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“We Change or We Die”
About seven months after I was elected chairman, I stood up at a professional staff meeting and said, “We change or we die.” I had been in leadership for quite a while and knew that we had a thin balance sheet, that we did not have a billion-dollar endowment and that the future was not particularly bright for this storied, very prestigious healthcare system. My statement got the attention of the physicians in attendance. Some reacted with, “Oh my God, what’s happening?” A few said, “Finally, somebody who’s willing to tell us the truth.” Gary S. Kaplan, MD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Mason Health System. More here.

Essays

LHINS at Five years – What Now? By Jon Ronson

• Integrated Healthcare Organizations (IHOs) of manageable size
• traditional patient referral patterns
• built around existing healthcare or hospital organization in the area
• 30-40 across the Province
• Primary care physicians affiliate with the IHO for their region
• Primary care physicians held accountability for health outcomes
• CCAC role devolves to the IHOs
• The Ministry is downsized by at least 50% over the course of 2012
• Several “super regions” (think all of Eastern Ontario, for example)
• . . . and finally: “Move Quickly.” Read the whole essay here.

Off the Cuff

Ten special issues of the journal Healthcare Quarterly. Brought to you at no cost courtesy of our sponsoring partner organizations.

1. Child Health in Canada | 2 Mary Jo Haddad, editor in chief
2. Child Health in Canada |1 Mary Jo Haddad, editor in chief
3. Patient Safety Papers | 5 Ross Baker, Editor in Chief
4. Patient Safety Papers | 4 Ross Baker, Editor in Chief
5. Patient Safety Papers | 3 Ross Baker, Editor in Chief
6. Patient Safety Papers | 2 Ross Baker, Editor in Chief
7. Patient Safety Papers | 1 Ross Baker, Editor in Chief
8. Change: The Challenge of CPOE at UHN | Brian Golden, Editor in Chief
9. Ontario’s Wait Time Information System | Tom Closson, Editor in Chief
10. Integrated Care in Alberta | Dennis Kodner, Editor in Chief

The Clinical Frontier
The Virtues of Virtual Colonoscopy (not what I thought they were.)
Virtual colonoscopy uses computed tomography (CT) to construct three-dimensional images of the colon and rectum. The test is noninvasive, as the images are taken from outside, not inside, the body. Virtual colonoscopy is performed in the radiology department of a hospital or medical center. As you lie on your back, a thin tube is inserted into your rectum. Air is pumped through the tube to inflate the colon. More… [send your entries for “the Clinical Frontier” to The Publisher]

If you could invite one speaker to present at Breakfast with the Chiefs who would it be? Let the publisher know svp.

Ontario Health Quality Council 2011 Report

Is there a lesson in this?
“A study of all 170 emergency departments in the province (of British Columbia) found that, on average, there were 136 fewer patients per hour seeking medical attention during airing of the do-or-die matchup at the Vancouver Games” From the Hamilton Spectator

. . . the number of adolescents with undiagnosed mental health disorders committed to the juvenile justice system has exploded with estimates that between 50% and 75% of the youth who are committed to juvenile justice have diagnosable mental health problems.” See: Youth Justice and Mental Health in Perspective Alan W. Leschied

And for the slackers among us: Seven ways to have a good relationship with your boss

Call for nominations: The Margret Comack Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership acknowledges outstanding leadership of an nurse employed in a member organization of OHA. The nomination deadline is July 29, 2011. Click here for more information.

Our Editors Recommend

• “We Suffer from Being Lost”*: Formulating Policies to Reclaim Youth in Mental Health Transitions by Melissa A. Vloet, Simon Davidson and Mario Cappelli
• Workplace Design Contributions to Mental Health and Well-Being by Jennifer A. Veitch
• Education of Advanced Practice Nurses in Canada by Ruth Martin-Misener, Denise Bryant-Lukosius, Patricia Harbman, Faith Donald, Sharon Kaasalainen, Nancy Carter, Kelley Kilpatrick and Alba DiCenso
• Straw into Gold: Lessons Learned (and Still Being Learned) at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy by Patricia J. Martens
• HIMSS Analytics Column: Growing E-health Information Technology Partnership: Canadian Healthcare and HIMSS Analytics by Patrick Powers
• Engaging Informal Providers in TB control: What Is the Potential in the Implementation of the WHO Stop TB Strategy? A Discussion Paper by Berthollet Bwira Kaboru, Mukund Uplekar and Knut Lönnroth

