Longwoods eLetter October 18, 2005

“Studies around the world have shown that where healthcare professionals establish their practice is influenced by where they grow up and receive their training.” Linda Vancso, Robert Foster and E. Lisa Moses
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The Chaoulli Judgment or How to Sell Off a Public Right. François Béland. The view from Quebec. A direct response to Steven Lewis, Colleen Flood, and Robert Evans. Find out why it is wiser to invest in our medicare system rather than constantly bringing it up and doing nothing about it whenever the system gets hit...
Acute Care Hospital Strategic Priorities: Perceptions of Challenges, Control, Competition and Collaboration in Ontario's Evolving Healthcare System. Adalsteinn D. Brown et al. To explore the current and pending strategic agenda of Ontario hospitals (the largest consumers of the provincial healthcare budget), a survey of Ontario acute care hospital CEOs was conducted in January 2004. The survey, with an 82% response rate, identifies 29 strategic priorities under seven k...
Aligning the Stars: Using Systems Thinking to (Re)Design Canadian Healthcare. Brian R. Golden and Roger L. Martin. It has become commonplace to refer to a "Canadian healthcare system," implying some monolithic system of prevention and care, yet failing to acknowledge its various subsystems, some well performing and some not. This article argues that a more nuanced understanding of healthcare systems,
Alternative Work Arrangements: Senior Administrative Job-Share. Glen Colwill, B. Christine Penney and Alice Taft. As the healthcare workforce ages and workers expect increasingly flexible work environments, employers are looking for creative strategies to maintain a healthy and vital workforce. This paper offers one such strategy. It describes a jobshare experience by two senior administrators within a large…
CEOs to Boards: Don't You Trust Us? Julie Connelly. Let's face it, a lot don't-maybe with reason. But this is a dangerous trend that both sides need to correct while they can. Some chief executives and directors are doing just that.
Collaborative Practice in Health Systems Change: The Nova Scotia Experience with the Strengthening Primary Care Initiative. Ruth Martin-Misener, John McNab, Ingrid S. Sketris, Lynn Edwards. Recently attention has been focussed on the significance of primary care to the Canadian healthcare system. Nova Scotia, like other provinces, is seeking ways to improve the healthcare that it provides within a financially constrained publicly funded system. The Strengthening Primary Care Initiat...
Cultivating Rural Healthcare Professionals: The Norfolk General Hospital Health Science Perspectives Program Linda Vancso, Robert Foster and E. Lisa Moses Where healthcare professionals establish their practice is influenced by where they grow up and receive their training. In our Simcoe, Ontario-based Norfolk General Hospital (NGH), about 40% of our physicians and 80% of other medical health professionals…
Discovery Path: A Retention Strategy For Mid-Career Nurses. G. J. Donner, M. M. Wheeler. As health care administrators, policymakers, nursing organizations, and nurses begin to deal with the reality of a looming (and to an increasing extent, existing) serious shortage of nurses both in Canada and globally, recruitment and retention issues are again in the news. Much attention has bee. . .
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TRANSITIONS in health leadership
Jonathan Lomas – to honorary doctorate, the University of Montreal in recognition of his contributions to health services research and

policy-making. Congrats.

Andrée Champagne of Quebec, Dennis Dawson of Quebec, Hugh Segal of Ontario, Larry W. Campbell of British Columbia and Rod Zimmer of Manitoba to the Canadian Senate.
John McKinley to acting Assistant Deputy Minister of the Community Health Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario
George Zegarac has left the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario
Pierre Noel to Alliance Chief Executive Officer - Groves Memorial Community Hospital (GMCH) and the North Wellington Health Care Corporation, Ontario.

