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Quote
“Your Money Can Help The Hospital to Set Roses of Health in the Desert Lives of Little Children.” From The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto 1906 Annual Review.
Essay
The Innovator’s New Dilemma by Neil Seeman
Off the Cuff
BEST READ
(1) No. one on the best read for the month of May, 2010: Nursing Leadership – Vol. 23 Special Issue 2010 : Longwoods.com By Vanessa Burkoski and Joshua Tepper and others. With goals to (a) increase employer capacity for nursing health human resource (HHR) planning, and (b) support the creation of more full-time nursing …
(2) No. two on the best read for the month of May, 2010: How to Create High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality By Design by G. Ross Baker et al. Order the paperback version by G. Ross Baker, Anu MacIntosh-Murray, Christina Porcellato, Lynn Dionne, Kim Stelmacovich and Karen Born. This is the definitive source for strategies to guide the system’s response to Ontario’s The Excellent Care for All Act, 2010. Introduction by Adalsteinn Brown.
An Audio presentation: Turning the Tide on Chronic Disease: How a Province Is Using Evidence to Build Quality Improvement Capacity
Search our website for lots of audio and video presentations. or check out ITunes: Longwoods Radio – Download free podcast episodes by Longwoods …
Last week, Mentalhealthcamp Toronto launched a new discussion about the power of Social Media to fight the stigma of mental illness. For the millions of Canadians who use Twitter, Mentalhealthcamp was at one point the #2 discussion topic – a start in finding Twitter applications in providing support to healthcare providers. Read the Toronto Star coverage here.
Veterans Affairs (USA) announced the selection of 26 winning ideas under the VA Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA’s most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. More.
“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.” Mark Twain
From Google Analytics. Here are two statistics for the month of May 2010 that blow (even) us away:
The number of visits to Longwoods.com came to +1,666.50% of the benchmark set by Google for similar-sized websites.
Page views on the Longwoods.com site came to +1,256.67% of the benchmark for similar web sites – as determined by Google Analytics.
The National Task Force on the Future of Canada’s Academic Health Sciences Centres (AHSCs) has released a groundbreaking report that provides a roadmap for AHSCs to further improve the health and healthcare of Canadians, generate life-saving research and innovations, and provide world-class training to future clinicians. The report contains eight recommendations and a series of implementation strategies designed to optimize the performance of AHSCs across the country (see News Release).
Executive Summary
Questions and Answers backgrounder on the NTF process
Backgrounder about Canada’s AHSCs
Full Report
The Global Accelerator Award™ has been awarded to the Council on Foreign Relations for its new paper on reforms for major global health institutions. The paper’s author is David P. Fidler of the Indiana University School of Law. More on the Award here.
New Words. Can you makem up? Share them on this blog
Unwords.com is one of many sites that play with language. It’s fun and the results can become mainstream in a moment. Think about “tweeting” and “blogging” and “keying” — all words we use in everyday language now. Here’s one more: ebiot (ē-bē-ət) (n.) An online winning bidder who pays in excess of retail on a completely worthless item.
Idea. If we focus on new words that relate (even remotely) to health and healthcare we can help authors and tweeters alike. Any suggestions? Just respond to this blog. We will feature the good ones in the Longwoods eLetter. Goforit. [or Send the words directly to publisher@longwoods.com]. Each week the top three – as picked by our editors – will each be granted a one year online subscription to one journal.
Institute for Gender and Health Conference (November 22-23, 2010) – Call for Abstracts is open! Deadline for submissions is June 17th, 2010. Click here for details.
Open Reading
From Pharmacy.ca…
Influencing Drug Prices through Formulary-Based Policies: Lessons from New Zealand
Steve Morgan, Gillian Hanley, Meghan McMahon, Morris Barer
News
- Landmark number of organ donors after cardiac death in Ontario
- Request for qualifications issued for Humber River Regional Hospital project
- Philips and SickKids team up to improve oral healthcare among children
- McGill team discovers a piece of the puzzle for individualized cancer therapy via gene silencing
- Electronic Hospital Reports Improving Patient Care in Barrie
- Health Council of Canada Recognizes Councillors’ Service to Canadians
- Johnson & Johnson Medical Products Announces 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Award Recipients
Our Editors Recommend
Healthcare Quarterly
Management Strategies for Nursing Recruitment and Retention
Angela C. Cybulski, Karen Bell and Jean M. Reeder
Healthcare Papers
Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Workforce Integration and Retention
Andrea Baumann, Jennifer Blythe and Dana Ross
Nursing Leadership
Collaboration to Change the Landscape of Nursing: A Journey between Urban and Remote Practice Settings
Mary Ferguson-Paré, Claire Mallette, Baiba Zarins, Susan McLeod and Kelly Reuben
Healthcare Policy
Gardasil® – The New HPV Vaccine: The Right Product, the Right Time? A Commentary
Joel Lexchin, Neil Arya and Sonal Singh
Electronic Healthcare
Building a Comprehensive Clinical Database: Collaboration in Stages
Brooks A. Fallis, Kelly Holloway, Lee Fairclough and David R. McCready
World Health and Population
Factors Influencing Mothers’ Role in Convulsion Treatment among Under-Five Children in Ibadan, Nigeria
Ezenwa E. Nwokocha and Aanuoluwayomi O. Awomoyi
Breakfast with the Chiefs
FINAL BREAKFAST WITH THE CHIEFS . . . before the summer break Topic: Creating Value in Canadian Healthcare: More, Better Care for the Dollars We Spend.
