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. . . healthcare systems have been unable to cope with the acceleration of knowledge growth, thus creating a gap between the care that is possible and the care that is delivered. Ross Baker, Chapter 1, High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality by Design.
This issue of the journal Electronic Healthcare: Vol. 1 No. 2, 2001 is made available at no charge courtesy of Accenture. Includes The Editor's Focus: Of Risks and Rewards, Michael Guerriere. Effective until midnight November 4, 2008.
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HealthcareRounds examined the issue: Across LHIN Borders: Placing Our Patients ahead of Postal Codes last September 17, 2008. We featured the following authorities:
(Subsequent to this session of HealthcareRounds the Minister of Health in Ontario has noted that the development of the LHINs is an evolution that will see cooperation and collaboration among the networks and not the creation of artificial borders – a position similar to that taken by the LHIN CEOs at this meeting.)
Healthcare Quarterly, in collaboration with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and other national sponsors, is pleased to announce a fourth issue of Patient Safety Papers for publication in Spring 2009. This follow up to the first three issues will again provide real-time overviews of patient safety initiatives from the field and research projects on important patient safety topics.
Guest Editor, Professor G. Ross Baker, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, invites organizations and/or individuals to submit papers and case studies with a particular emphasis on contributions that highlight Canadian or comparative efforts to measure or improve patient safety. Descriptions of demonstration projects and interventions would be welcomed along with strategies for engaging patients and clients in improving safety.
Please submit abstracts or summaries of no more than 200 words to Dianne Foster Kent, Editorial Director, Longwoods Publishing, no later than Friday, November 7, 2008. Submissions will be reviewed by the editorial team and a selection of authors will be invited to prepare full manuscripts for publication.
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Le taux de mortalité des femmes de 45 ans et plus à la suite du cancer du sein est plus élevé dans les régions urbaines du Canada que dans les régions rurales.
Healthcare Quarterly
Leading Complex Change in Healthcare: 10 Lessons Learned
Lianne Collins, Rebecca Parkes and Gerard Seijts
HealthcarePapers
Quality Councils as Health System Performance and Accountability Mechanisms: The Cancer Quality Council of Ontario Experience
Mark Dobrow, Bernard Langer, Helen Angus, Terrence Sullivan
Nursing Leadership
Case Study: Reconciling the Quality and Safety Gap through Strategic Planning
Lianne Jeffs, Jane Merkley, Jana Jeffrey, Ella Ferris, Janice Dusek and Catherine Hunter
Healthcare Policy
Improving the Quality and Capacity of Canada's Health Services: Primary Care Physician Perspectives
David G. Moores, Douglas R. Wilson, Andrew J. Cave, Sandra C. Woodhead Lyons and Michel G. Donoff
Electronic Healthcare
Whose Record Is It Anyway? Putting Patients' Interests at the Heart of the Implementation and Use of Electronic Medical Records
Rebecca L. Mador, Nicola T. Shaw, Stephen Cheetham and Robert J. Reid
World Health and Population
Strengthening Health Development at the Community Level in Thailand: What Events Should Be Managed?
Vasuton Tanvatanakul, Corália Vicente, João Amado and Sastri Saowakontha
Reconciling the Quality and Safety Gap through Strategic Planning
Lianne Jeffs, Jane Merkley, Jana Jefferey, Ella Ferris, Janice Dusek, Catherine Hunter
To mitigate the quality and safety chasm, nursing leadership at St. Michael's Hospital undertook a strategic plan to enhance the nursing professional practice environment.
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This is great opportunity to effectively transfer knowledge using storytelling, compelling lectures or gripping interviews – using simple digital recordings that we distribute on the web. Formatted for iPod listeners too. For criteria and specifications please contact Lina Lopez at LLopez@longwoods.com. All subject to editorial review and acceptance.
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2008/2009 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – Toronto
Matt Anderson, CEO - Toronto Central LHIN
Topic: A View from a LHIN.
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Cerner, CGI, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, IBM, McKesson Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
Register here
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – Toronto
Vivek Goel
Vivek Goel is President and CEO of the Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Topic: Renewing Public Health in Ontario: The Role of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HP Canada, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare
Register here
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Toronto
Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room 610, 155 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Healthtech, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, IBM, Ontario Hospital Association, Philips Healthcare, Sodexo
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Vancouver
Murray T. Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Cliff Nordal, President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, ON
Topic: Let's settle the private/public hospital debate: A Conversation reflecting on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Vancouver,UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, Campus Level, HSBC Hall, C680
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, HP Canada, Ontario Hospital Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Toronto
Michael Guerriere, Managing Partner, Courtyard Group
Topic: 2009 Review of IM/IT in Healthcare: The Unvarnished Version
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, Courtyard Group, HP Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
Other confirmed Chiefs for 2008/2009 series of Breakfast with the Chiefs (dates TBD) Ida Goodreau, President and CEO for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Ross Baker, Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division.
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Matthew Anderson - then Vice-President, Chief Information Officer, UHN and Toronto Community Care Access Centre.
IT Collaboration Report (PDF).
