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OECD Health Data 2010: How Does Canada Compare

OECD Health Data 2010 How Does Canada Compare Total health spending accounted for 10.4% of GDP in Canada in 2008, more than one percentage point higher than the average of 9.0% in OECD countries. Health spending as a share of GDP is lower in Canada than in the United States (which spent 16.0% of its […]

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HR Resources Newsletter Vol.3 No.19 | September 9, 2010

Longwoods Publishing presents the HR Resources Newsletter – access to: a database of best practices; Longwoods recruitment sites; key employer recruitment portals; a history of leadership transitions and appointments; current employment opportunities and more. Vol.3 No.18 | September 9, 2010 The HR Resources Newsletter is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from:  Essay Healthcare Innovation: […]

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Longwoods eLetter September 7, 2010

Quote Michael Villeneuve takes the opportunity “to facilitate and support the dialogues that can drive strategy and policy development”. He brings along some friends in the process. Perspectives on Nursing Policy Essay Ontario Generic Drug Wars, Part 1: How It All Began: In the never-ending World Cup of Generic Drug Prices, 4 teams recently faced […]

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Upcoming speaker – Dr. Barry McLellan

Join us to hear Dr. McLellan speak at Sunnybrook on September 21. For more details click here. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Dr. McLellan provides leadership for one of Canada’s largest academic health sciences centres with 10,000 staff and physicians, 1,200 beds and an annual budget of more than […]

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eHealthrecord.info Vol.7 No.18 | September 1, 2010

Vol.7 No.18 | September 1, 2010 FACTS and STATS American patients are worried about not being able to access their own medical records when needed, according to a survey conducted by GfK Roper for Practice Fusion, the free, U.S. web-based Electronic Health Record company. Concern about access outweighed worries about inaccuracy, theft, accidental destruction, ER availability […]

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HR Resources Newsletter Vol.3 No.18 | August 26, 2010

Longwoods Publishing presents the HR Resources Newsletter – access to: a database of best practices; Longwoods recruitment sites; key employer recruitment portals; a history of leadership transitions and appointments; current employment opportunities and more. Vol.3 No.18 | August 26, 2010 The HR Resources Newsletter is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from:   News […]

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Longwoods eLetter August 24, 2010

Quote “In Ontario there are three levels of contracts before the patient gets a bath.” Michael Rachlis, The Toronto Star Essays CMA Emerges Dazed from Cave, Writes Report by Steven Lewis Why e-books are good for your health by Neil Seeman Off the Cuff Search the Longwoods Library to review policies and practices. Your “how […]

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2009 Survey of Executive Opinions on Key I.T. Issues

From Modern Healthcare Read this and make some “back of the envelope” notes. (1) How can the web and related technologies help restructure the hospital-physician relationship?  (2) What are the top 10 I.T. system priorities during the next 24 months. (3) What is the percentage of capital budget spent on I.T. assets? (4) What are […]

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| Vol. 7 No. 17, August 18, 2010 |

Vol.7 No.15 | July 21, 2010 FACTS and STATS Thirty-two percent of U.S. residents ages 18 and older — or about 175 million individuals — said they regularly used the Internet this year to find health care-related information, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. Harris Interactive is a US based survey company. The results […]

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Reaching for the Top: A Report by the Advisor on Healthy Children & Youth

By Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, MD, MBA, FRCS(C) Chair / Chief, Division of Paediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, London, Ontario Assistant Dean (External)/Assistant Professor, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Co-Director, Health Sector MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Background When […]

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