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FROM THE INSIDE OUT

HealthBlogOntario says: . . there is a serious capacity issue going on in the acute care sector with 'bed blockers' More.
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The new journal HealthcarePolicy provides the Quebec point of view on the Chaoulli judgment.
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All the news that’s fit to print from HPME, University of Toronto.
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
October 19. Dr. Robert Bell, CEO, the University Health Network. Breakfast with the Chiefs. Register with: mailto:llopez@longwoods.com. He will talk about: “Economics, Ethics and Muda:". One hour. One speaker. One topic. Many lessons.
October 31, 2005. HealthAchieve. Canada’s international healthcare show. See: http://www.healthachieve.com. Canada’s largest and most acclaimed show for policy makers, providers, suppliers and the professions. Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Stephen Covey, Hon. Preston Manning, Dr. David Suzuki, Dr. James Orbinski & Dr. John Kenagy, Leslie Beck, and Dr. Andrew Pipe
October 31, 2005. HealthAchieve. Longwoods journals will sell at 2 subscriptions for one price. ONLY at Health Achieve.
HALIFAX 5. Get a FREE copy (160 pages) of Healthcare Quarterly’s special issue on patient safety. Dr. Ross Baker, editor. Provided with the kind support of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Ontario Hospital Association.
October 28, 2005. The BC Health Information Management Professionals Society (BCHIMPS). "The Road to Quality in health IM/IT". Dr. Michael Bainbridge - chief clinical architect for electronic health records in the United Kingdom and Dr. Penny Ballem, Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Health. Details here: http://www.bchimps.bc.ca
November 3, 4. Members of the Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations will meet. More information here.
November 3, 4. Members of the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses will meet. More information here.
November 4. HealthcareRounds. Julie Morath, M.S., R.N., COO at Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis/ St. Paul, has scheduled her presentation ‘Managing Safety – A Dialogue’ from 2 to 4 pm. at the Rotman School of Management. Sponsored by Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy. Contact: llopez@longwoods.com.
November 6 - 11. Health Leaders Institute | from the team that designed the Dorothy Wylie Institute. Check it out. http://healthleaders.ca/index.html
November 11, 12. Healthcare Summit: Legal, Economic and Medical Issues. Vancouver. National conference designed to help Canadian governments (federal and provincial), administrators, clinicians and academics develop a practical blueprint for beneficial reform and recommend changes that conform to the guidelines of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision. See: http://www.cimca.ca
November 15. Graham Scott , Chair + Glenda Yeates, CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information. Breakfast with the Chiefs. Register with: llopez@longwoods.com. Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - Location: McMillan Binch Mendelsohn, Toronto, Rowell Boardroom. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.)
November 22. The Honourable George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-term Care, Ontario. Breakfast with the Chiefs. Register with: llopez@longwoods.com. State of Health Transformation. Location: Mount Sinai Hospital, Ben Sadowski Auditorium, 18^th Floor, 600 University Ave. Toronto. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (join us for breakfast at 7:30 a.m.)
February 06, 2006 . . .Rotman’s Health Leadership Program: Turning Leadership Potential into Leadership Ability. For more information: www.rotmanexecutive.com\hlp.
February 9, 10. Vancouver, Canada. Toward a National Pharmaceuticals Strategy: Lessons from Abroad (Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada) as they explore international perspectives on pharmaceutical policy. More details (including “Call for Abstracts”) here: www.chspr.ubc.ca/hpc

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Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada. The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada, edited by Colleen M. Flood, Kent Roach, and Lorne Sossin... Click here for details.
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Health Leadership | CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Chief Operating Officer, Georgetown Hospital Site- Halton Healthcare
President & Chief Executive Officer - St. Joseph’s Care Group, Thunder Bay
Manager, Decision Support - St. Joseph’s Care Group, Thunder Bay
Manager, Materiel Management - St. Joseph’s Care Group, Thunder Bay
Nursing Practice Initiatives Lead - Vancouver Coastal Health
Nurse Practitioner (NP), Regional Stroke Program - Capital Health Edmonton
Senior Directors - Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
Directeur Principal - Les réseaux locaux d’intégration des services de santé (RLISS)
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Scientific Director - CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR)
Directeur scientifique - L’Institut des services et des politiques de la santé (ISPS)
Chief Scientist - Institute for Work & Health
Postdoctoral Fellowships, Cardiac Nursing Research - Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
Customer Relationship Managers & Implementation Support team members - Consulting Cadre
Senior Program Officer, Research Use - CHSRF
Agent principal ou Agente principale de programme, Utilisation de la recherche - FCRSS
Career Opportunities in the Northwest Territories
Career Opportunities at Capital Health Edmonton
Career Opportunities at Fraser Health
Career Opportunities at Hamilton Health Sciences
Healthcare Quarterly Careers (PDF)
Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)

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