Longwoods Blog
September 21, 2010
Quote
“. . . whether there are (or are not) enough healthcare providers is not simply a question of numbers of health professionals. From changes in health and healthcare to shifts in the worklife and practice patterns of professionals, a better understanding of the wide range of factors affecting healthcare providers is essential . . .” Richard Alvarez, Jennifer Zelmer and Kira Leeb.
Essay
Ontario Generic Drug Wars, Part 3: The Soul of the Pharmacy Profession By Steven Lewis
What a peculiar profession is retail pharmacy. Drug stores whose main business is drugs have gone the way of the corner hardware shop.
Off the Cuff
HOW do you . . .
How and why are members of your community aging differently? Answer.
How do you create surge capacity? Answer.
Where do you go to borrow money for an expensive IT program? Answer.
How can we curb childhood obesity? Answer
How can you maximize the effectiveness of your sentinel event policy? Answer 1 from a recent investigation: click here and start at page 41. | Answer 2 from McGill University Health Centre: click here
Come out and join in the fun at Playdate 2010. Support The Therapeutic Clown Program at SickKids.
Open Reading
From Philips Healthcare
The Power of Technology: Resisting the Seduction through Rationality?
Pascale Lehoux
News
- Pharmacist Prescribing Interest High – but Canada’s Largest Province Lags in Readiness
- New provincial framework aimed at improving patient safety in Alberta
- Private clinics: now is the time for government action to stop for-profit health care
- University and Hospitals Impact Society, Economy Through Research Contracts
- Champlain CCAC Welcomes New CEO
- Link to autism in boys found in missing DNA
- Science vs. Sentiment: What Rules Parents’ Decision to Vaccinate their Kids?
- Government of Canada and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University to Announce new Medical Training Centre
- Sanofi Pasteur introduces new option for flu vaccination – tiny needle, same effectiveness as traditional flu shots
- BC Government Gives Go-Ahead to Construction of New BC Children’s Hospital
- U of A researchers on cusp of developing simple blood test to pinpoint which pregnant women will develop preeclampsia
Our Editors Recommend
Healthcare Quarterly
Team Effectiveness in Primary Care Networks in Alberta
Peter Drew, Brad Jones and Douglas Norton
Healthcare Papers
A Long Time Coming: Primary Healthcare Renewal in Canada
Brian Hutchison
Nursing Leadership
The Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner in Ontario: A Workforce Study
Mary van Soeren, Christina Hurlock-Chorostecki, Sharon Goodwin and Elizabeth Baker
Healthcare Policy
The Development of a Primary Healthcare Information System to Support Performance Measurement and Research in British Columbia
Diane E. Watson
Electronic Healthcare
Computer-Based Risk Assessment: Evaluating Use in Primary Care
Gayle Halas, Alan Katz and Dean Jin
World Health and Population
Health and Indigenous People: Intercultural Health as a New Paradigm Toward the Reduction of Cultural and Social Marginalization?
Maria Costanza Torri
Breakfast with the Chiefs
Tuesday, October 28, 2010 – Toronto, ON, 8:00 am – 9:00 am (join us at 7:15 am for breakfast)
Mary Jo Haddad, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, ON
Topic: Child Health; Local Excellence & Global Implications
Location: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sponsors: Accenture, CGI
Register here.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 – Toronto, ON, 8:00 am – 9:00 am (join us at 7:15 am for breakfast)
David Levine, Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Regional Health Authority
Topic: Medicare and Regionalization – Quebec Style
Location: TBA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sponsors: Accenture, CGI
We are finalizing the dates . . .
(1) Breakfast with the Chiefs: The 2010/2011 lineup includes: Dr. Robert Howard, CEO, St. Michaels | Dr. Stephen Duckett, CEO, Alberta Health | Camille Orridge, CEO, Toronto Central LHIN | Dr. Davy Cheng, Chief of Anesthesia, London — and Longwoods Scholar | Janet Davidson, CEO, Trillium Hospital | Kevin Smith, CEO, St. Josephs, Hamilton | Rob Devitt, CEO, Toronto East General | Michael Decter, CEO, LDIC Inc. | Brian Postl, Dean of Medicine (UofManitoba) and Chair, CIHI | Richard Alvarez, CEO, Canada Health Infoway | Steven Lewis, Author and Consultant | Dr. Michael Rachlis, Physician and Author | Dr. Danielle Martin, Physician and Chair, Canadian Doctors for Medicare | Dr. Josh Tepper, ADM, HealthForce Ontario | Jennifer Zelmer, VP, Canada Health Infoway …
. . .and many more.
(2) HealthcareRounds on The Cutting Edge: [a] Health technology, [b] Governance, [c] Healthcare Workplace are on our radar. This is a three-part multimedia education program covering critical issues. To receive notifications about this program write Events@longwoods.com
Corporate Canada looking to participate in these highly visible programs can contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com
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Past Presentations can be found here.
All Audio and Video Presentations can be found here.
For sponsorship information, please contact Matthew Hart at 416-864-9667 x113 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 AND access by webcast. 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
September 23 & 24, 2010: Toronto, ON. Patient Safety and Mental Health: Meeting Unmet Needs. Ensuring Patient and Client Safety.
