Longwoods eLetter April 05, 2005

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo

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Meet the Ministers
The editors of Healthcare Quarterly assembled all the provincial and territorial health ministers and their deputies who make sure healthcare gets talked about across Canada. http://www.longwoods.com/hq/HQ82-2005/HQ82index.html

Setting the Climate for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: What is the Leader’s Role? Sonia A. Udod and W. Dean Care http://www.nursingleadership.net/NL174/NL174index.html

Innovations in Seniors’ Care: Home Care/ Physician Partnership
Barbara Korabek, Carol Slauenwhite, Pat Rosenau and Laureen Ross

http://www.nursingleadership.net/NL173/NL173index.html

WOTS A BOT? Breakfast with the Chiefs

NEXT: April 14, 2005- BOT [Business Office Transformation]. An invitation to hear Hume Martin who leads 18 hospitals in this transformation.
Details: Download PDF

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Healthcare providers, policy managers and other members of the HealthcareBoard can register with Lina Lopez at: llopez@longwoods.com

CONFERENCES

International Council of Nurses (ICN). May 2005 http://www.icn.ch/congress2005/.
Support Dr. Ginette Lemire Rodger for ICN president. See: http://www.cna-aiic.ca/CNA/GLR/message_e.asp

Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) - conference.

15-17 May 2005, Vancouver, British Columbia. http://www.workhealth.ca/confhome.htm

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 the Health Care Public Relations Association annual meetings? What do you really want to know about Knowledge Transfer?
Tell us. HCPRA@longwoods.com.

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

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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

What one month of patient education looks like at Princess Margaret Hospital. http://www.longwoods.com/opinions/index.html

Call for Papers - Special Issue on Patient Safety.

Hospitals, Regions, Clinics. Do you have a gift policy you will share with your colleagues?
Please send it to: ahart@longwoods.com. People are asking.

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

Director, Operations, Quebec & Eastern Canada (Ottawa)-Cdn Patient Safety Institute
Director, Research-Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Project Manager-Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Administrative Assistant (Edmonton)-Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Program Director, Critical Care & Medicine - Ross Memorial Hospital
Director Positions - Peace Country 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)
New Graduate Nurse Internship Program-St. Michael's Hospital
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Career Opportunities in Nunavut
Longwoods Weekly JobSheet
Live and Work in Canada

New - Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
New - Nursing Leadership Careers - April 2005 (PDF)

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

Feature profiles:
Profiles of leaders in healthcare, healthcare policy and the institutes http://www.longwoods.com/jobsite/profiles.html

TRANSITIONS
Irving Gold to Director, Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Carolyn Cross to President & CEO at Biopharma Corp.

Dr. John Dillon to GlaxoSmithKline Canada as Vice President, Research & Development

Ed Dybka toVice President, Marketing at GlaxoSmithKline

Dr. Jay Kleiman to Vasogen Inc. as Head of Cardiovascular Development

Dr. Michael Shannon to Vasogen Inc. as Vice President, Medical Affairs

Martin Vali to Director, Scientific Operations, Oncology Business Unit at Novartis

David Wingnean to Isotechnika Inc. as Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

John Dillon to Vice President, Research & Development, GlaxoSmithKline Inc.

Jean-Francois Pouliot to Schering Canada as Director, Scientific Research, Oncology

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ReSOURCES

The Fetal Alert Network - www.fetalalertnetwork.com - a joint initiative launched by The Hospital for Sick Children and Mount Sinai Hospital. Regional partners include Hamilton Health Sciences; Kingston General Hospital; St. Joseph's Health Care, London; and The Ottawa Hospital

New Patient Safety Resource Guide:

http://www.cna-aiic.ca/CNA/practice/environment/safety/guide/default_e.aspx

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

The latest on LHINs: http://www.longwoods.com/OntarioLHIN/index.html

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

The latest news, best practices, policy and ideas about electronic health records. eHealthRecord.info

COLUMNS AND CONTEST

1. CIHI Survey– More Scans, More Scanners

2. Our wrlod has cangehd. Figure it out. Contest

3. Patient Safety Institute – The Patient Safety Journey

4. National Quality Council – Healthcare Renewal in Canada: Accelerating Change

HR Resources here: HRresources.ca. A searchable database of best practices

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