Spotlight
April 05, 2021Most Recent CIHI Surveys from Healthcare Quarterly
- New Data on Access to Mental Health and Addictions Services and Home and Community Care
- Hospital Stays for Harm Caused by Substance Use among Youth in Canada
- Coordination of Care Could Improve: Canadian Results from the Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians
- Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2019: A Focus on Public Drug Program
Events
Innovative Technologies for Challenging Issues: Paving the Way for More Collaborative, Patient-Centric Care
Juggy Sihota, Vice President, Consumer Health, TELUS and Dr. Diane McIntosh, Chief Neuroscience Officer, TELUS
Longwoods Radio
How to Improve Safety and Quality in an Overburdened Health System
At our Breakfast event on January 23, 2019. Dr. Kevin Smith, President and CEO, University Health Network (UHN) discusses how Ontario’s hospitals are often operating beyond 100 per cent capacity.
To hear the most recent Podcasts click here.
Featured Articles
Increased Private Healthcare for Canada: Is That the Right Solution?
Environmental Sustainability in Canadian Critical Care: A Nationwide Survey Study on Medical Waste Management
Toward a Sustainable Health System: A Call to Action
Articles
The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers
Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle
Using SBAR to Communicate Falls Risk and Management in Inter-professional Rehabilitation Teams
Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Title Confusion and Lack of Role Clarity
Case Study: Using Electronic Medication Administration Record to Enhance Medication Safety and Improve Efficiency in Long-Term Care Facilities
A Perfect Storm: Get Ready for a Paradigm Shift in Health Services and Policy Research
Quality Control of Equipment in Home Mechanical Ventilation: A European Survey
News
Canada confirms 1st case of rare blood clot after AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
2021-04-13 from cbc.ca The first confirmed case of a condition that causes rare but potentially fatal blood clots has been recorded in Canada in connection with the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccin [...]
One in 10 Canadians are hesitant to get the vaccine: CAMH survey
2021-04-13 from thestar.com Around one in 10 Canadians said they don’t plan on getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new survey by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, raising que [...]
U.S. recommends 'pause' for Johnson & Johnson vaccine over clot reports
2021-04-13 from cbc.ca The U.S. is recommending a "pause" in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood c [...]
Editor's Picks
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is placing unprecedented pressure on a nursing workforce that is already under considerable mental strain due to an overloaded system. Convergent evidence from the current and previous pandemics indicates that nurses experience the highest levels of psychological distress compared with other health professionals. Nurse leaders face particular challenges in mitigating risk and supporting nursing staff to negotiate moral distress and fatigue during large-scale, su [...]
Careers
President & Chief Executive Officer
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, St. Thomas, ON
President, Foundation/Vice President Brand & Marketing
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON
Manager, Acute Care
Northern Health, Kitimat, BC
Manager, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON
Recruitment for Board of Directors
Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON
Vice President, Clinical Services and Chief Nurse Executive
Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
Chief Executive Officer
YouthLink, Scarborough, ON
Vice President, Client Services
VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON
Regional Manager, Primary Care
PracticeNWT, Fort Simpson, NT
Vice President, Clinical Services & Chief Nursing Executive
Haliburton Highlands Health Services, Haliburton, ON
Vice President, Support Services & Chief Financial Officer
Haliburton Highlands Health Services, Haliburton, ON
Director, Emergency, Medicine and Critical Care
Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Director, Inpatient Oncology, Surgery and Orthopedics
Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
President & Chief Executive Officer
Northumberland Hills Hospital, Northumberland County, ON
Multimedia
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Longwoods Breakfast SeriesA Lens on Healthcare Liability, Safety and the Pandemic's Impact
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Health Outside the Hospital - Panel DiscussionHealth Outside the Hospital
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Health Outside the Hospital - Panel Presentation
Health Outside the Hospital
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Keynote - Dr. Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer – International, HIMSSHealth Outside the Hospital
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