On July 1st, 2009, all hospitals across Ontario will begin using a standardized Provincial Alternate Level of Care (ALC) Definition to designate patients as ALC. A variety of activities have been organized to support the adoption of the definition, the first of which are:

• May 11th, 2009 - Distribution of Clinician Adoption Toolkit to acute and post-acute hospitals via ALC Hospital Site Leads
• May 20th, 2009 - Interactive Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) videoconference and live webcast. If you wish to participate in the live webcast event, please register online through OHA - There is no cost to participate in this event.

For more information or for any questions regarding this initiative, please email ALCdefinition@cancercare.on.ca.

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HealthcarePapers, 3(2) 2002: 71-74
Scarcity of Health Human Resources: A Chronic National Disease
Thomas F. Ward

Abstract:
If one looks at the past and present concerns about health human resources in the country, it seems that the health human resource question might be characterized as a chronic national, now international, disease. As a disease, it causes much stress and attendant fatigue, and when there are acute exacerbations it debilitates our healthcare system.

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Full-Time or Part-Time Work in Nursing: Preferences, Tradeoffs and Choices
Jennifer Blythe, Andrea Baumann, Isik Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton and Ann Higgins

Nursing human resources are limited; thus, effective deployment of personnel is essential to optimize staff capacity. The nursing profession competes for staff in environments where human capital is at a premium (Baumann and Blythe 2003). To maximize recruitment and retention, it is imperative th...

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Deputy Minister, Health & Social Services - Yellowknife, NWT
Psychologist, Elder Care - Providence Health Care, BC
Administrative Lead, Regional Renal Program - Mississauga Halton LHIN
President & CEO - Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, Penetanguishene, ON
Director and Professor, Department Of Health Administration - Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Executive Director, ACEN - Ottawa, ON
Director, Adolescent Services - Whitby Mental Health Centre, Whitby, ON
Perinatal Nurse Consultant - BC Perinatal Health Program, Vancouver , BC
Manager, Supply Chain Management, Surgery Services - LHSC, London, ON
Program Manager, Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital, LHSC, London, ON
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TRANSITIONS

May 5, 2009
Dr. Arlene King to Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, effective June 15, 2009.
Peter Goodhand takes the President’s Chair yesterday at the Canadian Cancer Society.
Roland Aurich to President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Canada Limited
Dr. Philip Baker to Dean of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Dr. Tom Marrie to Dean of Dalhousie University's Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.
Dr. Iain D. Young to Vice-Dean Academic, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University
Dr. Suzanne Strasberg to incoming president of the Ontario Medical Association

April 28, 2009
Mohamed Dhanani has resigned as Chair of Toronto Central LHIN (ON) to join The Honourable George Smitherman's Office.

[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.

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