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MINICase Study: Where does donor money go? Over $3 million spent improving healthcare in Northwestern Ontario in 2012

From a submission by Heather Vita $3,023,348.99 — the amount of money invested in 2012 by the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation to enhance healthcare in Northwestern Ontario. Typically, the Health Sciences Foundation supports programs of the Health Sciences Centre that take place in sites other than Thunder Bay.  For instance:  funding to update […]

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Unintended Consequences: Identifying and Mitigating Unanticipated Issues in EHR Use

A federal guide alerts users to unanticipated and undesired effects of EHR use and offers approaches to avoiding and remedying them. (http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_049333.hcsp?dDocName=bok1_049333) By Genna Rollins Electronic health records hold the promise of better care coordination, improved patient safety, and more accurate documentation and coding; however, as anyone who either uses an EHR or has been […]

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Urine Bisphenol-A Level in Relation to Obesity and Overweight in School-Age Children

OPEN ACCESS, PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH ARTICLE (original article is here) De-Kun Li, Maohua Miao, ZhiJun Zhou, Chunhua Wu, Huijing Shi, Xiaoqin Liu, Siqi Wang, Wei Yuan About the Authors Hide Figures Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Author Contributions References Reader Comments (2) Figures Abstract Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a potential endocrine disruptor impacting metabolic processes and increasing the risk […]

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Summary Corporate Plan from Infoway

Infoway says: collaborate, improve health and care and do this through innovative digital solutions. Click here to download their Summary Corporate Plan (2013 -2014).

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Remembering Kevin Leonard

Dr. Kevin Leonard, who passed away on July 15, 2013, was not only a passionate voice for the rights of patients, he was also a prolific writer.  He contributed many thoughtful pieces to various Longwoods journals on topics ranging from cost/benefit analysis of IT implementation to benefits of patients accessing their own health records.  Here […]

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Mass Fatality Management following the South Asian Tsunami Disaster: Case Studies in Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka

By Oliver W Morgan, Pongruk Sribanditmongkol, Clifford Perera,  Yeddi Sulasmi,  Dana Van Alphen,  Egbert Sondorp Abstract Background Following natural disasters, mismanagement of the dead has consequences for the psychological well-being of survivors. However, no technical guidelines currently exist for managing mass fatalities following large natural disasters. Existing methods of mass fatality management are not directly […]

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The Role of Veterans Affairs in Emergency Management: A Systematic Literature Review

  DECEMBER 12, 2012 · RESEARCH ARTICLE Print Article Citation PDF, XML Email AUTHORS Maria Claver Darya Friedman Aram Dobalian Karen Ricci Melanie Horn Mallers   ABSTRACT The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a key player in emergency management for both veterans and civilians. Unfortunately, limited evidence-based research findings exist regarding the role and experience of VA during disasters. The present study […]

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Developing a Health System Approach to Disaster Management: A Qualitative Analysis of the Core Literature to Complement the WHO Toolkit for Assessing Health-System Capacity for Crisis Management

  AUGUST 22, 2012 · RESEARCH ARTICLE Print Article Citation PDF, XML Email AUTHORS Dr Claire Bayntun Gerald Rockenschaub Virginia Murray   ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) sixty-fourth World Health Assembly in May 2011 adopted a resolution on ‘strengthening national health emergency and disaster management capacities and resilience of health systems’. Disaster management is a topical issue globally and countries […]

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A Health System Approach to All-Hazards Disaster Management: A Systematic Review

AUGUST 22, 2012 · RESEARCH ARTICLE AUTHOR- Dr Claire Bayntun ABSTRACT AIM This review aims to develop disaster management practice using a health system strengthening approach through two objectives. Firstly, to review the disaster management literature to test the hypothesis that a holistic health system approach has not been established in practice or evaluated in the core literature. Secondly, to […]

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25 Best read papers/articles* on the website Longwoods.com

Effective Teamwork in Healthcare: Research and Reality Dave Clements, Mylène Dault and Alicia Priest The Role of Nursing Leadership in Integrating Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners in Healthcare Delivery in Canada Nancy Carter, Ruth Martin-Misener, Kelley Kilpatrick, Sharon Kaasalainen, Faith Donald, Denise Bryant-Lukosius, Patricia Harbman, Ivy Bourgeault and Alba DiCenso Toward Performance and Quality […]

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