Quote

“It takes a second for someone to suffer a deadly impulse to throw himself over a bridge when life seems painful and futile.” Neil Seeman in “Two seconds for Mental Health”

Essay

“Ontario’s doctors earn, on average, $385,000 per year and are the best paid in the country. Many specialists now earn twice that amount or more.” Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.

Off the Cuff

Psychological Health & Safety: An action guide for employers, from the Mental Health Commission of Canada.

360-Degree Physician Performance Assessment by Isser Dubinsky, Kelly Jennings, Moshe Greengarten and Amy Brans

Levon Helm died at 71 on April 19, 2012. He had extensive medical attention. Here he is explaining how he played for his medical bills. (Play the video.)

Physician supply increasing twice as quickly as Canadian Population … Dec 15, 2011 Fee-for service payments represent about 75% of total payments to physicians in Canada. Gross income covers doctors’ salaries and overhead …

Individual Pay-for-Performance in Canadian Healthcare Organizations. Pink et al. discuss some of the issues related to pay-for-performance for individual and …. “Are Physician Executives Pay-for-Performance Programs the Future of ..

Dr. Michael Guerriere and Denis Protti presenting at Breakfast with the Chiefs, April 12, 2012.

Group Health Centre is building an Ambulatory EMR and Hospital Information System Connect Project. This ties in to an ongoing restructuring of this primary care reformer in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Here, indirectly, is a perspective on this from Steven Lewis:

Health providers now have mobile access to e-health records, meaning safer, higher quality care for patients

Five New RHAs will Protect Front-line Services, Advance Health-care Delivery in Manitoba

Healthcare Quarterly
“I Can’t Wait”: Advanced Access Decreases Wait Times in Primary Healthcare

Healthcare Papers
Can a Book of Charts Catalyze Improvements in Quality? Views of a Healthcare Alchemist

Nursing Leadership
Canadian Oncology Nurse Work Environments: Part II

Healthcare Policy
Primary Healthcare Organization and Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Persons with Chronic Disease

Electronic Healthcare
Managing e-Health Change – A Pan-Canadian Collaborative Approach

World Health and Population
Toward a Systemic Approach to the Global Health Workforce

News

HIMSS Analytics and Advisory Board Report Shows Hospitals with Advanced EMR Systems Report Numerous Benefits
Mental Health Commission of Canada introduces new guide to enhance workplace mental health
Provinces’ New Weapon against Big Pharma: Each Other
WorkSafeBC’s Caution to Release Findings Ill-timed
Allow Canadians to Buy Private Insurance, Hospital Executive Says
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Conferences

• May 4-5, 2012: Toronto, ON. 2012 National Health Law Conference
• May 13-15, 2012: Toronto, ON. 5th Annual HSCN National Healthcare Supply Chain Conference
• May 22, 2012: Webcast. Mental Health in the Workplace: Recommendations for Program Implementation
• May 22-25, 2012: Toronto, ON. The Dorothy Wylie Nursing & Health Leaders Institute
• May 23, 2012: Toronto, ON. Conference for Not-For-Profit and Charitable Organizations
• May 24, 2012: Webcast. Psychiatric Patient Discharge: Optimizing Patient Outcomes and Minimizing Risk of Suicide
• May 28, 2012: Montreal, QC.  Appplied Research in Cancer Conference
• May 28-29, 2012: Webinar. Global health nursing — what is your vision?
• May 29-31, 2012: Montreal, QC. Annual CAHSPR Conference
• May 31-June 1, 2012: Toronto, ON. Second Annual National Nursing Executives Summit
• June 1, 2012: Webcast. Waiting for the Whistleblower to Whistle: Managing the Risks of Fraud in Healthcare
• June 4-5, 2012: Halifax, NS. National Health Leadership Conference
• June 4-6, 2012: Ottawa, ON. Together Against Stigma: Changing How We See Mental Illness
• June 13-14 2012: Sudbury, ON. Quality Improvement Boot Camp
• June 18-22, 2012: Toronto ON. Certificate in Clinical Leadership

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Transitions

Manitoba’s regional health authorities reduced from 11 to five.
Dr. Thomas J. Hudson to the Board of Directors, Génome Québec, Montreal, QC
Janet Yale to the Arthritis Society’s National Board of Directors
Grant Walsh to interim Director of Communications, Group Health Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON (in addition to his role as interim CEO).
Tony Barone to interim CFO, Group Health Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Jordana Fera to Senior Manager of Human Resources, Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Patricia Macgregor to Director of Pharmacy for The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON.
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