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A Nursing Call to Action: Nurses Lead Health-care Transformation – Media Backgrounder

The final report of the National Expert Commission, The Health of Our Nation, the Future of Our Health System: A Nursing Call to Action, was released June 18, 2012. The report is available online at http://www.cna-aiic.ca/expertcommission. In May 2011, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) — the professional voice of Canada’s 268,500 registered nurses — established […]

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Improving the Accessibility, Quality and Sustainability of Long-term Care in Canada

CLHIA Report on Long-term Care Policy Click here to download the entire PDF Click here for the Press Release: No plan at all: majority of Canadians ill prepared for long-term health care costs

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A Time for Action By Carey Levinton

Equity – a blog with 12 entries from The Equity MAgIC  group, a collective of stakeholders actively working on pushing the equity agenda forward. Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) has identified equity as a key component of quality care. The Ministry has developed a Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) to support improved […]

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What’s in a name? | Longwoods eLetter June 19, 2012

Quote “Wouldn’t it be fabulous if we reclaimed the old 999 address? We should celebrate this address.” Catherine Zahn, CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto. What do you think? Essay Celebrating the War of 1812. How come? Off the Cuff “Einstein could not patent his celebrated law that E=mc2” “Phenomena of […]

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999 Queen: What do you think?

“Wouldn’t it be fabulous if we reclaimed the old 999 address? We should celebrate this address.” Catherine Zahn, CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto. Sign-in or Create an Account on Longwoods.com and leave your comment below.

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Supreme Court (USA) No Patents for the Laws of Nature

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Longwoods: What’s with this historic name?

The War of 1812 was fought along Longwoods Road in southwest Ontario. Canada held its ground, went to Washington to help the British burn down the White House and the Americans just left. This video will provide you a glimpse of one battle as portrayed by Rick Mercer. It’s an historic road and very Canadian. […]

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Ontario Stroke Evaluation Report 2012: Prescribing System Solutions to Improve Stroke Outcomes

Click the links below to download the PDFs Executive Summary, Review of System Solutions [3.6 MB] Adult Stroke[1.8 MB] Paediatric Stroke [303 KB] References and Appendices [862 KB]

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Rural health care’s formula for calamity – Christie Blatchford

Doctors in the small northeastern Ontario town of Iroquois Falls appear to have been double-charging the Health Ministry for the same work for years. Dr. Mike Boyle, who has worked in Iroquois Falls for 38 years, the last year of it for the FHT, and who retired in late 2010, says the FHT has meant […]

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HR Resources Newsletter Vol. 5 No.12

Vol.5 No.12 | June 14, 2012 Recruiters: Post your Nurse Jobs at no charge. Advertise free on jobs.Longwoods.com for front line/bedside nurses. Click here for details. There are more than 100 Healthcare Leadership and Nursing positions on our Job Board. Go to jobs.Longwoods.com to see them all or add your own positions. News and notes […]

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