Quote

“. . . almost two-thirds of nursing faculty are 45 to 60 years old and likely to retire within 15 years.” Heather Cathro writes about Pursuing Graduate Studies in Nursing Education: Driving and Restraining Forces

Essays

Hospital Errors Ten Times More Common Than Thought? By Chris Fleming

Off the Cuff

When more means less
Yoni Freedhoff, a family doctor who specializes in obesity says that “statistically speaking, 3% of Ontarians meet the criteria for bariatric surgery” and notes that “even if only 5% of them want the surgery, that’s still 18,000 cases per year”. Ontario’s Bariatric Services Strategy was given $75 million, and committed to performing 2,085 surgeries per year in Ontario by 2011. Read more here.

Tracking Patients, Without the Wires

Meech Lake foes won the battle, lost the war (or how to negotiate with the Federal Government) by Chantal Hebert

Advanced Health Leadership Program – Rotman School of Management. February 13 to June 29. More here.

Breakfast with the Chiefs – October 20, 2011 with Will Falk and Ed Brown – Mark your calendars. Registration will open soon.

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How to …

Prepare for a Pandemic. It’s never too early. Watch the Breakfast with the Chiefs presentation here.

Our Editors Recommend

• Enhancing Patient Flow in an Acute Care Hospital: Successful Strategies at the Juravinski Hospital by Bill Evans, Carol Potvin, Gail Johnson, Nancy Henderson, Ivan Yuen, Teresa Smith, Steve Metham, Susan Taylor and Daphne Sniekers
• Balancing Equity Issues in Health Systems: Perspectives of Primary Healthcare by Richard H. Glazier
• Towards a National Report Card in Nursing: A Knowledge Synthesis by Diane Doran, Barbara Mildon and Sean Clarke
• Indicator Madness: A Cautionary Reflection on the Use of Indicators in Healthcare by Sarah Bowen and Sara A. Kreindler
• A Comparison of National Health Data Interoperability Approaches in Taiwan, Denmark and Canada by Mu-Hsing Kuo, Andre Kushniruk and Elizabeth Borycki
• A Qualitative Inquiry into the Application of Verbal Autopsy for a Mortality Surveillance System in a Rural Community of Southern India by Prem K. Mony and Mario Vaz

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• A Wake-Up Call for Healthcare Boards
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• Development of a Support Tool for Complex Decision-Making in the Provision of Rural Maternity Care
• Targeting Adoption, Training and Device Deployment Strategies
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• Nursing Leaders’ Accountability to Narrow the Safety Chasm: Insights and Implications from the Collective Evidence Base on Healthcare Safety
• Why Social Determinants?

See Best Read Articles on our home page Longwoods.com

News

• CMA Announces Recipients of 2011 Media Awards for Health Reporting
• The foundation of stars unveils its new logo
• Report shows that $1 of every $20 invested in cancer research was focused on survivorship and palliative and end-of-life care
• Researchers’ Discovery May Revolutionize Treatment of ALS
• Accreditation Canada national report explores the role of governance in health care
• Ethicon Endo-Surgery Receives Health Canada Approval for New Generator Designed to Help Simplify Use of Energy Technology in the Operating Room
• First-year highlights of obesity prevention and management initiative of Alberta Health Services Obesity Initiative
• Alberta Health Services launches obesity initiative
• Self-help no help for certain personality types: York U study
• GE and Partners Aim to Speed Fight Against Cancer, Starting with Breast Cancer
• GE Healthcare to Invest $1 Billion in New Oncology Solutions
• Challenge to Accelerate Clinical Value using Technology Kicks Off
• Restoring Canada’s Global Leadership in Life Sciences
• Unlocking Secrets Behind Human Emotion May Lead to Better Therapies for People with Communication Deficits
• NexJ Introduces Health Exchange Solution
• Dr. Matthew Parliament, President, Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology Updates Canadians on Developments in Finding Cures for Cancer
• More…

Conferences

• September 20, 2011-December 8, 2011: CNA Webinar Series: Put progress into your practice!
• September 21, 2011: Free WEBINAR. CHSRF on Call: Patients as Partners
• September 22- 23, 2011: Toronto, ON. Patient Safety in Mental Health: Shining a Light on Suicide
• September 26-30, 2011: Ontario Hospitals. Right to Know Week 2011
• October 2-3, 2011: Toronto, ON. National Case Management Network of Canada Conference
• October 2-4, 2011: Edmonton, AB. 2011 Accelerating Primary Care Conference
• October 4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Critical Care – Call for Abstracts Now Open!
• October 5, 2011: Toronto, ON. 2011 Health Care Human Resources Symposium
• October 7, 2011: Toronto, ON. 2011 Quality, Risk, Acceditation: Towards A Wound Management Strategy
• October 12-13, 2011: Vancouver, BC. HealthCare Leaders’ Association of BC Leadership Conference
• October 13-14, 2011: Ottawa, ON. Medical Devices Summit 2011
• October 17, 2011: Toronto, ON. Mobile Health Symposium
• October 17, 2011: Toronto, ON. Second Interprofessional Forum on Patient Safety Issues for Rehabilitation Professionals
• November 1, 2011: Halifax, NS. National Healthcare Leadership Conference – Call for Abstracts
• November 2-4, 2011: Winnipeg, MB. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
• November 14-15, 2011: Victoria, BC. Networks Leadership Symposium 2011
• November 21-22, 2011: Toronto, ON. Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference
• December 2-4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp

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Ontario Hospital Association conferences.
Events in Global Health at the University of North Carolina
For more information please contact conferences@longwoods.com

Transitions

• Jim Stonehouse to Partner, Four Corners Group
• Pam Colquhoun to Associate Partner, Four Corners Group
• Jim Irving has retired from Johnson & Johnson

Featured Careers

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

• Policy Analyst – British Columbia Medical Association Vancouver, BC
• Director, Operations, Security and Privacy Officer – Plexxus,  Toronto, ON
• Chief Executive Officer – NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority, Flin Flon, MB
• Manager Integrated Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Assessment Program ( ICS & DAP) – The Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON
• Vice-President, Medical & Academic Affairs – North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON
• Patient Care Manager – Pre-Admission Clinic, Surgical Day Care, Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit / Project Lead, Surgical Services – Halton Healthcare Services, Oakville, ON
• Manager, Clinical Services – Fraser Health Authority, Chilliwack, BC
• Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Member Services – Medbuy Corporation, London, ON

For more information or to post a position go to Jobs.Longwoods.com or email Susan Hale

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