Longwoods Blog
Quote
“There is incredible merit to be derived from inter-organizational and cross-sectoral collaboration when looking for innovative strategies and solutions, best practices and decision-making tools.” Lynn Nagle introduces a special issue of Nursing Leadership (the journal)
Essay
Do people who have no professional titles feel sidelined by the enthusiasm for ‘inter-professional collaboration’? By Neil Seeman
Off the Cuff
Excellent Care for All with the Hon. Deb Matthews and Adalsteinn D. Brown. Breakfast with the Chiefs – Thursday, May 13, 2010 – at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON. Register Here. Sponsors: Accenture, AstraZeneca Canada, CGI, KPMG, Healthtech Consultants, IBM Healthcare, Microsoft , PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sodexo, and Strata Health. With: ACAHO, HPME.
Webcast available.
From OHA’s Tom Closson: SEIU Targeting Executive Compensation.
From OPSEU: health quality that ties executive salaries to performance. . . will it make any difference?
Creating Value in Canadian Healthcare: More, Better Care for the Dollars We Spend with Brian Golden, Professor of Health Sector Strategy at The University of Toronto and Shirlee Sharkey, President and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care. Breakfast with the Chiefs Thursday, June 10, 2010 at Fleck Atrium, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada. Sponsors: Accenture, CGI, and KPMG. Register here.
- Open Letter to Canadians from Richard Alvarez
- Every Minister is provided an assignment letter from the Premier. Here is last February’s letter to the Minister of Health in Alberta
- Sunnybrook Research Institute Fact Sheet
- The HIMSS Healthcare CIO Final Report March 1, 2010
- The Parkinson’s Peloton update: K-W Classic Road Race Kitchener-Waterloo June 13, 2010 and the Peterborough ITT June 20, 2010
- MentalHealthCamp Toronto (MHCTO) — an unconference about Mental Health testing the new edge of technology.
- The US President’s Cancer Panel is poised to join ranks with the organic food movement and declare: chemicals threaten our bodies. The landmark 200-page report comes out on Thursday, warning that the lackadaisical approach to regulation may have far-reaching consequences for our health. Analysis from the New York Times
- The Organization Chart of the Ministry of Health in New Brunswick. Hon. Mary Schryer, Minister. You can call her (or Donald Ferguson, the Deputy Minister) at 506 457 4800
Average Hourly Wages in Canada. April 2010. From Statscan.
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations: $31.23
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion: $28.93
Health occupations: $25.57
A community health assessment (n) a dynamic, ongoing process undertaken to identify the strengths and needs of the population and to enable the community-wide establishment of health priorities. Learn more here (PDF)
SickKids – some numbers
2,000 scientists and staff, $400 million, 21 floors, 750,000 square feet, and 135 years later that’s the new SickKids Research Institute. See: Longwoods.com
Just Out:
Nursing Leadership Vol. 23 Special Issue
The Demonstration Projects: Creating the Capacity for Nursing Health Human Resource Planning in Ontario’s Healthcare Organizations
“The initiative led to the creation of a unique collection of best practices, tools and resources that may facilitate improved nursing HHR planning and contribute to the stabilization and sustainability of Ontario’s nursing workforce.” – Vanessa Burkoski and Joshua Tepper
Open Reading
From Philips Healthcare…
The Power of Technology: Resisting the Seduction through Rationality?
Pascale Lehoux
News
- Trans-Atlantic agreement a boost to neuroscience research
- Long term solutions needed to resolve rehabilitation crisis in Haiti: Canadian physiotherapists playing key role in crisis and forward-planning
- Canada Celebrates Nurses May 10-16
- National Nursing Week, May 10-16, 2010 – Expert Caring Makes A Difference.
- Cliff Nordal receives Canada’s highest distinction in Catholic Healthcare
- A Commitment to Healthier Children and a Better World – Hospital for Sick Children
- The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre says “Thanks a million, CIBC” for the consistent support over the past 35 years
- Agfa HealthCare and Open Text Drive eHealth Forward at Canada 3.0
- Scherer to lead $50M genomic medicine program at Toronto’s McLaughlin Centre
- Hidden code within DNA explains one of the central mysteries of genetic research
Our Editors Recommend
Healthcare Quarterly
Service-Based Funding and Pay for Performance: Will Incentive Payments Give Canadian Healthcare the Quality Boost It Needs?
