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Longwoods eLetter November 15, 2011

Quote “Quality Is Susceptible to Corruption. We need to proceed with caution in our interpretation of the medical literature.” … Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM | :Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine. From Chapter 2: Listening to Those We Seek to Help,  from the book Lessons Learned in […]

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Marketing Success Through Differentiation — of Anything

From Harvard Business Review. By Ted Levitt. View the article at Harvard Business Review by clicking here.

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Remarks By Tom Closson, President and CEO Ontario Hospital Association, Closing Session at HealthAchieve2011

Notes for Remarks By Tom Closson, President and CEO,Ontario Hospital Association Closing Session at HealthAchieve, Wednesday, November 9, 2011, Constitution Hall, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. I am very pleased to be here today to share some of my thoughts with you. Over the last four years, that I have been CEO of the OHA, the health […]

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eHealthRecord.info Vol. 8 No. 22, October 26, 2011

Fact and Stats New British research has found that more than 4% of electronic prescriptions written by general practitioners contain errors. Researchers from Reading University in UK have been studying prescription data from 15 general practices over the past 18 months and are on the verge of publishing the results. Lead researcher, Dr. Rachel Howard, […]

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Longwoods eLetter October 25, 2011 – Save money with Duct Tape

Quote “In a more integrated system of care delivery, it is possible to both save money and increase the quality of care at the same time.” Neena Chappell, University of Victoria’s Canada Research Chair in Social Gerontology Essays Are Integrated Healthcare Organizations Right For Ontario? A brief for the minister of Health and Longterm Care […]

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The 7 Things Your Health Insurance Customers Are Not Telling You

And What to Do About Them Overview Build a fortified customer service position now? Or wait to be overtaken by the impending seismic shift in power to the consumer? That’s the stark question US health insurers now face, with only one viable answer. This report, based on recent Accenture research, uncovers seven surprising trends in […]

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Hospitals and Boards of Public Health Salary Disclosure Ontario 2010

Click the link below to download the PDF Salary Disclosure Ontario 2010

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Best Read articles from the last seven days

Effective Teamwork in Healthcare: Research and Reality Research: Evidence-based Nursing Practice: How to Get There from Here Eight step change model Ten Key Principles for Successful Health Systems Integration Professional Practice in Nursing: A Framework Finding a Balance between “Value Added” and Feeling Valued: Revising Models of Care, The human factor of implementing a quality […]

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Our Readers Recommend

This is what our readers recommend: Ten Key Principles for Successful Health Systems Integration The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers Growing Practice Specialists in Mental Health: Addressing Stigma and Recruitment with a Nursing Residency Program Implementation of Admission Medication Reconciliation at Two Academic Health Sciences […]

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Our Editors Recommend

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