September 22, 2010: Vancouver, BC. Health Care Transformation: Strategic Organizational Transformation.
September 22-October 21, 2010: Five Canadian cities. IBM Smarter Healthcare Roadshow: Perspectives on Innovation.
September 23-24, 2010: Toronto, ON. Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care. A Foundation for Evidence Based Practice and Quality Care
September 27-28, 2010: Toronto, ON. Lean In Healthcare, From Concept to Reality – Putting Lean into Practice
September 27, 2010: Toronto, ON. Interprofessional Care: “How to” and “So What”.
September 28, 2010: Toronto, ON. Maternal and Newborn Care: Meeting Community Needs and Integrating Midwives.
October 4-6, 2010: Toronto, ON. 2010 Canadian interRAI Conference brings together researchers, policy makers and practitioners using the interRAI system of instruments.
October 13-14, 2010: Vancouver, BC. HealthCare Leaders’ Association of British Columbia Annual Conference
October 21-23, 2010: Halifax, NS. Halifax 10: The Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium
November 1-2, 2010: Montreal, QC. Picking Up the Pace – How to accelerate change in primary healthcare, hosted by CHSRF
November 29, 2010: Toronto, ON. Putting Policy into Practice: The Ontario Hospital Association Accessibility Conference.
November 30, 2010: Toronto, ON. Hot Topics in Risk Management.
December 1, 2010: Toronto, ON. Community Engagement in the Time of Tough Decisions and the Quest for Quality
Winter/Spring 2011: Toronto, ON. Rotman Advanced Health Leadership Program
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
Transitions
Stephen Orsini to Deputy Minister of Revenue in addition to his current responsibilities as Associate Deputy Minister, Office of the Budget, Taxation and Pensions in the Ministry of Finance, Ontario.
Gilles Lanteigne to Chief Executive Officer, Champlain Community Care Access Centre
Alan P. Iskiw to Interim CEO of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network
David M. Barrett, appointed to AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions’ Board of Directors
Careers
Today’s Leadership Careers
- Initiative Officer, Evidence on Tap and Partnerships for Health System Improvement Programs – CIHR, Ottawa, ON
- Senior Program Consultants – MOHLTC, Toronto, ON
- Chief Executive Officer – Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre, Toronto, ON
- Vice-President of Education – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
- Vice President, Corporate Services & Chief Financial Officer – Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Orillia, ON
- Production/Web Editor, Longwoods Publishing, Toronto, ON
- Senior Director, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer – Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Bracebridge and Huntsville, ON
- Director, Strategic Communications and Public Relations, Mississauga Halton CCAC,
- Registration Advisor, Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Exams – College of Registered Nurses of BC
- The Toronto Central LHIN is seeking is health professionals for its Health Professionals Advisory Committee
- Director, Corporate Performance and Process Improvement – Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
- Senior Director, Client Services – Erie St. Clair Community Care Access Centre, Chatham, ON
Today’s Nurse Jobs
- Clinical Resource Nurse (RN) Full-Time, Kingston, ON
- Intensive Care Unit Nurses, Multiple Postitions – Fraser Health, Greater Vancouver, BC
- Post-Anesthetic Care Nurses, Multiple Positions – Fraser Health, Greater Vancouver, BC
- Registered Nurse, Care Leader – Interior Health, Clearwater, BC
- RN, Youth & Adult Developmental Disability Mental Health Team Leader – Interior Health, Kelowna, BC
- Registered Nurse, Critical Care – Interior Health,Kelowna, BC
- RN, Residential Care – Interior Health, Oliver, BC
- Registration Advisor, Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Exams – College of Registered Nurses of BC
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Special Care Nursery – Guelph General Hospital , Guelph, ON
- Clinical Nurse Specialist, Geriatric Emergency Management – Guelph General Hospital , Guelph, ON
- Registered Nurses, Multiple Departments – St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- Registered Psychiatric Nurse or Registered Nurse – Whitehorse General Hospital, Whitehorse, YK
- Nursing Positions – The Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
- RNs & RPNs (Relief Nursing Assignments) – Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Various Locations
- Fraser Health – Critical Care Nurses – Multiple Positions
- Fraser Health – Emergency Room Nurses – Multiple Positions
- Licensed Practical Nurses – VON, Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton, AB
- Licensed Practical Nurses – VON, Calgary, AB area
- Operating Room Licensed Practical Nurse – Interior Health, Penticton, BC
- RN, Patient Care Coordinator (Surgical) – Interior Health, Kelowna, BC
- Nurse Practitioner, Oncology – The BC Cancer Agency
- Registered Nurse, Shift Coordinator – Interior Health, Vernon, BC
- Registered Nurse, Perioperative – Interior Health, 100 Mile House, BC
- Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit – Interior Health, Penticton, BC
- Coordinator, Sterile Processing – Interior Health, Vernon, BC
- Nurse Practitioner – Cornwall Community Hospital, Cornwall, ON
- Clinical Resource Nurse (RN) – Saint Elizabeth Health Care, London, ON
- Registered Nurses, Various positions – Rouge Valley Health System, Scarborough & Ajax, ON
- And Many More …
Longwoods has a portal of participating healthcare recruitment centres. Send your career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com
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