Longwoods eLetter January 12, 2010
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“Many healthcare organizations, such as MD Anderson have been early adopters of real-time accountability by using free tools like Twitter.” (Wow!) By Neil Seeman in Commitment Vows: Accountability 2.0
Sense and Sensitivity: Trouble at the Airport, Trouble in Health Care. By Steven Lewis
Eureka: World’s First Discoveries and Other Major Medical Breakthroughs from Canada’s academic healthcare organizations. (PDF)
The Information Management Strategy Cascade: Strategy-Based Performance Management of a Flu Recall Practice. (PDF)
The North Karelia Files
The Expanded Chronic Care Model: An Integration of Concepts and Strategies from Population Health and the Chronic Care.
How to influence the risk profile of a nation - Finland. From the perspective of Pekka Puska, Director General of the National Public Health Institute.
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Healthcare Quarterly
The Search for Continuously Improving Financial Performance Indicators: The Hospital Report Research Collaborative Approach
Bruce A. Boissonnault
HealthcarePapers
Determining the Utility of Public Reporting - Too Early to Judge
Michael Guerriere
Nursing Leadership
Exploring a Theoretical Foundation for the Professional Practice Leader Role
Sara Lankshear, Heather Laschinger, Michael Kerr
Healthcare Policy
The Value of Performance Measurement in Promoting Improvements in Women's Health
Emily C.Y. Siu, Carey Levinton and Adalsteinn D. Brown
Electronic Healthcare
Innovation in ALC – Evaluation and Lessons Learned from a Pilot of Electronic Resource Matching and Referral to In-patient Rehab/CCC in an Acute Care Organization
Negin Mastouri, Hershl Berman, Hsin-Yi Yang, Mark Casselman and Dante J. Morra
World Health and Population
"Social Marketing" for Early Neonatal Care: Saving Newborn Lives in Pakistan
Iram Ejaz and Babar Tasneem Shaikh
Thursday, January 21, 2010 – Vancouver, BC
James Hereford, Executive Vice President (EVP) from Group Health Cooperative along with Dave Garets EVP of HIMSS and CEO of HIMSS Analytics
Topic: Getting Value from Health IT Investments: There are Doubters.
Location: UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver. Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680.
Sponsors: Accenture, AMBiT Consulting Inc., CGI, Microsoft and Sodexo
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 - Toronto, ON
Matthew Anderson, CEO, Toronto Central LHIN
Topic: Where to from here?
Location:Mount Sinai Hospital, Ben Sadowski Auditorium, 18th Floor, 600 University Ave. Toronto
Sponsors: Accenture, CGI, and Strata Health in cooperation with ACAHO, HPME
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CONFERENCES & EVENTS
January 14, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Aging Workforce: Preparing for the Talent Crunch.
January 18-19, 2010: Toronto ON. CIHR Primary Healthcare Summit: "Patient-Oriented Primary Healthcare – Scaling Up Innovation" - Space is limited.
January 22, 2010: Toronto, ON. Diagnostic Imaging Conference. Demand and supply and other issues.
January 29, 2010: Toronto, ON. Hospitalist Programs. Improving hospital inpatient care.
February 7-9, 2010: Québec City, QC. AllerGen’s Fifth Annual Research Conference, Innovation from Cell to Society5.
February 18, 2010: Toronto, ON. Transparency and Accountability in the Health Care Sector. GCE presents Dr. Ann Cavoukian.
February 19, 2010–May 7, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Osgoode Certificate in Health Law.
February 24-25, 2010: Toronto, ON. The Hospitalist Model. Challenges and resolutions.
February 25-26, 2010: Ottawa, ON. Healthy Workplaces in Action: Working Together to Deliver Quality Care.
Février 25-26, 2010: Ottawa, ON. Pour des lieux de travail sains: Agir ensemble pour des soins de qualité.
April 22-24, 2010: Toronto ON. Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership presents How Effective Leaders Solve Complex Problems.
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Don Schurman to Sumeraconsulting
George Pink to Humana Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Dr. Lisa Rojkjaer (nee Payne) to Vice President, Clinical Development, MorphoSys.
Gary Phillips to the Board of Directors, North West LHIN
Dianne Miller to the Board of Directors, North West LHIN
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