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Abstract
Ivy Oandasan
Abstract:
The two lead articles for this issue by Shamian and El-Jardali and
by Clements, Dault and Priest provide an opportunity to consider
how two agendas - teamwork in healthcare and the healthy workplace
- can be strengthened to gain mutual advancement. Both agendas are
in the pan-Canadian Health Human Resource (HHR) strategic plan in
Canada and were also identified within the Health Council of
Canada's 2005 Annual Report. Strong links have yet to be made
related to the teamwork in healthcare agenda and its relationship
with the workplace environment. Significant research has been
conducted, and advocates are pushing for policy change. It is
recommended that those engaged in the research in these two domains
dialogue with each other and collectively consider ways in which
they could advance the policy directions required to enhance both
patient and provider satisfaction in our healthcare system. The
teamwork and healthy workplace agendas require thoughtful
deliberation between researchers and policy-makers to inform
action
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An Up-Close Look at Seven Major Health Professions
Canadian Institute for Health Information
With more than one million people in Canada employed in health occupations it is crucial to understand who they are, their work patterns and how their workforce is evolving is vital in planning for the future of health care in Canada. CIHI's five reports provides the data of seven Canadian major health professions.
In a series of five new reports released December 1, 2008, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides the latest available and most comprehensive data in Canada about the supply, distribution, migration, education, demographic trends and work patterns for seven major health professions.
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TRANSITIONS
January 27/09
John Ruetz to Vice-President, People Services
and Organizational Effectiveness, Bridgepoint Health
Esko Vainio to retire from Timmins and District
Hospital
Nancy Fletcher to Interim Chief Nurse Executive at
The Scarborough Hospital
Norman Maciver to retirement as CEO at West Parry
Sound Health Centre and Lakeland Long-Term Care
Donald Sanderson to CEO at West Parry Sound Health
Centre and Lakeland Long-Term Care
Rema Zawi to member of the board of Trillium Gift
of Life Network
Christine Clark to member of the board of Trillium
Gift of Life Network
Dr. Brian Schwartz to Director of Emergency
Management Support, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and
Promotion
January 20/09
Ida Goodreau to President and CEO of LifeLabs
(billed as Canada's biggest diagnostic laboratory company).
More here.
Michelle Obama to First Lady of the United States
of America. Formerly vice president for community and external
affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Sheila Weatherill to fact finder and to conduct a
study of the Maple Leaf Foods listeriosis outbreak. More here.
Karen Casey to Nova Scotia's Minister of
Health.
Leslee J. Thompson to President and CEO, Kingston
General Hospital.
Dr. Brian Schwartz to Director of Emergency
Management Support, Agency for Health Protection and
Promotion.
Dr. Nancy Whitmore to Chief of Staff and Vice
President, Medical Affairs, St. Thomas Elgin General
Hospital.
Michael O'Mahoney, President of the foundation of
the Hospital for Sick Children - to attend divinity school.
Lorraine Manners to Engagement Manager, Ray &
Berndtson.
[Don't forget, we don't make these up. Please send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com.] Our transitions come from sources we believe to be reliable. We do not guarantee that they are correct. But we are rarely wrong.
Review all recently reported Transitions here.
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