QUOTE

“A good health system must, among other things, both do the right thing and do things right”
Robert G. Evans, Morris L. Barer and David G. Schneider

ESSAY

When Reputation Trumps Evidence-based Outcomes by Neil Seeman

The Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to come to Breakfast with the Chiefs. May 13, 2010.

Adalsteinn Brown has graciously postponed his own presentation in favour of a request from the Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to come to Breakfast with the Chiefs. The Minister will address: Excellent Care for All – a Bill introduced to improve accountability and transparency for the delivery of care in Ontario’s health care system. If passed the Act will complement policy work to reform funding structures in hospitals and fully align the government’s expectations for improved quality with funding incentives, reporting requirements and governance changes in hospitals. ALL registrants for Dr. Brown’s presentation will be honoured. If you have not yet registered please click here.

With the launch of our newest website we noticed that our electronic mail reaches 20,116 individuals who have opted in to this service. Some of these subscribers (we are told) also re-distribute these letters. Thank you!

From Longwoods.com Top Ten (thirteen actually) Papers as of April 30, 2010
Terry Sullivan to step down as CEO of Cancer Care Ontario
Terry Sullivan: some major achievements in the last five years
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) today announced the details of the $400 million, 21-storey, 750,000 square foot Research & Learning Tower
The next bun fight: The OMA estimates the average cost per patient encounter for the Sudbury (Ontario) clinic is about $182, while the same cost for a GP or family physician is $49. See the Sudbury Star
Canadian consumers demand more patient-centred healthcare: HealthCast report.

Our last four presenters at Breakfast with the Chiefs

Click here to view the video featuring Dr. Robert Bell.

Click here to view the video featuring G. Ross Baker and Kevin R. Smith.

Click here to view the video featuring Mary Jo Haddad.

Click here to view the video featuring Terry Sullivan.

Upcoming presenters at Breakfast with the Chiefs

Click here for details and registration for Breakfast with the Chiefs featuring Brian Golden with commentary by Shirlee Sharkey on June 10th. 

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 NEWS

• A Commitment to Healthier Children and a Better World
• myNurse health management program helps the elderly and millions of Canadians without a family doctor
• FightSMA Canada, CML HealthCare and The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation Unite to Provide $500,000 Research Grant
• New OMA President to focus on efficiencies and strengthening patient care
• JGH researchers help pinpoint osteoporosis genes
• Address Developing World’s Most Pressing Health Problems
• Mental Health Commission presents multicultural report
• Registered Nurses Celebrated for Professional Excellence
• Building on e-Health Investments to Transform & Sustain the System
• Hospice Palliative Care: Discovering Your Voice
• Canadian expert has a lot to teach the world about the harmful effects of alcohol, but are we listening at home?
  

From our Open Reading series: From HP Canada, including …
New Computing Model Helps Hamilton Health Sciences Address Changing Business Requirements
Mark Farrows

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Strategic Outsourcing by a Regional Health Authority: The Experience of the Vancouver Island Health Authority

Joe Murphy

Nursing Leadership

British Columbia’s Provincial Nursing Workload Project: Evidence to Empowerment 

Maura MacPhee, Karen Jewell, Andrea Wardrop, Ashifa Ahmed and Barbara Mildon

Healthcare Policy

Using Operations Research to Plan the British Columbia Registered Nurses’ Workforce

Mariel S. Lavieri, Sandra Regan, Martin L. Puterman and Pamela A. Ratner

Electronic Healthcare

Initial Experience in Mapping Minimum Data Set Home Care to SNOMED CT 
Francis Lau, Ju Yang and Georg Brox

World Health and Population

A Participatory Approach to Assessing Refugee Perceptions of Health
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Brett D. Nelson, Marya Getchell, Stephanie Rosborough, Benjamin Atwine,
Elijah Okeyo and P. Gregg Greenough

Thursday, May 13, 2010 – Toronto, ON

The Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
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, KPMGMicrosoft,PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Strata Health
In cooperation with: ACAHO and HPME

Register

Webcast Link

Upcoming speakers • Past presentations

For sponsorship information, please contact Matthew Hart at 416-864-9667 x 113 or emailmhart@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 & EVENTS

May 10 – 13, 2010: Toronto, ON. 2010 Annual CAHSPR Conference. Register now.

May 12, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Society of Graduates, HPME, presents Humanity in Healthcare: Leading by Example.

May 14, 2010: Toronto, ON. Building Capacity in Nursing Leadership. 
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 – 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

Terry Sullivan has advised the Cancer Care Ontario Board that it is his intention to step down as CEO of the agency.

Dr. Mark MacLeod to President of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA)

Ruby Brown to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, ON

Dr. David Latter to Acting Chair, the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto from May 19 to June 30, 2010. Then becomes Interim Chair of the Department effective July 1 to December 31, 2010. 

Dr. Richard Reznick to Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University effective July 1, 2010. 

Marlene Robinson is VP, Program Lead at eHealth Ontario. She previously held the position of CIO at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Review all recently reported Transitions.

CAREERS: sent to +40,000 people including Canada’s student nurses.

Today’s Jobs 

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
Manager, 
Regional & Board Affairs – Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), Toronto, ON

Editor-in-Chief – Nursing Inquiry

Access and Patient Flow Improvement Specialist – Northumberland Hills Hospital, Cobourg, ON

Corporate Risk Management Co-Ordinator – Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Orillia, ON

Longwoods Healthcare JobSheet invites Healthcare Facilities to post positions for Front Line Nurseshere at no charge. See the jobs below …

Today’s Nurse Jobs 

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