Sponsors: Accenture, ACAHO, Dell Canada, Lanier Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Roche, and TELUS
The small print: Breakfast with the Chiefs: registration requirements:
Do you work at a publicly funded organization? If so, you must hold a current personal subscription for at least one Longwoods journal. This covers attendance for the full season. This year’s speakers include: Dr. Alan Hudson, Matthew Anderson, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, Dr. Ross Baker, Dr. Vivek Goel, Dr. Michael Guerriere, Ida Goudreau, Cliff Nordal, Murray Martin and Dr. Mary Ferguson-Pare. If you are not a subscriber click here first. If you are a subscriber go to this page for information on upcoming dates: click here.
Registrants from private sector organizations, foundations and associations must be registered members of the Longwoods HealthcareBoard. If you are not sure of your status and want more information please contact Matthew Hart at mhart@longwoods.com
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With its theme, Inspiring Ideas and Innovation, HealthAchieve2008 is Canada’s largest health care show, attracting thousands of hospital leaders and health care professionals from across the country. This year, HealthAchieve will be held November 3, 4 & 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Featuring keynote addresses from the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Uwe Reinhardt and Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthAchieve2008 promises to be a truly inspiring event! For further information, visit www.healthachieve.com.
October 24, 2008: Ottawa, ON. First Annual EHL Leadership Symposium. Join Emerging Health Leaders for a half-day knowledge and networking symposium. The event targets young health professionals from a variety of health backgrounds including administration, research, policy, government, and practicing clinicians. Our focus will be leadership through an interprofessional and values-based lens with a keynote presentation and three concurrent workshops. For more information click here.
November 3, 2008: Toronto, ON. Bunky's Bash. 15th Anniversary Celebration at The Second City in support of The Therapeutic Clown Program at SickKids. A hilarious evening of comedy and music hosted by Colin Mochrie. Tickets $100. For more information, contact Susan Riddell at 416-813-6629 or susan.riddell@sickkids.ca.
November 4, 2008: Toronto, ON. Jersey Boys, The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Follow the rags-to-rock-to-riches tale of 4 blue-collar kids working their way up from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom. Are you attending HealthAchieve2008? Discounted tickets are available for all registrants. Click here for details.
November 10-14, 2008: Toronto, ON. Health Leaders Institute. The 4th annual offering of this inter-professional residential leadership development program with keynote by Dr Barry Posner of The Leadership Challenge, Rick Lash of the HayGroup. Limited Registration. Details, Brochure and Registration www.healthleaders.ca. or Contact Katrin Wade (416) 426-7229.
November 12. 2008: Strategic Performance Management Workshop. SAS Canada cordially invites you to the Performance Management Workshop: Turning Strategies into Action for Improved Performance. For more information click here.
November 13, 2008: Toronto, ON. Healthcare Information Security Symposium – Incident Response and Data Forensics. We invite you to join us for breakfast and discussion - our topics are “Incident Response Horror Stories” and “Data Forensics; What You Need to Know” Our speakers are Eldon Sprickerhoff, Co-Founder of eSentire, and Larry Gagnon, Principal, of Forensicom. This event will run from 7:15am to 10:00am. For more information click here.
November 18-19, 2008: Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. QHN Fall Forum 2008 - Quality Improvement Under Construction. Known for offering innovative learning approaches and creative solutions to meet shared needs – this year's forum will fill your tool belt on six sigma, lean, PDSA methodology and project management. For more information, click here (PDF)
November 24-25, 2008: Ottawa, ON. CNA presents INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY WORKSHOP: Strategies & Tactics. This two-day workshop is designed to help nurses better understand the development and influencing of public policy. Non-nurses are also welcome. Attendees will leave the workshop equipped with practical tips and a knowledge base that enables them to influence policy agendas. Download PDF for more details.
November 27, 2008: Toronto, ON. A evening fundraising reception at the Carlu to raise support and awareness of the public health outreach program to be created at the Sheela Basrur Centre. For information click here.
November 27-29, 2008: Toronto, ON. Family Medicine Forum. Canada’s largest family medicine conference. Co-hosted by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) and the CFPC’s Sections of Teachers and Researchers. For conference program and registration click here.
February 19-22, 2009: Victoria, BC. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Informatics: From Research to Practice. Information technology affects nearly every aspect of healthcare today. Health information systems are seen by many as the critical element in improving and modernizing healthcare in Canada and internationally. In order to achieve this potential there will need to be a stronger bridge between research and practice in order to solve complex healthcare problems using technology and to develop best practices based on proven results. Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2008. For details click here.
March 19 - 20, 2009: Edmonton, AB. Leaders in Rehabilitation: the Rehabilitation of Function, Alberta Health Services, in the Edmonton and Calgary areas and the University of Alberta - Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine are pleased to announce the 4th Leaders in Rehabilitation conference. Speakers and special guests include Mr. Alan Lilly, Dr. Mike Landry, Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell and Dr. Arya Sharma. For details click here.
For our complete list of conferences and events go here.
Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.
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Dr Chantal Graveline to Vice-President Clinical and Residential Programs, Baycrest, ON
Betty McCracken Morris to Chief Operating Officer, Northeast Health Service Delivery Area, Northern Health Authority, BC
Rachel Bard to Canadian Nurses Association as Chief Executive Officer
Guy Bujold to CANARIE Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Heather Manson to Senior Medical Advisor to the President, The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Dr. Dana Hanson (Fredericton, NB) to one-year appointment at World Medical Association (a year from now).
Benoît Long is VP, CIO and CMO at Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, ON
Owen Sagness to Vice-President and General Manager of Consumer and Online, Microsoft Canada
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