Longwoods eLetter  June 14, 2005

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THE SUPREME COURT Chaoulli v. Quebec: SEVEN NEW COMMENTARIES
1. A National Perspective from The Hon. Roy Romanow.
2. Steven Lewis weighs in with some suggestions for both sides of the divide.
3. Francois Beland takes the Quebec Perspective. (Fr)
4. A Legal Perspective from Low, Wakulowsky and Moysa suggests reallocating scarce medical resources.
5. Gregory P. Marchildon from Saskatchewan ponders the magna carta for two-tier medicare.
6. Peter Carver from Alberta thinks we may be seeing the end of medicare as we have known it.
7. The patient's perspective: angry notes from a Canadian living in America.

PRIVATE/PUBLIC: PERSPECTIVES. FROM OUR LIBRARY
8. Romanow and Kirby on the Public/Private Divide in Healthcare:Demystifying the Debate

Download the respondents to the ÒRomanow and KirbyÓ paper. Vol.4 No.4 HealthcarePapers (1.5 MB)
8.1 Nuala Kenny,OC, MD, FRCP(C), Professor and Head, Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
8.2 Monique BŽgin, PhD. Visiting Professor, Department of Health Administration, University of Ottawa, Minister of National Health and Welfare, 1977 to 1984
8.3 Les Vertesi, MD. Emergency physician in Vancouver. Currently Represents British Columbia on the Health Council of Canada
8.4 Tom McGowan, MD, MBA, FRCPC, Head of Clinical Programs, Cancer Care Ontario
8.5 Raisa B. Deber, PhD. Professor, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
8.6 Gregory P. Marchildon, PhD. Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History and Professor of Public Administration, University of Regina
8.7 Duncan G. Sinclair, PhD. Professor Emeritus and Fellow, School of Policy Studies, QueenÕs University
8.8 Sheila Weatherill. President and CEO, Capital Health (Edmonton), Board Member, Canadian Institute for Health Information.
9. How the private sector can save Medicare (1998). Brian Day, Medical Director, Cambie Surgery Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

BEST PRACTICES
Revamp HR policies to retain older workers. This article outlines how employers can enlarge the pool of older, experienced workers by delaying retirement or re-engaging these workers after they retire.
What work should be. Canadians want quality: quality time with our loved-ones; quality consumer products; and quality service as customers. What about the quality of work?
Full-Time or Part-Time Work in Nursing: Preferences, Tradeoffs and Choices Jennifer Blythe, Andrea Baumann, Isik Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton and Ann Higgins. Nursing human resources are limited; thus, effective deployment of personnel is essential to optimize staff capacity.

RESEARCH AND POLICIES
20,000 readers have already read the Overview: The Pulse of Renewal:
A Focus on Nursing Human Resources - Now view the detailed reports. Here are two:
I Progress to Date Implementing the 2002 Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee recommendations.
II In the Beginning: Attrition from Schools of Nursing How to retain as high a proportion as possible of students who select nursing as their profession.

CASE STUDIES
Benchmarking Patient Complaints Data across Ontario Hospitals and others. Visit the Longwoods Library

SPEECHES & PRESENTATIONS
Mary Jo Haddad, CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children, discusses the need for new policies for the new healthcare of children. Details here:

CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
June 15. Emergency Departments: Easing the Congestion. Toronto. www.oha.com/conferences for complete agendas and on-line registration.
June 24. Pediatric Patient Safety Symposium. Sick Kids. June 24, 2005.
June 29. Wireless Healthcare - 7th Annual INET Mini-Conference.
September 13. Honourable George Smitherman kicks off the Fall session of Breakfast with the Chiefs. Book it now with Lina Lopez
September 14. First National CNIA conference. Nurses & Informatics: Transforming Healthcare.
September 18. The CAHSPR Conference (register with P. Charbaonneau) in Montreal just prior to the International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services (ICSBHS) and following the University of MontrealÕs Jean-Yves-Rivard Conference.
October 27. Mickey and Goofy are coming back. Again. The DeGroote School of Business and St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton
welcome The Disney Institute. To sign up please download the registration form.

TRANSITIONS
Dr. Ingrid Span>öchting to assistant director, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. In recognition of a huge break-through in diabetes treatment, the Canadian Government awarded Dr. Garth Warnock and his research team a prestigious Meritorious Service Medal (civil division), which distinguishes achievements that bring honour to the country.

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NEWS & INFORMATION
The latest news about Health Records:
1. eHealthRecord
2. IT Business Blogs: Open source and collaboration
3. IT won't work without some configuration

ReSOURCES
1. AWARDS: Call for submissions: Best Practices | Ted Freedman | Therapeutic Clowns:
2. Can Supply Chain Software Really Deliver More Nurses? St. Michael's Knows IT Can
3. Profile of Joan Shaver, teacher extraordinaire - Chicago

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FEATURED CAREERS
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