Quote

“All around us, people are at work leading change in healthcare. All of these leaders have a journey of experience from which they have learned (and are learning!) lessons.” – Paul Batalden

Essay

The Spinoff (Part 3): Does Faculty Tenure Harm Commercialization? by Neil Seeman

Off the Cuff

Lessons Learned in changing healthcare …  and how we learned them. A new Longwoods’ book edited by Paul Batalden, written by 14 leaders in healthcare. Now available.

Breakfast with the Chiefs
Chronic Care is complex, homecare is complex, hospitals are complex – arguably the most complex organization. Anywhere. Join us and watch David Levine explore the challenge of leading 47 institutions, 47 Chief Executive Officers, and 47 Boards. December 13, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast with the Chiefs Mount Sinai Hospital, Ben Sadowski Auditorium, 18th Floor, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada. Please note this will not be webcast. Register here. We appreciate the support provided by Accenture, AstraZeneca, CGI, PricewaterhouseCoopers

The Global Accelerator Award™ has been awarded to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a collaborative initiative to create a Global Vaccine Action Plan to promote the delivery of life-saving vaccines to people in poor countries. More information here.

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Open Reading

From HP Canada
A Strategy for Recruiting and Retaining Health Information Management Professionals
Catherine Claiter and Irene Wright

News

• Huffington Post highlights Toronto’s “Gifts of Light” campaign, boosting the profile for patients with mental Illness and addiction
• Ground Breaking Cataract Technology Offers New Hope for Customized Vision Improvement
• Ontario: First in Canada to Regulate Pharmacy Technicians!
• Canadian Breast Cancer Network Applauds Cancer Care Ontario on the Release of Action Plan to Improve The Patient Experience
• Schlegel Health Care and Homewood Announce Successful Transaction and Intention to Proceed with Subsequent Acquisition Transaction
• U of T researcher discovers a way to zip away chronic pain
• More physicians than ever; greatest percentage increase in physicians in 20 years
• Innovative New Health Service Helps Canadians Prevent and Manage Diabetes
• North York General Hospital unveils new Medical Imaging Facility and celebrates the impact of community philanthropy
• Ontarians ready to pay more to sustain healthcare – as long as healthcare workers are supported

Our Editors Recommend

Healthcare Quarterly
CIHR Research: Should Canada Permit Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Pharmaceuticals? A CIHR-Funded Researcher Raises Some Concerns
Morris Barer

HealthcarePapers
Post-Romanow Pharmacare: Last-Dollar First … First-Dollar Lost?
Steven G. Morgan and Donald J. Willison

Nursing Leadership
Developing an Orientation Toolkit for New Public Health Nurse Hires for Ontario’s Changing Landscape of Public Health Practice
Jane Simpson, Susan Kniahnicki and Karen Quigley-Hobbs

Healthcare Policy
Listening for Prescriptions: A National Consultation on Pharmaceutical Policy Issues
Steve Morgan and Colleen M. Cunningham

Electronic Healthcare
Moving toward a Single Comprehensive Electronic Health Record for Every Citizen in Andalucía, Spain
Denis Protti

World Health and Population
A Prescription for Improvement: A Short Survey to Identify Reasons behind Public Sector Pharmacists’ Migration
Gamal K. Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Abdelrahman and Abdeen M. Omer

Breakfast with the Chiefs

Monday, December 13, 2010
David Levine, Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Regional Health Authority.
Topic: Managing Healthcare Systems – Complex Systems
Location: Mount Sinai Hospital, Ben Sadowski Auditorium, 18th Floor, 600 University Ave., Toronto, ON.
Sponsors: Accenture, AstraZeneca, CGI, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Register here

Monday, January 24, 2011
Janet Davidson, President & CEO of Trillium Health Centre, and
Steven Lewis, health policy and research consultant based in Saskatoon, and Adjunct Professor of Health Policy at the University of Calgary and Simon Fraser University.
Topic: What is the Role of a Community Hospital? Really.
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Room 106, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON
Sponsors: Accenture
Register here

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 to at least one Longwoods’ journal. This covers attendance for the full season AND access by webcast. If you are not a subscriber, go here first. If you are a subscriber, go to this page for information on upcoming speakers.

 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

Conferences

January 21, 2011: Toronto, ON. Hospitalist Programs
February 7-11, 2011: Toronto ON. Advanced Health Leadership Program
February 16, 2011: Montreal, QC. 2011 CEO Forum:  Leadership Accountability in Canadian Healthcare. Hosted by CHSRF
February 22, 1011: Toronto, ON. The Role of Primary Care in Health System Reform
March 2, 2011: Mississauga, ON. QWQHC 5th Annual Summit
March 20, 2011-November 24, 2011: Multiple Locations. Physician Management Institute leadership development program
May 13- 14, 2011: Vancouver, BC. Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership

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

Transitions

David Dodge to Chair of the  Board of Directors, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Robert A. Baker to President and Chief Executive Officer, Vaughan Health Care Foundation
Shannon von Kaldenberg to Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Peter Coleridge to Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Mental Health Association, National
Rick Cochrane to the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) Board of Directors
Anne Sutherland Boal to Chief Operating Officer at the Canadian Nurses Association

See more Transitions here.

Featured Careers – See the entire list of leadership and nursing careers at jobs.Longwoods.com

• Professional Conduct Review Consultant – Temporary – College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• Senior Director, Partnership Development and Strategic Planning – Erie St. Clair CCAC, Chatham, ON
• Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser – Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• President & Chief Executive Officer – Niagara Health System Foundation, St Catharines, ON
• Director, Nursing Practice and Education – St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON

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

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