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“The Internet and cloud computing will take health records off the mainframe for secure and unprecedented access to health stakeholders anywhere in the world.” One of the “Top 10 Healthcare Game Changers” Canada’s Emerging Health Innovations and Trends. See them here.

Essay

“As an innovation evolves, it reaches a point when there is enough experience among enough informed people to step back and reflect broadly on the progress made . . . .” Dorothy Pringle introduces a status report on “Advance Practice Nursing.” This work funded by CHSRF, Health Canada and CIHR. Free to our readers.

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Dot: From the Editor-in-Chief. All editorial essays ever written by Dot Pringle for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership. In one volume. Buy the book here

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The best reading list covering eHealth in Canada. Ideas, Policies and Best practices for Smart Healthcare.

“Hospital execs are supposed to reduce the costs of their office, but there won’t be financial penalty for those who fail” Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan spokesperson Andrew Chornenky quoted here

World Health & Population is seeking submission of original manuscripts from researchers and policy specialists worldwide on issues of importance in health and population, including: reproductive and women’s health, social determinants of health, HIV/AIDS, malaria. Download Call for Papers (PDF)

Our Editors Recommend

• Why Social Determinants? by Neal Halfon, Kandyce Larson and Shirley Russ
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• Thomas McKeown, Meet Fidel Castro: Physicians, Population Health and the Cuban Paradox by Robert G. Evans
• The SIMS Partnership: Transforming Healthcare Delivery in the Greater Toronto Area by Lydia Lee, Tracey MacArthur, Patti Enright, Jason Manayathu and Melissa Coulson

News

• Baxter joins global community for World Hemophilia Day 2011
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Breakfast with the Chiefs

Thursday, May, 5, 2011
Dr. Stephen Duckett, Professor in the Alberta School of Business and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta.
Topic: Lessons from Alberta, the road less travelled
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, Ground Floor, Room 106, 155 College Street
Sponsors: Accenture IBM
Register here

Stephen Duckett Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Original Recipe)

Upcoming Speakers – Details and registration will be announced in this space soon or sign up for New Events Alerts to be the 1st to know

• Dr. Robert Howard, President and CEO, St. Michael’s Hospital – June 2011
• Dr. Robert Bell, Dr. Mary Ferguson-Paré and Sholom Glouberman – September 2011

Past Presentations can be found here.  All Audio and Video Presentations can be found here.

Conferences

• April 20, 2011: Webinar. Building the business case for Chronic Disease Managment and Prevnetion.
• May 3, 2011: Calgary, AB. Human Resource Management in Healthcare 2011
• May 4-5, 2011: Markham, ON. Ontario Gerontology Association, 30th Annual Conference
• May 8-10, 2011: Toronto, ON. 4th Annual HSCN National Healthcare Supply Chain Conference
• May 9-12, 2011: Halifax, NS. CAHSPR Conference 2011: Renewing Federalism, Improving Health Care: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
• May 11-13, 2011: Toronto, ON. Innovation and Leadership in Rural and Northern Health Care
• May 11-14, 2011: Vancouver, BC. Effecting change through influence
• May 16, 2011: London, ON. What is Collaborative Practice Anyway:  How IPC is Working in Health Care
• May 24-27, 2011: Toronto, ON. Dorothy Wylie Nursing and Health Leaders Institute
• May 25-27, 2011: Muskoka, ON. First Annual National Nursing Executives Summit
• June 6-7, 2011: Whistler, BC. National Healthcare Leadership Conference (NHLC) / Conférence nationale sur le leadership dans les soins de santé (CNLSS)
• June 9-10, 2011: Toronto, ON. Physician Leadership Summit

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For more information please contact conferences@longwoods.com

Transitions and Awards

• Dr. Chris Eagle to permanent President and CEO of Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta
• Gordon F. Stovel to the Board of Directors, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Ottawa, Ontario
• Mark Roman to President and CEO, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, Ottawa, Ontario
• Jim Ghadbane to Chief Technology Officer, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, Ottawa, Ontario
• Dr. Barry Rubin to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. Paul O’Connor to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. David Henry to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. Marcelo Kremenchutzky to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. Julian Spears to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. Liesly Lee to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. Andreas Laupacis to Ontario MS Expert Advisory Group, Toronto, Ontario
• Dr. Michael E. Shannon to President of Medizone International, Inc. Stinson Beach, California
• Dr. Dhun Noria to the Toronto Police Service Board, Toronto, Ontario

Send your transitions to transitions@longwoods.com

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Featured Careers

See the entire list of leadership and nursing careers at Jobs.Longwoods.com

• Vice President, Patient Services – The Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, ON
• Manager, Occupational Health and Safety Services (OHS) – Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning,  Toronto, ON
• Manager, Health Indicators – Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON
• Director of Service – NRC Picker Canada, Toronto, ON
• Director, Client Services – Toronto Central CCAC, Toronto, ON
• Chief Executive Officer – The ALS Society of Canada, Markham, ON<
• Director, Patient Safety and Quality – Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON
• Joint Chief Information Officer – Lakeridge Health and Rouge Valley Health System, Toronto, ON
• Manager, Clinical Services – OR/PACU – Fraser Health Authority, Maple Ridge, BC
• Program Director, Surgery – Humber River Regional Hospital, Downsview, ON
• President & CEO – St. Joseph’s General Hospital, Comox, BC
• Director, Nursing Education, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
• Project Manager, Physician Performance Review Initiative – Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario, Toronto, ON

For more information or to post a position go to Jobs.Longwoods.com or email Susan Hale

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