Longwoods eLetter March 29, 2005

…Longwoods eLetter March 29, 2005…

"Conflict is not simply a story with a happy or unhappy ending, but an ongoing momentum which structures one’s understanding of the future in relation to the past." Daniel Libeskind, architect

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Making Hospital Care Safer and Better: The Structure-Process Connection Leading to Adverse Events. Fadi El-Jardali and Martine Lagacé In this Issue | Download PDF

Healthcare Quarterly Case Study Library. http://www.longwoods.com/hq/HQ82-2005/HQ82Case.html

Error in Health Reporting. Previous links to Dr. Michael Guerriere’s 2005 presentation on the state of IM/IT in healthcare were wrong. Here's what he really covered:

• The service gap with other industries is wider

• Evidence of quality problems is growing

• Evidence that eHealth improves quality is growing

• Fiscal challenges continue to mount

• The business case for eHealth is being quantified

• Professional demographic trends are challenging

• Good information on IM/IT development in Canada is hard to find

• Some providers have made major strides

• Public awareness about Health IM/IT has increased

Details here: http://www.longwoods.com/slides/BWTC-Feb21.ppt

Web cast here: http://www.longwoods.com/events/breakfast/BC05_Feb21/index.html

Infection Control Conference. April 15, 2005. Vancomycin-resistant entercocci and the new variant strain; Pandemic Planning at the Local Level; Hand Hygiene Protocols . . . and more. Visit the OHA website at www.oha.com/conferences.

[recommended reading: http://www.longwoods.com/hq/HQ73-2004/HQ73SarsWalker.html ]

Ontario Health Quality Council is looking for members. http://www.health.gov.on.ca

Do your homework here: http://www.longwoods.com/hl/art.php?view=1&ID=91

WOTS A BOT?

NEXT: April 14, 2005- BOT [business office transformation]. An invitation to hear Hume Martin who leads 18 hospitals in this transformation. Details: Download PDF . Interested suppliers who are not members of the HealthcareBoard can register here: http://www.longwoods.com/subscribe/canadian.html Members of the HealthcareBoard can register with Lina Lopez at; llopez@longwoods.com

CONFERENCES

For Goodness Sake: Being a Virtuous Health Care Provider in Challenging Times
Red Deer, Alberta. May 9, 2005 [read: Healthcare Institution Partnerships - the Ethical Perspective. Joseph Mapa.
http://www.longwoods.com/hl/pdf/healthcare.pdf]

Are you going to HCPRA? What do you really want to know about Knowledge Transfer? Ask Irving Gold - Director, Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Chair of the Canadian Research Transfer Network. Degrees in criminology and sociology. Or . . . Ask Anton Hart, Publisher and chair of the HealthcareBoard - providing knowledge transfer for providers of healthcare services, policies and products. Director or advisor: The Sherbourne; Health Information Systems Society; the computer network Ability OnLine; Canadian Métis; the OHA; and the U of T Dept. Health Policy Management and Evaluation. Tell us what you want. mailto:HCPRA@longwoods.com.

Conference details here: http://www.ahpcanada.com/2005conference/welcome.htm.

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RECRUIT LEADERS in management, practice, education and research. Updated daily.

Director Positions - Peace Country Health
Regional Manager, Program Development -Vancouver Coastal Health
Regional Coordinator, Clinical Nursing Orientation -Vancouver Coastal Health
Senior Operating Officer-Mental Health - Capital Health Edmonton
Centre for Health Outcomes Research, Scientific Director-UAlberta & Capital Health
Corporate Manager, Clinical Informatics - William Osler Health Centre
Public Relations Officer - Peace Country Health, Alberta
Careers at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
HIV-Experienced Doctors - OHAfrica
**New *New** Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
Longwoods Weekly JobSheet

[ Send your leadership career opportunities to Susan Hale at shale@longwoods.com ]

Feature profiles:
Sheila K. Jarvis – chair of the Ontario Hospital Association

Dr. Ed Brown - architect of NORTH Network

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ReSOURCES

Nursing Informatics eRounds Certificate program. Self-directed learning at its best. From CNIA, Longwoods and Bell Canada.

Plans, Policies & Programs from health care providers across the country. Use them as templates.

Law & Governance resources here: lawandgovernance.com. A searchable database

HR Resources here: HRResources.ca A searchable database

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