The January edition of Healthcare Management Forum is out! / Le numéro de janvier du Forum Gestion des soins de santé est sorti!

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This edition delves into the science of decision-making in healthcare and outlines some excellent work in the field related to LEADS in both Saskatchewan and Ontario. Among other topics, it includes original articles about physicians at the executive table, politics versus policy, and improving hospital quality through payment reforms.

Bilingual content in this edition includes the ethics column, “Refining ethical leadership in a 21st-century healthcare system” by Anita Ho and Stephen Penny.

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White paper on best practices for performance systems / Document sur les pratiques actuelles et exemplaires

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White Paper - Effective Performance Systems: A Review of Selected Literature

The LEADS Business Unit, operating within the Canadian College of Health Leaders, commissioned a white paper on best practices for performance systems. Authored by Shauna Fenwick and Erna Hagge, we are pleased to make this paper publicly available.

Effective Performance Systems: A review of selected literature (Fenwick & Hagge, 2015), begins with an overview of the challenges facing performance systems and discussion on moving towards systems of higher effectiveness. The paper identifies the use of the LEADS health leadership capabilities framework to complement the findings on performance systems. Included are questions and recommendations on enhancing current performance systems and customizing new systems for unique environments.

Submit your journal manuscripts today! / Soumettez vos manuscrits pour la revue dès aujourd’hui!

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If you're not submitting your work to Healthcare Management Forum, you're missing a chance to share your ideas with the College's entire membership. The journal is now accepting manuscripts on patient engagement in system design, and innovative practices that bridge the gap between research and practice.

Making headlines: October – November, 2015 / Des membres qui ont fait les manchettes : octobre – novembre, 2015

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College members are recognized nationally and internationally for advancing health leadership as a profession.

Please join us in congratulating these individual and corporate members, and health organizations on their achievements.

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Chris Power, CHE
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Champions of patient safety win national award (October 30, 2015)

Retrieved from: http://www.healthcarecan.ca

Chris has been a member since 1995 and received her certification in 2002.

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute is also a partner.

Congratulations to Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2016 / Félicitations aux 100 meilleurs employeurs au Canada pour 2016

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Congratulations to the companies and organizations recognized as Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2016 for offering exceptional workplaces for their employees.

According to The Globe and Mail news release (November 2015):

It's a significant achievement to make the list for Canada's Top 100 Employers but dozens of Canadian organizations manage to be the best in their field year after year. So how do they do it?

The simple answer is that they've made their companies exceptional places to work, but that's not enough to explain their staying power. Companies rise to the top by continuing to evolve so they get even better. Every year. That requires a dedicated commitment to making their workplace the best it can possibly be through a wide variety of progressive and innovative programs. (Retrieved from: http://www.theglobeandmail.com)

College members on-the-move: November 2015 / Membres du Collège à l'affiche : novembre 2015

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Period of October 15, 2015 to November 14, 2015 – listed by chapters:

BC Interior

Colleen A. McEachern, CHE
FROM: Director, Strategic Initiatives and Medical School, Interior Health Authority (Kelowna, BC)
TO: Director, Capital Planning & Clinical Design / Operational Commissioning, Interior Health (Kelowna, BC)

BC Lower Mainland

Janet F. Bergen
FROM: Regional Manager of Clinical Services, Revera Long-Term Care (Vancouver, BC)
TO: Executive Director of Care, Evergreen Baptist Campus of Care (White Rock, BC)

New members: November 2015 / Nouveaux membres : novembre 2015

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Period of October 15, 2015 to November 14, 2015 – listed by chapters:

New College Active Members

BC Lower Mainland

Bethina Abrahams
Initiative Lead, Share Care Committee, Doctors of BC (Vancouver, BC)

Maureen Evashkevich
Director of Learning and Strategic Initiatives, BC Emergency Health Services (Vancouver, BC)

2016 OACCAC Conference: Call for Abstracts

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The Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres (OACCAC) has released a call for abstracts for the 2016 Achieving Excellence Together conference taking place on June 5-7, 2016 in Toronto.

CFHI and TVN Announce ‘ACE’ Initiative to Improve Acute Care for Older Canadians / La FCASS et TVN annoncent l’initiative « ACE » afin d’améliorer les soins actifs pour les personnes âgées du Canada

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Partners will spread elder-friendly care practices to Canadian hospitals

Ottawa, Canada – November 24, 2015 – The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI), in partnership with Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network (TVN), today announced a new initiative to improve healthcare for older Canadians. The Acute Care for Elders (ACE) collaborative will support healthcare delivery organizations as they adapt and implement elder-friendly models of care and practices that are improving patient care and generating impressive savings at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.

CADTH Recognition Awards – Nominations being accepted / Prix du mérite de l’ACMTS – Candidatures maintenant acceptées

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Nominations are now being accepted for two prestigious awards for outstanding achievement in the field of health technology assessment (HTA) in Canada.

The Dr. Jill M. Sanders Award of Excellence in Health Technology Assessment recognizes individuals whose outstanding achievements have significantly advanced the field of HTA in Canada.

Digital Health Week Events / Activités de la Semaine de la santé numérique

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Digital Health Week (November 16-22, 2015) was created by leading health care organizations to recognize how digital health is transforming care, helping to improve delivery of care across the country and increase awareness about both the value and benefits of digital health for all Canadians.

College events and education resources

Events

Innovation Award for Health Care Leadership

Deadline: November 30, 2015 (Section A), February 1, 2016 (Section B)

This award recognizes the outstanding capabilities and achievements of a senior executive who has made innovation a focal point of his or her organization’s strategy in order to create high impact results

Healthcare Management Forum – Enhancing patient experience through personalization of health services 

Free access November 16 - 22, 2015: Click on Full Text (PDF)

Patient engagement is a challenge many leaders are facing, as consumer expectations of health services demand a more personalized approach to care. This article examines consumer trends that are influencing patient engagement and empowerment relative to the use of digital technologies.

