Healthcare Conferences

CGI’s Dr. John Loonsk will speak at North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) on September 13th, 2010. The conference will be held at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Loonsk’s presentation is entitled Achieving Value in Community Health IT: Recognizing the Emerging Path and Avoiding the Pitfalls. For more information please contact John George at john.george@cgifederal.com or visit their website, NCHICA 16th Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Soaring To New Heights in Case Management

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National Case Management Network (NCMN) Annual Case Management Conference
 
The National Case Management Network is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to the support and advancement of Case Management providers. Membership-based and multi-disciplinary, NCMN represents diverse health and social service domains including practice, education, research, quality improvement, and management. The conference helps unify and disseminate uniform knowledge and best practices.
 
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IBM Smarter Healthcare Roadshow: Perspectives on Innovation, September 22-October 21

Join IBM for breakfast and hear about IBM’s Smarter Healthcare initiative on this national tour. You will have the opportunity to hear from Mr. Paul Sulkers, Healthcare Executive at IBM, about IBM’s vision for “Smarter Healthcare,” highlighting efforts in Canada and globally to ‘work smarter’, and ‘be smarter’, providing a blueprint to enable a series of quick wins and tangible improvements.  You will also hear from experts on health analytics and business process management. Register today at: http://www.tinyurl.com/ibmsmarterhealthcare

Date and Location
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Ottawa
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 Calgary
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 Regina
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Winnipeg
Thursday, October 21, 2010 Halifax

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Improve patient care and advance nursing practice through outcomes measurement – the changes in health status attributed to health care provided. Join field experts from across Canada, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom as they discuss the application of health outcomes and personal digital assistant initiatives to improve health care.

The adoption of Lean principles into healthcare is continuing to gain ground and converts as those early adopters of ‘doing more with less’ have seen significant improvements to their internal processes resulting in reduced wait times, higher patient satisfaction and improved employee morale.

What's Working? Strategies and Practices that are Improving the Health Outcomes of  Canadian Children and Youth. The Annual Conference will showcase the emergence of effective and innovative models of care, as well as highlight the needs, challenges and strategies to ensure access to the very best healthcare for all children and youth.

The meeting is different by design. In developing the early programs, the founders of the Halifax Series sought inspiration within healthcare and in other industries around the world for different ideas, knowledge, skills and attitudes which would present opportunities for the improvement of healthcare safety in Canada. The Halifax Series Organizing Committee has diligently continued this approach.

An opportunity to enhance the knowledge and skills required to support the specialty needs of the Gastrointestinal General Surgery patient population. Recognizing the complexities of care for this patient group, the conference is designed to provide 2 Stream:

Enhancement of clinical expertise and,

Process redesign for quality and utilization improvement.

For registration information please contact Karlene Roberts at 416-864-6060 x 6256 or robertsk@smh.ca

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Hosted by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Picking Up the Pace will showcase more than 40 expert-selected primary healthcare innovations over two days of information sharing and dialogue.  Hundreds of senior decision-makers, policy makers and clinical leaders will explore what is working in particular settings and why. Attendees will leave armed with strategies for accelerating change – through the adaptation of innovation to their context and region.

Special feature: An expert panel examination of policy opportunities and challenges at the heart of improving primary healthcare in Canada.

Tenue par la Fondation canadienne de la recherche sur les services de santé, la Conférence Presser le pas propose de présenter plus de 40 innovations dans le domaine des soins de santé primaires choisies par un comité d’experts, et ce, pendant deux jours d’échanges d’information et de dialogue. Des centaines de décideurs, de responsables de politiques et de dirigeants cliniques auront l’occasion de s’entretenir avec les responsables des innovations et d’apprendre les raisons de leur réussite. Les participants acquerront des stratégies pour accélérer les changements – grâce à l’adaptation d’innovations à leur contexte et à leur région

Particularité : Examen d’un comité d’experts sur les possibilités et les défis en matière de politiques en plein cœur de l’amélioration des soins de santé primaires au Canada

The Early-bird rate is available until September 10, 2010

Full agenda | Programme complet : www.chsrf.ca

Researchers, policy-makers, funders, and other stakeholders representing diverse constituencies will gather to share evidence, identify significant knowledge gaps, and set a research agenda that reflects the needs of low and middle-income countries.