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Lessons from the LHINs as Health System Enters New Era

Commentary

The health transformation vision recently announced by the Ontario government rightfully aims to provide better-connected care that breaks down siloes within the fragmented system. It is a change the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and many others have been requesting for years – and a goal that governments have set before.

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Integrated Care Solutions for Ontario Health Teams -
Explore and learn about successful Integrated Care models and how these solutions will be useful to support the new Ontario Health Teams. Register today!

Leadership By Design -
The Lastest From The Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership is Just Released

Nursing Leadership

The evolving nature of Canada's healthcare system has necessitated a corresponding evolution of leadership informed by contemporary theoretical perspectives. It has long been recognized that the leadership of the past is no longer sufficient to manage and lead amidst the complexities of today's healthcare system.

The Unintended Effects of Reorganizing Health Authorities on Patient Engagement

Longwoods Essays

After important motions to restructure health service delivery through regionalization, provinces have taken steps to de-regionalize by removing, reducing, or reorganizing the number of health authorities.

The Key to Success is in the Detail and the Implementation

Essay

Leadership matters, from the boardroom to the bedside. The government and Boards must choose wisely at all levels. While many believe they can lead change, this is a massive multi-year undertaking that requires adept understanding of new culture building, people management and re-skilling and a strategic discipline to deliver on the plan.

Go Big, and Go Home

Longwoods Essays

With a vision to create a renewed, connected and sustainable healthcare system that is centred on patient needs, we have been armed with a blueprint, strong guiding principles and the requisite flexibility to integrate and customize care for people and communities.

The Complex Road to Lasting Change with Dr. Michael Gardam

Spotlight

March 19, 2019

Just Released

Healthcare Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4
Special Focus on Building Effective Primary Care Systems

Events

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - Toronto, ON HealthcareRounds

Integrated Care Solutions for Ontario Health Teams

From the Archives

Essays

Chemo scandal: Health Canada must act now

Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 6 No. 3 2003

Commentary: Global Connectivity: A Blessing and a Curse

Oct 2007 Healthcare Quarterly

Impact of Information Technology on Human Resources in Healthcare

May 2010 Nursing Leadership

The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers

Oct 2005 Healthcare Quarterly

Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle

Nov 2006 Healthcare Quarterly

Transforming Healthcare Organizations

Oct 2010 Healthcare Quarterly

Using SBAR to Communicate Falls Risk and Management in Inter-professional Rehabilitation Teams

Jun 2005 HealthcarePapers

Towards a Canadian Model of Integrated Healthcare

Jun 2010 Nursing Leadership

Transformational Leadership to Promote Cross-Generational Retention

Apr 2011 Nursing Leadership

Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Title Confusion and Lack of Role Clarity

Jan 2007 HealthcarePapers

Healthy Workplaces for Health Workers in Canada: Knowledge Transfer and Uptake in Policy and Practice

May 2007 Nursing Leadership

The Nurse Practitioner Role: Into the Future

Jan 2016 Essays

More Money for Healthcare is not the Answer

Aug 2010 Essays

CMA Emerges Dazed from Cave, Writes Report

Dec 2012 Essays

Courage A Rare Competency

Aug 2012 Healthcare Policy

Canadian Pharmacare: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Sep 2010 Nursing Leadership

New Knowledge and Evidence for Better Leadership

Sep 2012 Healthcare Quarterly

Confessions of an MBA Grad: Life in the Real World

Mar 2008 Healthcare Quarterly

Implementing a Nursing Internship Program

Jan 2015 World Health & Population

Are Non-Critical Medical Devices Potential Sources of Infections in Healthcare Facilities?

Sep 2005 World Health & Population

Health of the Elderly in India: A Multivariate Analysis

Mar 2008 Healthcare Quarterly

Safe Medication Swallowing in Dysphagia: A Collaborative Improvement Project

News

Mar 21, 2019 Health & Healthcare News

Why are so many people dying of a preventable disease in Canada?

New report shows action needed to increase pneumonia vaccination rates TORONTO, March 21, 2019 - Urgent action is needed to address Canada’s low vaccination rates when it comes to pneum [...]

Mar 21, 2019 Health & Healthcare News

Toronto General Hospital recognized in world's Top 10 ranking

TORONTO, March 21, 2019 /CNW/ - Toronto General Hospital (TGH), Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and others were named the 10 best hospitals in the world in a global ranking. TGH is cited [...]

Mar 21, 2019 Health & Healthcare News

Paramedics' workload at unprecedented, unsustainable levels in B.C., union says

2019-03-21 from cbc.ca Staff shortages for paramedics and ambulance dispatchers are at unprecedented levels and are impacting services across the province, the union that represents ambulance paramed [...]

Editor's Picks

Healthcare Quarterly

New Voices, New Power, New Ways of Working

This issue of Healthcare Quarterly features the third and final instalment in a three-part series developed by Ontario's The Change Foundation featuring international perspectives on health service delivery models that improve system integration and ensure seamless services and better coordination. Part one featured Chris Ham, chief executive of the London-based King's Fund think tank, and part two featured Geoff Huggins, director for health and social care integration in Scotland. In this issue [...]