Digital Health for the Community Clinician: Resolution or Revolution?
Spotlight
November 13, 2018Steini Brown and Kevin Smith launch a new Health Policy Blog
As Dean of Canada’s largest school of public health and health systems and CEO of Canada’s largest research hospital responsible for many patients, we too experience this time crunch and want to help by unpacking new health system research. Over the next year, we are going to pick a paper each month and use that paper as an opportunity to talk about how our health system is changing and what we can do to help or guide that transformation. We will do this as a blog and see whether we – and any readers – find it a useful exercise and we welcome your feedback. Read the first post here.
Events
Past Presentations from Breakfast with the Chiefs
Watch Dr. Brian O’Rourke, President and CEO of CADTH, at Breakfast with the Chiefs, November 6, 2018:
Transforming How We Manage Health Technologies in Support of Better Health, Better Patient Experience, and Better Value
Latest
Centralized Waiting Lists for Unattached Patients in Primary Care: Learning from an Intervention Implemented in Seven Canadian Provinces
Seniors in Transition: Exploring Pathways Across the Care Continuum
Physician Compensation, Accountability and Performance in Canada: Changing the Pas de Deux
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
News
Social media is affecting the way we view our bodies ? and not in a good way
TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2018 − Young women who actively engage with social media images of friends who they think are more attractive than themselves report feeling worse about their own appearan [...]
Two Toronto doctors recognized with awards from the Ontario College of Family Physicians
2018/11/14 From thestar.com Two Toronto doctors have been recognized for their outstanding skill, knowledge and dedication by the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Dr. Stephanie Klein has been n [...]
Montreal Heart Institute creates first-of-its-kind diabetes prevention clinic in Canada
Major donation of $450,000 from Sun Life Financial MONTREAL, Nov. 14, 2018 /CNW/ - In celebration of World Diabetes Day, the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation is pleased to announce [...]
Editor's Picks
Low mobility during hospitalization is an under-recognized epidemic leading to adverse outcomes (Brown et al. 2009). The goal of the Mobility Volunteer Program (MVP) is to keep older people as active as possible while in hospital to prevent delirium and loss of strength. Maintaining or improving function from admission to discharge increases the likelihood of patients being able to return home sooner and to their prior level of functioning. The MVP is a valuable component of a multi-pronged corp [...]
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Deputy Minister of Health
Government of Nunavut, Iqaluit, NU
Director, Redevelopment, Facilities & Bio Medical Engineering
Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, ON
Director Pharmacy
Guelph General Hospital, Guelph, ON
Quality Improvement/Knowledge Translation Facilitator (Specialized Geriatric Services)
St. Joseph's Health Care London, London, ON
Chief Executive Officer
Flemingdon Health Centre, Toronto, ON
Chief Executive Officer
Services de santé de Chapleau Health Services (SSCHS), Chapleau, ON
Director, Diagnostic Imaging & Laboratory Services
William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON
Community Social Worker
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority, Across NT
Chief Financial Officer
Sunnybrook Foundation, Toronto, ON
Nursing Department Chairs
Centennial College, Toronto, ON
Multimedia
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Economic Club of CanadaThe Economics of Science & Medicine with Kevin Smith, President & CEO, University Health Network
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Rotman School of ManagementThe Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences
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Rotman School of ManagementLeadership in Healthcare and the Life Sciences
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Rotman School of ManagementHealthcare + Life Sciences: Full Value Chain of Innovation