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"Look at these people here, they've given me all their toonies and loonies, they give me a little of what they have. It's kind of like doing the same back." Dave Johnston - street chalk artist makes amazing gesture and donates $5,000 windfall. Click here. [The chalkmaster was a big hit at HealthAchieve2007 as he chalked a large portrait of the retiring Hilary Short. See him here with Ms. Short and Minister Smitherman.
Short stories for your next presentation. For example: (1) Pollution washed away with golden showers; (2) Pills opened by a remote signal; and several other short shorts (from our web editor).
WRITE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE:
Alberta Health Services (AHS) needs leaders. Established in May 2008, AHS brings together twelve formerly separate health entities. AHS is one of the world’s largest health systems and one of the country’s largest employers, with 85,000 employees and the resources necessary to re-invent the entire healthcare model.
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CFO - Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
COO, Corporate Services - Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
COO, Health Strategies, Research & Design - Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
Daily Health and Healthcare News. Compiled by our Editors and Canadian Press.
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56% of family physicians younger than 40 are women. More at CIHI.
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56 % des médecins de famille de moins de 40 ans sont des femmes.
Healthcare Quarterly
CHSRF Knowledge Transfer: Decision Support: A New Approach to Making the Best Healthcare Management and Policy Choices
Jonathan Lomas
HealthcarePapers
Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Healthcare: Exploring the Issues through the Lens of Complex, Adaptive Systems Theory
Ronald R. Lindstrom
Nursing Leadership
Registered Nurses and Licensed/Registered Practical Nurses: A Description and Comparison of Their Decision-Making Process
Sheryl Boblin, Pamela Baxter, Kim Alvarado, Andrea Baumann and Noori Akhtar-Danesh
Healthcare Policy
Does It Matter? Decision-maker Perceptions on the Impact of the Regional Training Centres
Thomas Rathwell, Pat Lee, Darryl Sturtevant
Electronic Healthcare
Whose Record Is It Anyway? Putting Patients' Interests at the Heart of the Implementation and Use of Electronic Medical Records
Rebecca L. Mador, Nicola T. Shaw, Stephen Cheetham and Robert J. Reid
World Health and Population
Households' Perceptions and Prioritization of Tropical Endemic Diseases in Nigeria: Implications for Priority Setting for Resource Allocation
Benjamin S.C. Uzochukwu, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Emmanuel A. Nwobi, Anne C. Ndu, Chima Onoka
Linking Health Services at the Community Level
Ronald Lagoe, Theodore Pasinski, Paul Kronenberg, Thomas Quinn and Phillip Schaengold
This study describes a series of interventions linking hospitals, medical staff physicians, long-term care providers and mental health services in the metropolitan area of Syracuse, New York. The objectives of these interventions were to improve patient outcomes and system-wide efficiency.
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2008/2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Vancouver
Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Vancouver,UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HP Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Toronto
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: 2009 Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Toronto
Glenda Yeates, Graham Scott and Dr. Brian Postl
Glenda Yeates is President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Graham Scott is Chair, CIHI. Dr. Brian Postl is CEO, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture
Friday, March 13, 2009 - Vancouver
Ida Goodreau, President & CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health
Topic: TBA
Location: Vancouver, venue: TBA
Sponsors: TBA
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Toronto
Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Topic: TBA
Location: Toronto, venue: TBA
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs: Ida Goodreau, President and CEO for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Joe D’Cruz, Professor, Rotman School of Management, Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division, Mary Ferguson Pare, Dr. Penny Ballem, Tom Closson, Glenda Yeates, Dr. Brian Postl and the Honourable George Smitherman.
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Vivek Goel, President and CEO, Agency for Health Protection and Promotion. Presented Tuesday, November 18, 2008.
Recommended Reading: Renewing Public Health in Ontario: The Role of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion PDF (12590.32 KB)
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, HPME, University of Toronto, HP Canada, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare.
The small print: Breakfast with the Chiefs: registration requirements:
Do you work at a publicly funded organization? If so, you must hold a current personal subscription for at least one Longwoods journal. This covers attendance for the full season. Twelve (12) speakers still to come. This year’s speakers include: Dr. Alan Hudson, Matthew Anderson, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Dr. Ross Baker, Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Guerriere, Ida Goudreau, Cliff Nordal, Murray Martin, Dr. Mary Ferguson-Pare and the Honourable George Smitherman. If you are not a subscriber click here first. If you are a subscriber go to this page for information on upcoming dates: click here.
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January 26–27, 2009: Toronto, ON. Health Information Privacy, Safety and Security conference will gather health care and health information privacy experts from across the country and look further afield to the experiences of our European and American neighbours in building robust health information privacy and security systems. Register by November 7, 2008 and Save! For details click here.
February 9 – 10, 2009: Halifax, NS. Chronic and Complex Care: Prevention, Care Planning and Management. This conference will explore many facets of CDM with input from healthcare policy makers and clinical leaders, including delivery of care, proactive management, and a look at the acute care impacts of chronic illness. Register by December 5th, 2008 and save. For details click here.
February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. For details click here.
March 19 - 20, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Leaders in Rehabilitation: the Rehabilitation of Function, Alberta Health Services, in the Edmonton and Calgary areas and the University of Alberta - Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine are pleased to announce the 4th Leaders in Rehabilitation conference. Speakers and special guests include Mr. Alan Lilly, Dr. Mike Landry, Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell and Dr. Arya Sharma. For details click here.
For our complete list of conferences and events go here.
Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.
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Jim Saunders left his new post as COO, Corporate Services, Alberta Health Services
Bob Morton to Chair, Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Dar Shepherdson to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Donna Macfarlane to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Jane Millar to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Mary Jane Deacon to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Richard Philbin to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Janet MacDougall to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Andrew MacRae to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Ralph Befort to member Huronia (Ontario) District Hospital Board
Claire McCrank to CIO, Corporate Information Management, Alberta Health Services – Chinook Health
Brad Hemus to Director, Information Technology, Alberta Health Services – Chinook Health
Dan Silaghi to Director, Clinical Informatics & Applications, Alberta Health Services – Chinook Health
Karen Munro to Manager, Project Management Office, Alberta Health Services – Chinook Health
Rehman Sayani to Director, Health Information Management, Alberta Health Services – Chinook Health
Siu Mee Cheng to Executive Director, Toronto Central Palliative Care Network.
Don Scott to President and CEO, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington (ON), to retire March 31, 2009.
Hugh Graham to Executive Director, Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston (ON) to retire
Dr. David Pichora to Interim Executive, Director Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston (ON)
Mary Catherine Lindberg to retire from the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario
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Dr. Frank Martino Chief of Family Medicine, William Osler Health Centre, Ontario, named one of this year’s top family doctors in Canada by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
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