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“Health care has safety and quality problems because it relies on outmoded systems of work. Poor designs set the workforce up to fail.” Adalstein Brown quotes the Institute of Medicine 2001: 4 More.
Essays
Smart Procurement: Canada’s healthcare system is stuck by Linda Miller and Dave Wattling
Drink Now. Pay Later: the art of story telling exposed by the Publisher
Off the Cuff
MUHC board tightens control on CEO Aurthur Porter
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Healthcare Quarterly
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Nursing Leadership
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Electronic Healthcare
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News
- CASLPA Members Help Children Cultivate Speech
- HPME is now the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
- CASLPA Members Help Children Cultivate Speech
- York U prof will lead $1.6 million project on bullying
- Diabetes study reveals correlation between location and blood glucose levels
- GlaxoSmithKline Launches $50 Million Life Sciences Innovation Fund
- Canadian Cancer Research Conference Draws Top Cancer Experts
- PwC expands eHealth capabilities with acquisition
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Breakfast with the Chiefs
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Dr. Jack Kitts, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital and Chair of the Health Council of Canada
Thursday, December 1, 2011
8:00 am – 9:00 am (join us at 7:15 am for breakfast)
Topic: Quality at the Bedside, Quality Across the Country — comparing ourselves to global peer organizations.
Location: University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 6th Floor Room 610, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON
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Tom Closson’s “In conclusion . . .”
January 11, 2012, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (Save the date.)
Conferences
- November 17-18, 2011: Toronto, ON. Ontario Health and Community Care Assessment Conference
- November 18, 2011; Vancouver, BC. QWQHC 6th Annual Summit, call for good practices
- November 21-23, 2011; Halifax, NS. Infoway Fall Partnership Conference
- November 20, 2011; Montreal, QC. A Caregiver’s Journey
- November 28-29, 2011: Toronto, ON. Ivey Global Health Conference
- December 1, 2011: Toronto, ON. Ontario Simulation Expo
- December 2-4, 2011: Toronto, ON. Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp
- December 8 & 9, 2011: Toronto, ON. Social Media/Health Care Communications
- January 27, 2012: Toronto, ON. Inaugural Patient-Centered Care Symposium
- February 3-5, 2012: Toronto, ON. National Institute on Nursing Informatics
- February 13, 2012: Toronto, ON. Advanced Health Leadership Program – Rotman School of Management
- February 15, 2012; Montreal, QC. 2012 CEO Forum
- 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 25-27, 2012: Toronto, ON. Advances in Health Informatics Conference – call for papers now open
- May 29-31, 2012: Toronto, ON. Annual CAHSPR Conference – Call for Abstracts
- June 4-5, 2012: Halifax, NS. National Health Leadership Conference
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Transitions
- Kathy Alexander to Executive Director, Bluewater Health Foundation
- Dr. Patrick Smith to Chief Executive Officer, Renascent
- Philip Blake to Chairman of the Board of Directors, Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D).
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