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“Once the body gets used to a diet it adjusts and weight loss stops, leading to frustration on the part of the dieter. Inevitably most people will go back to their old eating habits, but with the body’s metabolism slowed down, they gain even more weight than before. And that’s your yoyo effect,” Dr. Arya Sharma. More here.
Essays
The World’s First Virtual Cello Lesson – Perhaps with a Few Lessons for Healthcare by Will Falk
Off the Cuff
The most read commentary currently favoured by our readers: The Future of Healthcare in Canada. Roy Romanow spoke with Editor-in-Chief Peggy Leatt’s to explore the four main commission themes and his sense of the enormity of this task.
Remember when André Picard lost his way in a hospital because the floor map vanished at a cross roads? Well Neil Seeman has the solution . . . Geocaching around Hospitals
Here are the top web pages accessed by our readers over the last 12 months
- Lessons Learned in Changing Healthcare… and how we learned …
Lessons Learned in changing healthcare… and how we learned them. Introduction: Moving Forward Together through Reflection and Sharing. Paul Batalden .. - Effective Teamwork in Healthcare: Research and Reality
Issues affecting health workplaces range from serious concerns that could affect the immediate physical safety of workers to those that would … - Research: Evidence-based Nursing Practice: How to Get There from …
And while it is heartening to know that new evidence is constantly emerging to inform our nursing practice it is disheartening to learn that many nurses continue … - Effectiveness of an Adapted SBAR Communication Tool for a …
Healthcare Quarterly, 11(Sp) 2008: 72-79. Teamwork and Communication. Effectiveness of an Adapted SBAR Communication Tool for a Rehabilitation Setting … - Healthcare Quarterly :: Child Health in Canada
Vol. 14 Special Issue 1 | Child Health in Canada. The Editor’s Letter. Mary Jo Haddad. Theories And Consequences. Why Social Determinants? Neal Halfon …
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The Longwoods’ recruiting site, Jobs.Longwoods.com, is focused on one sector and two categories: (a) leaders across the health services continuum and (b) nurses. Front line nursing positions can be posted at no charge..
Every week selected recruitment advertisements are sent to the desktops of more than 12,000 leaders: registered readers. And . . .every week we feature careers in the Longwoods eLetter – Canada’s leading electronic letter covering the health sector. Also, twice a month a long list of opt-in subscribers receive our HRResources letter. Sign up here. To visit the website go to: Jobs.Longwoods.com. Help yourself, or . . .Contact Susan Hale
The Polls:
The latest Harris Decima poll shows little appetite for a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party. The views of supporters of these two parties with respect to a full merger of the two parties shows 24% in favour of a merger.
A new poll by Harris/Decima suggests that the Ontario Liberal Leader is headed for a third straight term on Oct. 6, with an 11-point lead over Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak.
IBM is partnering with WellPoint, a large health insurance plan provider with around 34 million subscribers, to bring Watson technology to the health care sector, the companies said Monday. It will be the first commercial application of Watson, which is a computing system that aims to “understand” language as humans naturally speak it. More.
Call for Submissions: The Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education
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News
- Ryerson University Researcher Receives Research Award For *Green* Joint Replacement Design
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Conferences
- September 1, 2011-April 21, 2012: CNA Certification
- September 15, 2011: Toronto, ON. Freedom of Information (FOI) Legislation Session for Ontario hospital staff
- September 19, 2011: Broadcast: Recent Innovations in Primary Care
- September 19-20, 2011: Toronto, ON. 4th Annual Lean in Healthcare
- September 20, 2011: Toronto, ON. Maternal & Newborn Care Conference
- September 20, 2011-December 8, 2011: CNA Webinar Series: Put progress into your practice!
- September 21, 2011: Free WEBINAR. CHSRF on Call: Patients as Partners
- September 22- 23, 2011: Toronto, ON. Patient Safety in Mental Health: Shining a Light on Suicide
- September 26-30, 2011: Ontario Hospitals. Right to Know Week 2011
- October 2-3, 2011: Toronto, ON. National Case Management Network of Canada Conference
- October 2-4, 2011: Edmonton, AB. 2011 Accelerating Primary Care Conference
- October 4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Critical Care – Call for Abstracts Now Open!
- October 5, 2011: Toronto, ON. 2011 Health Care Human Resources Symposium
- October 7, 2011: Toronto, ON. 2011 OntWIG Symposium
- October 12-13, 2011: Vancouver, BC. HealthCare Leaders’ Association of BC Leadership Conference
- October 13-14, 2011: Ottawa, ON. Medical Devices Summit 2011
- October 17, 2011: Toronto, ON. Mobile Health Symposium
- October 17, 2011: Toronto, ON. Second Interprofessional Forum on Patient Safety Issues for Rehabilitation Professionals
- November 21-22, 2011: Toronto, ON. Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference
- November 2-4, 2011: Winnipeg, MB. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
- December 2-4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
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For more information please contact conferences@longwoods.com
Transitions
- Andrée Robichaud to President and Chief Executive Officer of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Karna Gupta to President and Chief Executive Officer of the Information Technology Association of Canada
- Diana Noel to inaugural Executive Director of the Humber River Family Health Team
- Neil Seeman to Advisor, RecapHealth Ventures
- Christine Power (President & CEO, Capital District Health Authority) to Chair, Board of Directors, ACAHO.
- Dr. Jack Kitts (President & CEO, The Ottawa Hospital) to past-Chair, ACAHO.
- Dianne Doyle (President & CEO, Providence Health Care) to Treasurer, ACAHO.
- Alison Tonge (Executive Vice-President, Strategy & Performance, Alberta Health Services), new Board member, ACAHO.
- David Hill (Integrated Vice-President & Scientific Director Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre), has been appointed as the incoming co-Chair, ACAHO Sub-Committee of Vice-Presidents of Health Research.
This years new members of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) are:
- Rulon F. Stacey, PhD, FA CHE to Chairman
- Gayle L. Capozzalo, FA CHE to Chairman-Elect
- Christopher D. Van Gorder, FA CHE to Immediate Past Chairman
- Thomas C. Dolan, PhD, FA CHE , CAE to President/CEO
Featured Careers
See the entire list of leadership and nursing careers at Jobs.Longwoods.com
- Manager Integrated Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Assessment Program ( ICS & DAP) – The Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON
- Vice-President, Medical & Academic Affairs – North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Patient Care Manager – Pre-Admission Clinic, Surgical Day Care, Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit / Project Lead, Surgical Services – Halton Healthcare Services, Oakville, ON
- Manager, Clinical Services – Fraser Health Authority, Chilliwack, BC
- Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Member Services – Medbuy Corporation, London, ON
- Pharmacist, Nephrology – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Patient Care Specialist, Medical Unit – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Director, Medicine Program – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Acute Health Service Administrator, Creston/Fernie – Interior Health Authority Creston, BC
- Director of Operations – Trellis Mental Health and Developmental Services, Guelph, ON
- Manager, Interprofessional Care – Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, ON
- Patient Care Manager, Complex Continuing Care and Palliation – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Patient Care Manager, Complex Continuing Care and Palliation – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Patient Care Manager, Inpatient Surgery – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Quality and Compliance Specialist – Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
- Quality Practice Leader – Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) – Bethany Care Society, Calgary, AB
- Director, Pharmacy Services – Humber River Regional Hospital, Downsview, ON
- Sales Director – NRC Picker Canada, Markham, ON
- Executive Director – Burlington Family Health Team, Burlington, ON
- Director of Human Resources – City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON
- Director of Operations – ParaMed,, Markham, ON
For more information or to post a position go to Jobs.Longwoods.com
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