Changes to come! | Longwoods eLetter January 24, 2012

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This quotation from Paul Batalden is something I think about at least once each week, if not once a day: “Everyone in health care must recognize that they have two jobs when they come to work each day: doing the work and improving it.” Carolyn Kerrigan MD, MS, Professor of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Section Chief, Section of Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Variation Is Bad, Except When It’s Not. Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine and Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

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Join us! Minister Matthews on changes to come. Less then a week away, Monday January 30th, the Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care for Ontario will be speaking at Breakfast with the Chiefs in Toronto.

Lots of opportunity to see what’s going on with people like Joe Mapa, Tom Closson, Alan Bernstein, Jack Kitts, Will Falk, Ed Brown and many more

Canadians now offered full Harkness Fellowship

Accenture’s Vision for a Connected Health Future, Realizing A Patient-First Healthcare Revolution (PDF)

Read the review of Timothy Caulfield’s The Cure for Everything! is to wonder how we are not all waddling around at 350 pounds, out-of-shape and sickly.

The Canadian Reception @ HIMSS will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, in Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel in the Bellini Ballroom. One of the best pro bono parties of the year. Share the invitation with your peers.

Featured article: brought to you by Baxter Canada: Healthcare-Associated Infections as Patient Safety Indicators

News

Hats off to Canadian researchers making a difference
OnX Enterprise Solutions Signs Canadian Exclusivity Partnership With MEDSEEK
The Harper Government is Taking Action to Improve Efficiency of Healthcare System

Breakfast with the Chiefs

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The Honourable Deb Matthew – changes to come
January 30, 2012 – Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Sponsors: NRC Picker, Cerner, RelayHealth, GE Healthcare, Astellas, Accenture

Conferences

January 24, 2012; Vancouver, BC. Can the US Health Care System be Reformed?
January 25, 2012: Webcast. Hospital Automated Inventory Management Systems
January 27, 2012: Toronto, ON. Inaugural Patient-Centered Care Symposium
February 1, 2012: Toronto, ON. Hospital Associated Infection Surviellance: Tools and Strategies
February 3-5, 2012: Toronto, ON. National Institute on Nursing Informatics.
February 8, 2012: Webcast. FIPPA Case Managment
February 13, 2012: Toronto, ON. Advanced Health Leadership Program – Rotman School of Management
February 15, 2012; Montreal, QC. 2012 CEO Forum
February 21-24, 2012, Vancouver, BC. Canadian Patient Safety Officer Course
February 22, 2012: Toronto, ON. Fight or Flight? Resolving Conflict in the Professional Workplace
February 23, 2012: Toronto, ON: Legal and Ethical Issues in End of Life Care: Making Appropriate Use of Care
February 23-24, 2012: Toronto, ON. Patient, Family and Community Engagement – Conference and Workshop
February 27, 2012: Toronto, ON: Leaders of Volunteers
February 28-29, 2012: Vancouver BC. Will paying the piper change the tune?  Promise and pitfalls of healthcare funding reform
March 1-2, 2012: Vancouver BC. Mastering the Art and Science of Healthy Work Environments, QWQHC 6th Annual Summit
April 2-4, 2012: Toronto, ON. Ontario Public Health Convention
April 13-14, 2012: Ottawa , ON. CMA and CSPE Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership
April 25-26, 2012: Toronto, ON. Conference for Administrative Professionals
April 25-27, 2012: Toronto, ON. Advances in Health Informatics Conference – call for papers now open
May 4-5, 2012: Toronto, ON. 2012 National Health Law Conference
May 22-25, 2012: Toronto, ON. The Dorothy Wylie Nursing & Health Leaders Institute
May 28, 2012: Montreal, QC. Appplied Research in Cancer Conference
May 31-June 1, 2012: Toronto, ON. Second Annual National Nursing Executives Summit
May 29-31, 2012: Montreal QC. Annual CAHSPR Conference – Call for Abstracts
June 4-5, 2012: Halifax, NS. National Health Leadership Conference

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Carolyn Baker has stepped down as President and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health Centre for health reasons – news release.
Ellen Malcolmson to Interim President of St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto ON
Jean Latreille to Director of Direction québécoise du cancer, ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec
Heather Stewart to Director, Medical Affairs, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto
Shirley Bague to Past-President, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
Amanda Bolderston to President, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
Wendy Martin-Gutjahr to Vice-President, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
Brenda Badiuk to Treasurer, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
Dr. John Fletcher to Editor-in-Chief of the CMAJ
Jennifer Aiello Quaglietta to Senior Project Management Consultant, Project Management and Process Improvement Office, Associate Deputy Office, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Darren Jones to Executive VP and COO, Strata Health Solutions
Daniela Lockhard to Vice President – Business Development, Strata Health Solutions
Kevin Jones to Vice President – Client Services, Strata Health Solutions