Spotlight
July 08, 2020Ron Kaczorowski asks If COVID-19 Doesn’t Force Change, What Will?
...the data collected from the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a significant database to develop and build the information required for change. This information is the foundation for the knowledge required for meaningful and measurable change. But change to what and why?
PODCASTS
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PANDEMIC PLANNING RESOURCES
Longwoods' has been collecting lessons learned, opinions, reports and editorial on pandemic planning for years, we have created a single page with a large list of material written by experts across Canada. We hope this act as a resource for those of you who are busy working towards flattening the curve. Click here for the full list
Featured Articles
Commentary: The Consequences of Private Involvement in Healthcare — The Australian Experience
Implementation of Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO): An Evaluation of Three Models of Care
Value in Healthcare: Designing an Integrated Value-Based Healthcare System
Articles
The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers
Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle
Using SBAR to Communicate Falls Risk and Management in Inter-professional Rehabilitation Teams
Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Title Confusion and Lack of Role Clarity
Decentralized Health Planning: Lessons from Two Districts in India
Prescription for Sustainable Medical Imaging in Canada? Ask the Experts: The Radiologists
Population Aging and the Determinants of Healthcare Expenditures: The Case of Hospital, Medical and Pharmaceutical Care in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006
News
University of Toronto Tests Confirm First Mask That Deactivates Coronavirus
MIRABEL, QC, July 14, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - i3 BioMedical Inc. today announced that a team of scientists at the University of Toronto tested and established that the virus SARS- [...]
Statistics Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Release Results of the Second Business Survey on the Impacts of the COVID-19
OTTAWA, ON, July 14, 2020 /CNW/ - Statistics Canada officially released data collected through the second iteration of the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (CS [...]
WHO Says Too Many Countries Are Headed in The Wrong Direction & It’s Going To Get Worse
2020-07-14 from worldofbuzz.com "It’s going to get worse and worse and worse,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization about the Covid [...]
Editor's Picks
Despite descriptions of nurse practitioner (NP) implementation, there is little guidance for health authorities on how to address the evolving and ongoing challenges of implementing and sustaining NP roles and practice, particularly in rural and remote communities where recruitment and retention are difficult and professional supports may be limited. This article describes a pathway through which NPs have been recruited, supported and retained in their practice in a large rural and remote health [...]
Careers
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Holland Christian Homes, Brampton, ON
Manager of Rehabilitation & Transition Services
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, ON
Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener, ON
Chief Executive Officer
YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka, Simcoe/Muskoka, ON
Vice President, Programs and Services & Chief Nursing Executive
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON
Chief Financial Officer
Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound, ON
President & Chief Executive Officer, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre & Chief Executive Officer, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute
Thunder Bay, ON
Director, Infectious Diseases Control
York Region, Newmarket, ON
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