Longwoods Blog
Quote
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease” William Osler. Here’s a parent’s perspective: Providing Compassionate and Effective Care
Essay
Product Review: All respondents (University Health Network Gastroenterology consult service) felt the iPhone had the more attractive interface and multimedia features, but 15 out of 16 participants felt productivity, especially where it pertained to communication, was facilitated better on the BlackBerry. More.
Off the Cuff
William Osler quote #2: “There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language” (Have EHR designers thought of this?) Read The Challenge of CPOE
William Osler quote #3: “The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases.” (Read about the polypharmacy dilemma.) Inappropriate medication prescriptions a serious concern among nursing home elderly
- How to Create High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality By Design by G. Ross Baker et al. The definitive source for strategies to guide your response to Ontario’s The Excellent Care for All Act, 2010. Introduction by Adalsteinn Brown.
- How to make rural maternity care work. UBC’s Glen Hearns with ten other authors
- How to Assess Your Organization’s Capacity to Use Research
- How to Focus on Quality, Value and Evidence-based Care in Ontario.
Here is the latest issue of Healthcare Quarterly online.
This from ITAC. Receive updates on the latest issues around medical device licensing here.
The last Breakfast with the Chiefs program for the season.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 – Toronto, ON. With Brian Golden and Shirlee Sharkey. Register here For more details click here. Webcast details will be provided later.
The Performance Agreement of the CEO of Alberta Health Services.
Alberta’s Health Resource Centre (HRC) – the official position.
Open Reading
From Public Health…
What’s the Plan? The Unique Challenges Facing the Home and Community Care Sector in Preparing for a Pandemic
Judith Shamian, Teresa Petch, Freya Lilius, Esther Shainblum, Rita Talosi
News
- CMA, Royal College and CFPC announce the 2010 National Physician Survey
- Ensuring the integrity of the research process
- Real-time, evidence-based information at clinicians’ fingertips to streamline mental healthcare
- Severity of binge eating disorder linked to childhood sexual or emotional abuse: JGH researchers
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Our Editors Recommend
Healthcare Quarterly
CIHI Survey: Challenges for Providing Maternity Services: The Impact of Changing Birthing PracticesJennifer Zelmer and Kira Leeb
Healthcare Papers
Contributing to the Value-for-Money Challenge Joann Trypuc
Nursing Leadership
Research: Evidence-based Nursing Practice: How to Get There from HereAlba DiCenso
Healthcare Policy
The Value of Performance Measurement in Promoting Improvements in Women’s Health Emily C.Y. Siu, Carey Levinton and Adalsteinn D. Brown
Electronic Healthcare
Apples or BlackBerrys? Clinical Use and Evaluation of the iPhone Platform in a BlackBerry-Dominated Hospital EnvironmentSherman Quan, Peter G. Rossos, Dan Kottachchi, Dante Morra and Joseph A. Cafazzo
World Health and Population
Work Status and Health of Women: A Comparative Study of Northern and Southern States of Rural India
Sharmishtha Basu and Shiv Narayan Sidh
Breakfast with the Chiefs
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.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
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
Paul Gallant of Vancouver to Executive, BC Lower Mainland Chapter, Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE)
Lyne Sauvageau to Director Department of Student Life Studies and Research, University of Quebec
Victoria Musgrave to Manager, Communications & Marketing, HIROC
Alberta Health Services – the updated organizational structure as of May 7, 2010.
Careers
Sent to +40,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.
- Senior Project Manager, Primary Health Care Information
- Chief Executive Officer – The Champlain CCAC, Ottawa, ON
- 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
- 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
- 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 …
- 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 Allicance
- 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 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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