gift of Life Network, Toronto, ON
• Vice-President of Nursing – Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Doha, Qatar
• Benefits Consultant – Ontario Hospital Association, Toronto, ON
• Manager, Organizational Development – Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
• Medical Advisor – Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
• Senior Analyst, Corporate Performance and Process Improvement – Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
• Editor-in-Chief – Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ottawa, ON
• Chief of Staff and Psychiatrist-in-Chief – Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, ON
• Vice President of Program Development – The Abilities Centre, Toronto, ON
• Chief Executive Officer – The Atikokan General Hospital. Atikokan, 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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