Jane Coutts and Jennifer Thornhill
Healthcare Papers
Pay-for-Performance in Publicly Financed Healthcare: Some International Experience and Considerations for Canada
George H. Pink, Adalsteinn D. Brown, Melanie L. Studer, Kristin L. Reiter and Peggy Leatt
Nursing Leadership
Nursing Leaders’ Accountability to Narrow the Safety Chasm: Insights and Implications from the Collective Evidence Base on Healthcare Safety
Lianne Jeffs, Kathleen MacMillan, Colleen McKay and Ella Ferris
Healthcare Policy
In the Eyes of the Beholder: Population Perspectives on Performance Priorities for Primary Care in Canada
Whitney Berta, Jan Barnsley, Adalsteinn Brown and Michael Murray
Electronic Healthcare
Evaluating the Value and Impact of an Electronic Health Record in a Complex Health System
Damon C. Mayes and David R. Mador
World Health and Population
HIV/AIDS Awareness and Knowledge among Secondary School Students in China
Qun Zhao, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Rong Mao, Jing Wang, Lingran Zhong and Hongshia Zhang
Breakfast with the Chiefs
Thursday, May 13, 2010 – Toronto, ON
The Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and Adalsteinn D. Brown
Topic: Excellent Care for All
Location: Mount Sinai Hospital, Ben Sadowski Auditorium, 18th Floor, 600 University Ave. Toronto
Sponsors: Accenture, AstraZeneca Canada, CGI, Healthtech Consultants, IBM, KPMG, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Strata Health In cooperation with: ACAHO and HPME
Webcast available here.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 – Toronto, ON
Brian Golden and Shirlee Sharkey
Topic: Creating Value in Canadian Healthcare: More, Better Care for the Dollars We Spend
Brian Golden, Sandra Rotman Chaired Professor of Health Sector Strategy at The University of Toronto and The University Health Network, Professor of Strategic Management; Executive Director, Collaborative for Health Sector Strategy at The Rotman School of Management; Chair of ICES. and
Shirlee Sharkey is president and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care
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
Upcoming speakers • Past presentations
For sponsorship information, please contact Matthew Hart at 416-864-9667 x 113 or email mhart@longwoods.comThe 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
May 12, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Society of Graduates, HPME, presents Humanity in Healthcare: Leading by Example.
May 25, 2010: Toronto, ON. Food, Fads, Facts and Fiction… How safe is our food? The Sheela Basrur Centre and the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP) invite you to join us for the second annual Sheela Basrur Symposium.
May 26 – 28, 2010: Toronto, ON. Innovation and Leadership in Rural and Northern Health Care. Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to provide keynote address.
May 28, 2010: Toronto: ON. Hot Talks on Health: First up Susan Dentzer on Why should Canada care about US Health Reform?
May 30 – June 2, 2010: Vancouver, BC. Canada e-Health 2010
June 4, 2010: Toronto, ON. Baycrest presents the Annual Clinical and Ethical Issues in Geriatric and Long-Term Care
June 7, 2010: Toronto, ON. OHA Region 3 event – The Future of Ontario Health Care: A Dialogue with Tom Closson
June 7 – 8, 2010: Winnipeg, MB. National Healthcare Leadership Conference
June 13 – 15, 2010: Toronto, ON. OACCAC Knowledge and Inspiration 2010 Conference
June 17, 2010: Toronto, ON. Osgoode’s 4th Annual Legal Risk Management for Nurses
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
Fay Orr to Mental Health Patient Advocate, Alberta
Jessica MacDougall to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA)
Dr. Greg Archibald to Head, Department of Family Medicine, Capital Health, Nova Scotia
Dr. Steve Scherer to Director of the McLaughlin Centre, Toronto
Kip Woodward to chair of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
David Thompson to chair of the new British Columbia Health Services Purchasing Organization
Dr. Paul Lasko to Scientific Director, CIHR’s Institute of Genetics
Heather Dawson to Director of Analysis and Reporting at the Health Council of Canada
Catherine Booth to Chief Information Officer at Plexxus
Careers
sent to +40,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.
- Financial and Administration Director – Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto, ON
- Team Managers – The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
- President and CEO – Toronto Rehabilitation Foundation, Toronto, ON
- Director – Plant Operations and Maintenance – Sunnybrook Health Science, Toronto, ON
- Manager, Client Affairs – Manitoba and Nunavut (Victoria), CIHI
- Chief Executive Officer – Toronto Central LHIN, Toronto, ON
- ABORIGINAL Health Lead – South West & Erie St. Clair LHINs
- Clinical Director – Regent Park Community Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- Program Manager, Distance Learning – OHA, Toronto, ON
- Quality Improvement (QI) Coach (3 positions) – GTA, ON
- Manager, Quality Improvement Initiatives and Coaching – Mississauga, ON
- Vice President Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness – Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Director, Transitional Planning & Operational Readiness – Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
- Executive Director – The Arthritis Society, Ontario Division
- Director of Finance – Sault Area Hospital (SAH), Sault Ste Marie, ON
- Director of Nursing Practice & Director, Diagnostic Imaging – William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON
- Manager, Cardiology & Neurology – HRRH, Toronto, ON
- Manager, Critical Care – Church Site – Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Editor-in-Chief – Nursing Inquiry
Today’s Nurse Jobs
Longwoods Healthcare JobSheet invites Healthcare Facilities to post positions for Front Line Nurses here at no charge. See the jobs below …
- Registered Nurses – Multiple Departments – St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- Now Hiring LPN’s, RN’s, RPN’s – Interviews In Toronto – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
- 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 has a portal of more than 50 participating healthcare recruitment centres. Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com
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