Longwoods eLetter July 05, 2005
“Why
should not conscience have vacation, as well as other courts o' th' nation?” Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
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FROM HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY
Editorial
Facts and Opinions: Abetting Emigration of Canada's
Nurses and Doctors
Full-Time or Part-Time Work in Nursing: Preferences,
Tradeoffs and Choices.
Health, Healthcare and Nation-Building: A
Three-Dimensional Approach to Innovation in Canada 
Involving Stakeholders in Healthcare Decisions - The
Experience of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
in England and Wales
Priority-Setting in Health Authorities: Moving beyond the
Barriers The Calgary Experience
Quarterly Change. News and transitions from
across the country.
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FROM NURSING LEADERSHIP [CJNL]
From the Editor-in-Chief: Interdisciplinary and
Intradisciplinary Nursing Education: None, Either or Both?
Interprofessional Education for Collaborative,
Patient-Centred Practice.
Nurturing Leaders.
Letter to the Editor: Towards an "Open and Frank
Dialogue."
Nursing News.
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OUR BREAKFAST SERIES: starting again in September. We now have 13 speakers
lined up. More in the making.
Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of Canadian Institutes of Health Research
has signed on. You will be amazed at what you’ll learn about CIHR’s challenge
to engage policy makers, administrators and clinicians; and his vision of a new
Canadian economy. Dr. Ross Baker has signed on to talk specifically
about the Safer
Healthcare Now challenge and the
Other Speakers for Breakfast also confirmed are The Honourable George
Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-term Care, Ontario; Dr. Robert
Bell, CEO, the University Health Network; Dr. Michael Guerriere,
Editor in Chief for Electronic Healthcare; Mr. Michael Decter, Chair,
Health Council of Canada; Mr. Graham Scott, Chair + Ms. Glenda Yeates,
CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Mr. Richard Alvarez,
CEO, Canada Health Infoway; Dr. Graham Sher, CEO, Canadian Blood
Services; Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer, Public
Health Agency of Canada; Mr. Philip Hassen, CEO, Canadian Patient Safety
Institute; and Dieter Pagani, Director of Information Technology for the
Nova Scotia Department of Health.
Subscribers do have more options. If
you are a subscriber representing healthcare management, practice, education,
research or policy you can attend any and all of the breakfasts and you can
have free access to the webcasts – and much more. If you are a member of
a commercial organization please contact Susan Hale for more information. Stay
tuned or contact Lina Lopez for more information and pre-registration.
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Call for photos for our next Healthcare
Quarterly photo spread. Submit now and often. Send us something dramatic
and unusual.
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According to Andy Barrie of CBC this is “anti-hyperhidrosis month”. If
you’re sweating it out, check out this pharmacy
service.
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PROFILES:
Seventy profiles
on one page.
[Do
you have an idea for a profile? Please write our managing editor at dkent@longwoods.com]
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LONGWOODS’ 9 MOST POPULAR PAPERS FOR JUNE ‘05
(These accounted for 23,485 pdf versions downloaded by readers in June.)
1. Regionalization:
Making Sense of the Canadian Experience.
2. The
Pulse of Renewal: A Focus on Nursing Human Resources. More ...
3. Mental Health
and Mental Illness In The Workplace: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues
4. Information Management for Transformation.
5. Benchmarking Patient Complaints Data across Ontario
Hospitals: University Health Network Invites Collaboration
6. Nursing Leadership Volume 17 No. 4. The whole issue.
7. Health Policy: Michael Decter on history, principles, expectations, progress
and challenges. Download PDF
8. Romanow
and Kirby on the Public/Private Divide in Healthcare: Demystifying the Debate
9. Supreme Court Decision & commentary on Chaoulli v. Quebec. Please go here:
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FROM THE JOBSITE for leaders in management, practice, education and
research. Updated daily.
1. Here is our weekly jobsheet: http://www.longwoods.com/jobsite/JobSheet.html
2. Nursing opportunities: Nursing
Leadership Careers (PDF)
3. Today’s leadership focus: Senior Operating Officer -
[Send your leadership career opportunities to Susan Hale at mailto: shale@longwoods.com
]
If you are an internationally-educated nurse who wants to work in your
profession in
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
September 13. Honourable George Smitherman kicks off the Fall session of
Breakfast with the Chiefs. Book it now mailto: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 Montreal’s
Jean-Yves-Rivard Conference.
September 25-28. National Hospice Palliative Care Conference, Edmonton,
Alberta. Visit http://www.chpca.net/events/conference.ht
September 29 – October 1, 2005. Banff. From Cure to Prevention: Bringing
Together Partners for Change: All about health promotion within the health
system and workplace as well as policy implications aimed at reducing the
demand on the healthcare system. Produced by Centre
for Health Management Research University of Lethbridge
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. Canada’s 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
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TRANSITIONS
Ontario’s Premier
McGuinty will lead the newly created Ministry of Research and Innovation,
and
Jim Watson becomes Minister of Health Promotion..
[Send your transitions to eletter@longwoods.com]
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AWARDS
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)
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Grants in Six Countries to Improve Access to Healthcare
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