Our Readers Recommend

• Why e-books are good for your health
• Facing the Challenge of Care for Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada: A Critical Commentary, Five Suggestions for Change and a Call to Action
• Funding IVF in Quebec: Mining the Web to Assess Public Support for Policy Change
• What’s the Plan? The Unique Challenges Facing the Home and Community Care Sector in Preparing for a Pandemic
• Research: Evidence-based Nursing Practice: How to Get There from Here
• British Columbia’s Provincial Nursing Workload Project: Evidence to Empowerment
• CIHI Survey: Alternative Level of Care in Canada: A Summary
• Management Strategies for Nursing Recruitment and Retention
• Social Stigma and Mental Health among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Conceptual Framework and Future Research Needs
• Process Improvement and Supply and Demand: The Elements That Underlie Integration

News

• Dr. Barbara Starfield’s passing is an irreplaceable loss
• DNA “off switch” may reverse premature aging, say University of Toronto researchers
• Team From NRC Recognized for Developing Neurosurgical Simulator
• Hospital Boards and Quality of Care Go Hand In Hand
• Ontario Institute for Cancer Research’s Technology Expo 2011 to feature new cancer-related innovations
• Canadian Blood Services Issues Rallying Cry to Canadians
• The Ontario Stroke Network Develops Resources for Dietary Sodium Reduction
• Dr. Michael Guerriere appointed Chief Medical Officer for TELUS Health Solutions
• Health Quality Ontario’s – 2011 Quality Monitor
• Research Institute of the MUHC awarded $1.4M grant for Innovative Medicine
• Lawson Researcher Shows New Drug Significantly Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer
• More…

Conferences

• June 15, 2011: Toronto, ON. Care Delivery 2.0: Moving Beyond Hospital Walls
• June 16-17, 2011: Toronto, ON.  A Call to Action on ER/ALC: Promoting Effective Care Across the Health Continuum
• June 17-19, 2011: Waterloo, ON. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
• June 22-24, 2011: Toronto, ON. OACCAC Knowledge and Inspiration 2011
• June 23, 2011: Toronto, ON. HIMSS Ontario AGM & 11th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament
• June 30, 2011: Toronto, ON. National Case Management Network of Canada – Call for Abstracts
• September 19-20, 2011:Toronto, ON. 4th Annual Lean in Healthcare

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Transitions

• Myka Osinchuk to Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Cancer Foundation
• George Mohacsi to Chairman of the Board of Directors, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.:
• Nancie Lataille to Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International
• Geneviève Laverty to Director, Legal, Scientific Affairs and Business Development, Medtronic of Canada Ltd.:
• Jon Olsen to Senior Director, Cardiac and Vascular Group, Medtronic of Canada Ltd
• Terry Finley to Senior Director, Head, Neck & Spine, Medtronic of Canada Ltd

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Featured Careers

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

• President and Chief Executive Officer – Niagara Health System, St. Catharines, ON
• Decision Support Analyst – Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO), Toronto, ON
• Nurse Practitioner, Oncology – Humber River Regional Hospital, Downsview, ON
• Clinical Practice Leader, Critical Care Unit – Humber River Regional Hospital, Downsview, ON
• Patient Care Manager, Renal Dialysis – Halton Healthcare Services, Oakville & Burlington, ON
• Executive Director, Flemingdon Health Centre, Toronto, ON
• Management Opportunities, Operating Room & Medical Device Reprocessing – Interior Health, Vernon, BC
• Appealing Manager, Operating Room, Surgical Booking, Medical Device Reprocessing – Interior Health, Kamloops, BC
• Site Manager – Interior Health, Invermere, BC
• Acute Area Director – Vernon Jubilee Hospital Interior Health, Vernon, BC
• Acute Health Service Administrator – Interior Health, Trail & Nelson, BC

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