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CHSRF launches competitions for Research, Exchange and Impact for System Support (REISS)
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Ontario’s Health Results Team Third Annual Report. Results and Sustainability Download PDF
30,000 employees. Over 2,500 physicians. 13 hospitals. 2,800 beds. Budget of $2.4 billion. We are . . .
From McGill’s Office for Science and Society: Does Policosanol reduce cholesterol? Only if you are Cuban. Download PDF
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Strategic Levers for a High-Performing Health System
This special issue brings together the proceedings of the symposium of the same name which showcased experiences in decentralizing decision-making as it pertains to equity and strategic purchasing. Topics include cost control, balancing equity, reform of health services, experiences from England and the VIHA, plus finding common ground between equity and performance.
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A Flexible Nursing Workforce: Realities and Fallouts
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Nursing Human Resources: What Do We Know?
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Plastic Brains
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Electronic Healthcare
The Effect of Organizational Factors on the Effectiveness of EMR System Implementation - What Have We Learned?
Melanie Studer
World Health and Population
Households' Perceptions and Prioritization of Tropical Endemic Diseases in Nigeria: Implications for Priority Setting for Resource Allocation
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Montreal: Thursday, September 27, 2007
David Levine, President and CEO, Montreal Health and Social Service Agency, in conversation with Richard Alvarez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
Location: Saint-James' Club of Montreal, 1145, Ave. Union, Montréal (Québec), the Grand Salon
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, IBM and Microsoft
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Vancouver: Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Dave Garets, President and CEO of HIMSS Analytics in conversation with Ida Goodreau, President and CEO of Vancouver Coastal Health
Location: University of British Columbia (UBC) Robson Square, 800 Robson Square, Vancouver, Room:C680 - HSBC Hall
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September 27-28, 2007: Kansas City, MO, USA. EMR Seminar: Explore New EMR Developments in a Small Seminar-Style Environment. For details click here.
October 1-3, 2007: Edmonton, AB. RTNA 2007 Conference: Knowledge Transfer: Raising the Stakes for System Change. The vision of the Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta (RTNA) is a health system where research or knowledge transfer (KT) is understood, valued, and optimized, where all stakeholders are supported and encouraged to express their will and desire to incorporate evidence into policy and practice decisions. For details click here.
October 11–12, 2007: Banff, AB. Aggressively Improving Costs and Throughput Using Lean Six Sigma. Presented by the Canadian College of Health Service Executives and the American College of Healthcare Executives, this seminar will teach you how to develop and implement a tailored action plan to quickly reduce your costs and sustain those reductions while improving quality and reducing medical errors. For details, click here.
October 14-16, 2007: Vancouver, BC. HCLABC Fall Conference 2007 Aim For the Extraordinary: Inspired Action for Better Health Care. Leaders from all areas of health care and related industries are invited to attend this two-day meeting which will focus on leadership issues, skills and outcomes. For more details click here.
October 15, 2007: Richmond Hill, ON. Supportive Housing: The Winning Formula for Supporting People and Sustaining the Health Care System. Presented by the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA), this symposium focuses on the crucial role that supportive housing plays in maintaining the health, well-being, independence and quality of life of individuals. For details click here.
October 24, 2007: London, ON. LHSC Patient Safety Conference. The conference will be of interest to administrative leaders, professional practice leaders, frontline staff and physicians. Objectives include enhancing awareness of national strategies; learning about Patient WalkRoundsTM as a strategy to advance culture change; gaining insight from the family’s perspective; and championing safe patient care for every patient every day. For more information please email heni.dykstra@lhsc.on.ca.
October 24-25, 2007. Toronto, ON. 2007 MEDEC Legal & Regulatory Conference. Special sessions focus on the potential effect of global harmonization, hot legal topics, medical device regulations, and workshops that provide the opportunity for information exchange with presenters from the regulators side of the table as well as with peers in the industry. For details click here.
October 30, 2007: Ottawa, ON. Consumer Health Informatics Conference. This conference focuses on the technical, social, ethical and professional issues arising from consumer empowerment using information technology. For details click here.
October 30, 2007 - Ethics in Action: Providing Care & Feeling Good About It - VCH/PHC Clinical Ethics Conference. Brochure, Registration Form and Program.
November 3, 2007 - Edmonton, AB. Bariatrics: The New Demographic - What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital,formore information call Education Services, Glenrose at (780) 735-7912, email GRHEdServices@capitalhealth.ca or visit the website here.
November 4-7, 2007 – Vancouver, BC. Practice Makes Perfect, Education of Health Professionals in Community, Clinical and Simulated Settings - International Conference 2007 at Sheraton Wall Centre. Read More
November 5-7, 2007. Fort Lauderdale, FL. National Conference on Health Information Capture. Hospitals and Physicians are Savings Millions with Innovative
Approaches to Information Capture - Learn How at the Exciting Conference and Exhibit. For details click here.
November 8-10, 2007: Banff, AB. Visions National Health Law Conference. The Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, has organized this semi-annual two day national health law conference. Against a legal backdrop, the focus of the conference will be the future of health care. For details click here.
November 12-14, 2007: Hamburg, Germany. BIO-Europe 2007. Understand the signs, symptoms and opportunities of the much-anticipated convergence of biotech and Big Pharma. Fundamental questions, such as how can biotechnology companies help the pharmaceutical industry meet double digit growth expectations by contributing new products and processes, will be openly discussed and debated by some of the most notable names in the industry. For details click here.
November 12-16, 2007 (with follow up April 2008): Toronto, ON. Health Leaders Institute at BMO Institute for Learning. Join inter-professional colleagues for a week of leadership exploration and development featuring Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Haygroup’s Emotional Intelligence Practice Team, and Mixed Company Theatre Group among others. For details click here.
November 15-17 2007: Toronto, ON. 45th Annual Scientific Assembly of the Ontario College of Family Physicians. The Premier Family Medicine Conference in Ontario. Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel. For more information visit our website or call Lourdes Alvares at 416.867.9646 ext 48
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Irene Ryll to the Board of Directors for Assisted Human Reproduction Canada
[following announcements are better late than never.]
Paul Lee to Manager, Short Term Response August 22, 2007, MOHLTC [ON]
Olive Collaco to Manager, Information Management Policy Development and Maintenance, MOHLTC [ON]
Sue Turcotte to Manager, Data Quality and Standards, MOHLTC [ON]
Alison Blair to Director, Information Management Strategy and Policy, MOHLTC [ON]
Sten Ardal to Director, Health Analytics Branch, MOHLTC [ON]
Christina Hoy to Director, Health Data, MOHLTC [ON]
Alison Paprica to Manager of Planning, Health System Planning and Research Branch, MOHLTC [ON]
Tony Amalfa to Manager, Environmental Health Programs, Environmental Health Branch, MOHLTC [ON]
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