Longwoods eLetter June 21, 2005
"One wonders in the light of the advertising onslaught for Viagra and its imitators and the 24-7 coverage of the Schiavo case whether, in fact, we are now heading towards a health system from erection to resurrection!" Michael Decter, the Gow Lecture at Queen's School of Policy Studies
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NOTEWORTHY
Michael Decter on Canada's Five Healthcare Challenges. This is an analysis of innovation and leadership in the provinces followed by the use of
the Federal spending power to render these innovations into national programs. Download PDF (compulsory reading)
. . . or the same thing, different title: Michael Decter meets JFK,
Groucho Marx, Bob Dylan and Dorothy Parker. Download PDF
Dr. Robert Bell, the new President and Chief Executive Officer at the
University Health Network, sends out his first communiqu. Download PDF
The Supreme Court Decision - commentary: Chaoulli v. Quebec
BEST
PRACTICES: from our Case Study Library
Walking the Tightrope: Creation of the Physician Scorecard at the Rouge Valley Health System. Naresh Mohan, Fathi Abuzgaya, Sonia Peczeniuk, Paula Raggiunti, Andrea
Gates and David Brazeau: Updated June 2005 | Download PDF
Driving Practice Change Through Technology Adoption and Assessment:
Clinical and Economic Impact of the Clave¨ Needlefree System. Kate Fournie,
Christa Clements and Sandra McManus: Updated June
2005 | Download
PDF
Evaluating Our RN Recruitment Plan. Cheryl Anne Smith: Updated June 2005 | Download PDF
Do you have a case study? Submit a case study to the Longwoods Library. Please visit: http://www.longwoods.com/CaseStudies/index.html
LAW
& GOVERNANCE
Accountability and Privacy Issues in Hospital Outsourcing Arrangemen
- including non-core functionsts . Download PDF | Go to Article
The New Steps of Director Search In the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Download PDF | Go to Article
SPEECHES
& PRESENTATIONS THAT MATTER
Essential Peter Drucker What the
nonprofits are teaching business
Mary Jo
Haddad, CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children: the complex needs of pediatric
care: Download PDF
[Send your speeches opportunities to eLetter@longwoods.com ]
FROM
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1. If you are an internationally-educated nurse who wants to work in your
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
June
22.
Effective strategies for managing medical staff (with Dr. Alan Hudson) See: http://oha.com
June 24. Pediatric Patient Safety Symposium. Sick Kids. June 24, 2005. http://www.cme.utoronto.ca/PDF/PAE0508.pdf
September 13. Honourable George Smitherman kicks off the Fall session of
Breakfast with the Chiefs. Book it now LLopez@longwoods.com.
September 14. First National CNIA conference. Nurses & Informatics:
Transforming Healthcare. http://www.cnia.ca/CFP.html
September 18. The CAHSPR Conference (register with pcharbonneau@cahspr.ca) 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.
September 25-28. National Hospice Palliative Care Conference, Edmonton, Alberta. Visit http://www.chpca.net/events/conference.htm
October 27. The DeGroote School of Business and St. Joseph's Healthcare
welcome The Disney Institute.
To sign up please download the registration
form.
October 31. HealthAchieve. CanadaÕs international healthcare show. See: http://www.healthachieve.com
November 18. The IC F (Improving Continence Care in Complex Continuing Care) Quality Congress. (Dr. G. Ross Baker.)
See: http://www.hospitalreport.ca/IC5/brochure_ic5-2.pdf
TRANSITIONS
1. Myrna Francis to Vice President, Marketing-Healthcare Sector, CGI
2.
Spring to Summer, early this morning.
[Send your transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
NEWS & INFORMATION
Just out: Mental
Health 2004 - balanced scorecard for inpatient mental health programs in Ontario.
Ontario shelves
electronic registry
of joint surgery data
Duplicate
databases protect privacy: Is
it worth it?
New Approaches to Improving Patient Safety: Strategy, Technology and
Funding
From: McMillan Binch Mendelsohn: CEOs Now Responsible for Lobbyist
Registration
Can Supply Chain Software
Really Deliver More Nurses? St. Michael's Knows IT Can
ReSOURCES
1. Ted Freedman Award recognizes those individuals or
organizations that inspire, advocate and enable education in health, health
services and health management. Sponsored by Compass Group Canada. Deadline is Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Download
submission guidelines (PDF)
2. Therapeutic Clown Award: The
Longwoods HealthcareBoard in collaboration with the therapeutic clowns at the
Hospital for Sick Children would like to recognize therapeutic clowns for what
they really are. Deadline is Tuesday, September 13
2005. Sponsored by the HealthcareBoard. Download submission guidelines (PDF)
3. How to Build a Mini Med School:
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