The Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses (ACEN) invites you to a 2.5-hour discussion focused on Transforming Care.

Three keynotes speakers will share their insights and contribute to a discussion led by Mary Ferguson Paré of the University Health Network. The program has been designed by Dr. Ross Baker of the University of Toronto. He will provide the context and introduce the session.

THE PROGAM AND THE WEBCAST ARE GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY BAXTER.
NO FEES WILL BE ASSESSED TO ANY AND ALL PARTICIPANTS.

DATE: February 5, 2010
TIME: 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
ROOM: 1EN 429/430, University Health Network, Toronto

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If you would like your hospital to participate in this event, please contact your hospital's onsite OTN Coordinator. SITE COORDINATORS: Please REGISTER your site here.

Out of Province: Please contact the Ontario Telemedicine Network at: scheduling@otn.ca to register for the event. Include the following reference number 9146668

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ACEN 2010 CONFERENCE FACULTY

TRANSFORMING CARE AT THE BEDSIDE
Patricia Rutherford, RN, MS,
Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
PRESENTATION: Will present IHI's program: Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), a national program of RWJF and IHI, that engages leaders at all levels of the organization to: Improve the quality and safety of patient care on medical and surgical units | Increase the vitality and retention of nurses | Engage and improve the patient's | family members' experience of care | Improve the effectiveness of the entire care team

BACKGROUND: Manages IHI's programs in

• Clinical office practice redesign
• Improving access and flow in specialty practices
• Optimizing care coordination and transitions in care, and the
• Transforming Care at the Bedside initiative.
• Co-investigator for the STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) initiative.

Special expertise in

• process improvement, innovation, and idealized design
• large-scale performance improvement initiatives.

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RELEASING TIME TO CARE
Marlene Smadu, RN, MA, PhD,
Associate Dean College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan

PRESENTATION: Will discuss Saskatchewan's initiatives related to The UK-based program is called "Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward". It empowers nurses, and other members of care teams, to look at how their ward is organized and to make changes that allow them to spend more time with patients.

BACKGROUND:

• Chair CPSI Education and Professional Development Committee
• Vice Chair, Saskatchewan Health Quality Council
• Member of the Quality Worklife-Quality Healthcare Collaborative.
• Focus on health human resources, aboriginal health, health policy and knowledge transfer

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WORK REDESIGN:
Patricia O'Connor, RN, MSc (A), CHE
Director of Nursing & Chief Nursing Officer, McGill University Health Centre

PRESENTATION: Will present the impact of Work Redesign on the quality of care and the work environments

BACKGROUND:

• Commonwealth Fund Harkness Associate in Health Policy & Practice
• Neurosciences Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University
• Guest faculty member of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute's Safer Health Care Now National Falls Prevention Collaborative
• Fellowship - the EXTRA Program with CHSRF
• Fellow in the Canadian College of Health Service Executives.

Past President of the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses.

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Produced by Longwoods Publishing Corporation for the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses.

Baxter Corporation (Canada) has provided an unrestricted financial contribution to enable this educational program. We thank them for their generous support.