Featuring . . .
Brian Golden
- Professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
- Chair of the Board of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
- Chair in Health Sector Strategy at the University Health Network (UHN)
- 2004 recipient of the Ted Freedman Innovation in Healthcare Education Award
- One of the top three authors at Longwoods.com
. . . with Shirlee Sharkey
- President and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care: 4,000 staff and 3.8 million visits annually.
- Chair of the World Homecare and Hospice Organization.
- Presided over the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO).
- Recipient of the Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership
- Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal of Queen Elizabeth II
Location: Fleck Atrium, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sponsors: Accenture, CGI, and KPMG In cooperation with: ACAHO, HPME, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Register here See the Webcast here
For sponsorship information, please contact Matthew Hart at 416-864-9667 x113 or email mhart@longwoods.com 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. 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 and Events
June 2, 2010: Toronto, ON. Bending the Cost Curve of the Health Care System Conference: From Ideas to Action
June 4, 2010: Toronto, ON. Baycrest presents the Annual Clinical and Ethical Issues in Geriatric and Long-Term Care
June 7 – 8, 2010: Winnipeg, MB. National Healthcare Leadership Conference
June 13 – 15, 2010: Toronto, ON. OACCAC Knowledge and Inspiration 2010 Conference
June 15, 2010: Toronto, ON. Healthy Work Environments: Improving the Quality of Work-Life. Hear from Healthy Workplace gurus Dr Linda Duxbury and Dr Graham Lowe
June 16, 2010: Toronto, ON. Enterprise Risk Management: A “How-To” for Health Care Organizations Learn the effective tools and techniques for ERM
June 16, 2010: Ottawa, ON. OCRI – I.T. in Healthcare – The Champlain Electronic Health (eHealth) Strategic Plan
June 17, 2010: Toronto, ON. Osgoode’s 4th Annual Legal Risk Management for Nurses
June 17, 2010: Toronto, ON. Redefining Patient Centred Care: What Does It Really Mean? Do you have it in your organization?
June 18, 2010: Toronto, ON. Capital Planning: Optimizing Your Facility Performance
June 27 – June 29, 2010: Waterloo, ON. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
September 20 – 21, 2010: Ottawa, ON. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Statistics Canada for the Data Users Conference 2010: Understanding Health Outcomes
Conferences on the Longwoods site
Ontario Hospital Association conferences.
Events in Global Health at the University of North Carolina
Transitions
John Schinbein to Executive Director of Canadian Telehealth Forum — a COACH initiative
Joe Natale to Chief Commercial Officer, TELUS
Ruth Ackerman to President, Canadian Pharmacists Association
Bojan Pavlovic to Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International
Dr. Richard Reznick to Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine, Queen’s University
Paula Hucko to Vice President of Sales and Marketing, GoldCare — a division of Campana Systems Inc
Dr. Lynn Tomkins has been elected President of the Ontario Dental Association (ODA)
Careers
Sent to +40,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.
- Director, Women’s and Children’s Health System, William Osler Health System, Toronto, ON
- Intelliware Development – Director, e-Health Business Development, Toronto, ON
- Director, Public Health Standards – MOHLTC, Toronto, ON
- Consultant, Health System Governance Policy & Public Affairs , OHA, Toronto, ON
- Manager, Patient Safety and Risk Management – Rouge Valley Health System, Toronto, ON
- CEO – North West LHIN – Thunder Bay, ON
- Director, Investment Planning and Management – MOHLTC, Toronto, ON
- Manager, Adult Inpatients, Mental Health & Addictions – HRRH, Toronto, ON
- Scientific Director – Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Ottawa, ON
- Media Relations Position – Health Council of Canada, Toronto, ON
- Senior Project Manager, Primary Health Care Information, Toronto, ON
- Chief Executive Officer – The Champlain CCAC, Ottawa, ON
Today’s Nurse Jobs
- RN, Multiple Departments – St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- RN, Shift Coordinator – Interior Health Cranbrook, BC (PPT)
- Nurse Educator – Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
- Emergency Room Nurses – Fraser Health – Various Hospitals, BC
- Critical Care Nurses – Fraser Health, Various Hospitals, BC
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Specialized Geriatrics, Kelowna, BC (Permanent Full-Time)
- RNs & RPNs Opportunities available in Niagara Region
- RN & RPN Opportunities available in Ottawa and Carleton Place
- Nursing opportunities Mississauga, Oakville & Milton
- Geriatric Specialist – Northumberland Hills Hospital, Cobourg, ON
- RN’s – Chatham Kent Health Alliance
- Registered Nurses – Multiple Departments – St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- Registered Nurse, Critical Care- Interior Health, Cranbrook, BC
- RN: Medicine Care Centre – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- RN: Medicine Care Centre / Emergency – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- RNs: Medicine Care Centre / Emergency – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- RN Job Share: Medicine Care Centre/Emergency – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- RN: Complex Continuing Care/Rehabilitation – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- RNs: Acute Inpatient Psychiatry Unit – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- RNs, Mental Health Clinic – North Bay & District Hospital, North Bay, ON
- Registered Nurse, Medical Day Care and Chemotherapy, Whitehorse, YT
- GE Healthcare Performance Solutions – Consultant Position
Longwoods Healthcare JobSheet invites Healthcare Facilities to post positions for Front Line Nurses here at no charge. See the jobs below …
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