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“CAW takes mental health in the workplace seriously.” CAW successfully bargained wellness programs within the auto industry; Motoring to Wellness at General Motors (GM), Working toward Wellness at Chrysler and Drive to Wellness at Ford.
Essays
John P. Kotter’s eight step change model. More.
Off the Cuff
- Child Health in Canada Special Issue 3: The System is now online. Click here for the entire issue.
- “Online is better” – Longwoods readers tell us. We are Number 1 in Canada.
- Serious medication errors occur in the cases of five to 10 percent of patients (Source: kaiseredu.org). Here are recommended policies and practices that respond to this.
- Canada Research Chairs Program National Announcement—October 2011
- Now the Number 1 healthcare site also features more than 100 career opportunities organized by category (e.g. Nursing / Finance / Executive) and by location. Go to jobs.Longwoods.com and test your hirability.
- Ontario Simulation Expo. Special theme: “Patient safety and simulation”
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How to …
Implement Admission Medication Reconciliation
Recommended Reading
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Our Editors Recommend
- Best Read Articles and Reader Recommended Articles are listed on our home page Longwoods.com
News
- New Partnership to Develop Innovative Health Research
- Commissioner Cavoukian Orders Cancer Care Ontario to Stop Sending Screening Reports to Physicians in Paper Format: More Secure Method Required
- Doctors Ratify New Four-year Agreement with Manitoba Government
- Trent University and Queen’s University Launch Queen’s Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner (PHCNP) Satellite Site Hub at Trent in Peterborough
- York University gains new Canada Research Chair
- Canadian researchers use phage to create a new paper- based packaging method to control the growth of Listeria and E. Coli O157:H7
- Shire Canada grants SickKids $200,000 to support paediatric research and ADHD
- Three Steps to Unbreakable Bones on World Osteoporosis Day
- Diagnostic Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Achieves Major Milestone
- David Eidelman named Dean of Medicine and Vice-Principal (Health Affairs)
- Eating your greens can change the effect of your genes on heart disease, say researchers
- Lack of expertise on OCD putting sufferers at risk, says world-renowned expert
- More…
Breakfast with the Chiefs
The next Breakfast with the Chiefs is December 1, 2011 featuring Dr. Jack Kitts
Conferences
- October 23, 2011; Montreal, QC. The ABC’s of Palliative Care
- October 26, 2011: Toronto, ON. Lessons from Kaiser Permanente Model: Making Innovation Stick
- November 1, 2011: Halifax, NS. National Healthcare Leadership Conference – Call for Abstracts
- November 2-4, 2011: Winnipeg, MB. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
- November 6, 2011; Montreal, QC. The Multidisciplinary Team of Health Care
- November 7-9, 2011: HealthAchieve 2011 Webcast Series
- November 14-15, 2011: Victoria, BC. Networks Leadership Symposium 2011
- November 18, 2011; Vancouver, BC. QWQHC 6th Annual Summit, call for good practices
- November 21-22, 2011: Toronto, ON. Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference
- November 21-23, 2011; Halifax, NS. Infoway Fall Partnership Conference
- November 20, 2011; Montreal, QC.A Caregiver’s Journey
- November 28-29, 2011: Toronto, ON. Ivey Global Health Conference
- December 1, 2011: Toronto, ON. Ontario Simulation Expo
- December 2-4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
- April 2-4, 2012: Toronto, ON. Ontario Public Health Convention
- April 13-14, 2012: Ottawa , ON. CMA and CSPE Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership
- June 4-5, 2012: Halifax, NS. National Health Leadership Conference
Add your conference to the Longwoods eLetter here
Conferences on the Longwoods site
Ontario Hospital Association conferences.
Events in Global Health at the University of North Carolina
For more information please contact conferences@longwoods.com
Transitions
Alex Munter to President and Chief Executive Officer of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Fiona McGregor to President, Canadian Psychiatric Association
Ron Sapsford to Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
Dr. Rajendra Kale to Interim Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal
Jim Keohane to President & CEO of HOOPP (effective January 2012)
See more Transitions here.
Featured Careers
See the entire list of leadership and nursing careers at Jobs.Longwoods.com. 100+ career opportunities.
- Administrative Director, Forensic Program – Ontario Shores, Whitby, ON
- Assistant Administrator, Lakeview Manor – Region of Durham, Beaverton, ON
- Program Development Officer – Loyalist College, Belleville, ON
- Process Improvement Specialist (x2) – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Quality Improvement Lead: Palliative Care Project – Mississauga Halton CCAC, Missisauga, ON
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Hospital Association, Toronto, ON
- Vice-President, Corporate Services – Central Community Care Access Centres, Toronto, ON
For more information or to post a position go to Jobs.Longwoods.com or email Susan Hale
This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 at 10:26 am and is filed under Longwoods Online.