Digital Health Week 2015 launches in Canada / La Semaine de la santé numérique 2015 s’amorce au Canada

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Canadians asked to #ThinkDigitalHealth

Toronto (November 16, 2015) – Leading health organizations want Canadians to mark Digital Health Week 2015 (November 16 to 22) by imagining how their lives will change when they can go online to access their lab results, book medical appointments or have an e-visit with their doctor.

According to Michael Green, President and CEO of Canada Health Infoway, the technology that makes this possible is becoming increasingly available to Canadians.

New campaign promotes family presence / Une nouvelle campagne fait la promotion de la présence de la famille

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On November 10, 2015, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI), in partnership with the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care and a dozen leading healthcare organizations across Canada launched the Better Together: Partnering with Families campaign that encourages hospitals to adopt family presence policies that view family members as ‘partners in care’ rather than as ‘visitors.’ Family presence policies enable patients to designate family members or other caregivers to have unrestricted access to them while they are hospitalized.

Should Canadian Hospitals Have 24-hour Visiting Policies? / Est-ce que Tous les Hôpitaux Canadiens Devraient Avoir des Politiques de Visites 24 Heures sur 24?

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New study shows inconsistencies in acute care hospital visiting policies

Ottawa, Canada – November 10, 2015 – The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) today released a study revealing inconsistencies in visiting policies at hospitals – frequently limiting visiting by family members and loved ones during morning and evening hours. A baseline study of 114 acute care hospitals across Canada reveals only 30 of the hospitals received top marks for having visiting policies that promote family presence and patient-centred care.

Award Spotlight On: Human Spirit; Innovation; Mentorship; Nursing; and Young Leader / En vedette: célébration de l’esprit humain; leadership en soins infirmiers; innovateur en soins de santé; le mentorat, et le jeune cadre de service en santé

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Over the next few issues of Communiqué we will be profiling the various awards and calling for your nominations.

In June 2016, the College, with the support of our award sponsors, will bestow 15 prestigious national healthcare awards in Ottawa, Ontario. These awards are presented to individuals, teams and organizations in the healthcare community that have demonstrated exceptional leadership, and who have made significant contributions in areas such as: mentorship; innovation; nursing; healthcare safety; quality; environmental stewardship; diversity; and mental health and addictions.

Registration for the 2016 National Health Leadership Conference / Inscription à la Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé de 2016

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The Canadian College of Health Leaders and the HealthCareCAN are pleased to co-host the National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC). This conference is the largest national gathering of health system decision-makers in Canada.

Each year, over 700 health leaders gather at this unique event which:

• provides a forum to enrich health leadership practices and innovations;
• showcases leading practices and their success;
• shares issues of common interest in the areas of accountability, effectiveness and transparency in the health system;
• addresses the challenges facing both policy-makers and health leaders in changing health service delivery;
• discusses types of innovation and new technologies than can help to transform health systems; and
• identifies effective ways to execute and sustain complex changes.

The November edition of Healthcare Management Forum is out! / Le numéro de novembre du Forum Gestion des soins de santé est sorti!

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November journal is now live!

This edition discusses the 10th anniversary of Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario, and outlines what has been learned since their inception and how this information can be used to make changes to networks across Canada. Under the direction of Guest Editor Hy Eliasoph, CHE, the journal features articles from Janice K. Popp and Ann Casebeer, Paul Huras and Gary Switzer, Hugh MacLeod, Ted Ball, Cathy Fooks and Stephanie Hylmar, Joe Gallagher, Joseph Kiet Mendez, and Trevor Kehoe, and Tom Noseworthy, Tracy Wasylak, and Blair O’Neill.

November Healthcare Management Forum supplement: Partnerships Driving System Level Change / Supplément du Forum Gestion des soins de santé de novembre : Des partenariats qui catalysent le changement systémique

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For the first time with SAGE publishing, the Canadian College of Health Leaders is pleased to offer its members a corporate supplement dedicated to system transformation. Supported by Medtronic, Merck Inc., Roche Canada and the Studer Group, this special edition provides readers with five, fully bilingual articles that showcase real initiatives that are having impact across the country.

Making headlines: September – October, 2015 / Des membres qui ont fait les manchettes : septembre – octobre, 2015

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College members are recognized nationally and internationally for advancing health leadership as a profession.

Please join us in congratulating these individual and corporate members, and health organizations on their achievements.

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Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

#PatientEngagement Advocate Vincent Dumez Joins CFHI Board (September 24, 2015)

Retrieved from: http://www.newswire.ca

The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement is corporate member and partner.

New members: October 2015 / Nouveaux membres : octobre 2015

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Period of September 15, 2015 to October 14, 2015 – listed by chapters:

New College Active Members

BC Lower Mainland

Shelley Browne
Executive Director, Health Information Management, Providence Health Care (Vancouver, BC)

Lona Cunningham
Operations Leader, Surgery, Providence Health Care (Vancouver, BC)

College members on-the-move: October 2015 / Membres du Collège à l'affiche : octobre 2015

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Period of September 15, 2015 to October 14, 2015 – listed by chapters:

BC Lower Mainland

Lillian Marie Hawkins
FROM: Director, Cardiac Program, Fraser Health Authority (Surrey, BC)
TO: Executive Director, Primary Health Care, Chronic Disease Management and Specialized Seniors, Fraser Health Authority (Surrey, BC)

Jennifer E. Pougnet, CHE
FROM: Chief of Staff, Ministry of Health (Edmonton, AB)
TO: Strategic Accounts Manager, Hoffman-La Roche Limited (Vancouver, BC)