National Health Leadership Conference: January 2015 update / Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé : Mise à jour de janvier 2015

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The Canadian College of Health Leaders and HealthCareCAN are pleased to co-host the National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC). Themed ‘Driving a culture of engagement, innovation and improvement’, the conference will be held in beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on June 15-16, 2015.

Join us for an unparalleled opportunity of networking and knowledge sharing amongst national, provincial and community health leaders from across the country.

Plenary speakers include:

• The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health (Invited) 
• Dr. Anne Snowdon, Academic Chair, Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation
• Dr. Charles Alessi, Co-chair, National Association of Primary Care, UK
• Jessica Holmes, Celebrated Comedian and Author
• Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada

Great Canadian Healthcare Debate

This year, we are pleased to introduce the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate. This Debate will offer health leaders and trustees attending NHLC a unique opportunity to debate and pass policy resolutions aimed at assisting policy-makers at all levels to raise the bar in designing solutions to the key healthcare policy challenges facing Canada.

Making headlines: January 2015 / Nos membres font la manchette : janvier 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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Lisa Adams, CHE
Project Leader / Researcher
Eastern Health

Book of the Year Awards 2014 (Workplace Mental Health Manual for Nurse Managers), (January 2015)

Retrieved from journals.lww.com/ajnonline

Lisa has been a member since 2008 and received her Certified Health Executive designation in 2009. Lisa has also been a member of our Healthcare Management Forum Editorial Board since 2011.

New members: January 2015 / Nouveaux membres: janvier 2015

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Period of December 15, 2014 to January 14, 2015 – listed by Chapters:

New College Active Members

Bluenose

Dr. Dianne Calvert Simms
Chief Executive Officer, Cape Breton District Health Authority (Sydney, NS)

Derek Leduc
Health Services Manager, Capital District Health Authority (Dartmouth NS)

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

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Period of December 15, 2014 to January 14, 2015 – listed by Chapters:

BC Lower Mainland

Kristan Ash
FROM: Regional Director, CBI Health Group Home Health BC (Surrey, BC)
TO: Executive Director, Fraser North West Division of Family Practice (Surrey, BC)

Major Randy B. Gilbert, CHE
FROM: Functional Lead CF, Health Information System, Canadian Forces Health Service (Ottawa, ON)
TO: Director, Lower Mainland Health Information Management Business Operations, Providence Health Care (Vancouver, BC)

Welcome to our new corporate members: January 2015 / Bienvenue à nos nouveaux membres corporatifs : janvier 2015

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The College is pleased to welcome two new corporate members in January.

Look for how many more organizations have joined the professional association of choice for health leaders in next month’s issue!

Introducing the new on-line Healthcare Management Forum / Le nouveau Forum gestion des soins de santé en ligne est prêt

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Published as part of the SAGE family of journals, Forum is now available in an on-line format only, and can be accessed any time, on any device.

Members can access the full journal through the College web site. 

Happy Holidays / Joyeuses Fêtes

In appreciation of your support and friendship, we wish you happiness

and health this holiday season.

The College Board of Directors and Staff

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Nous vous remercions de votre soutien et de votre amitié, et vous souhaitons

bonheur et santé en ce temps des Fêtes.

Le Conseil d’administration et le personnel du Collège

The College will be closed between December 24, 2014 (3:00 p.m. EST) and January 4, 2015 inclusive.

Le Collège sera fermé du 24 décembre 2014 (15 h, HNE) au 4 janvier 2015 inclusivement.

Call for nominations: 2015 National Awards Program / Appel de candidatures : Programme national des prix 2015

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We are still accepting nominations for many of our awards. Please refer to the table below for deadline details.

In June 2015, the College, with the support of our award sponsors, will bestow 15 prestigious national healthcare awards in Charlottetown, PEI. 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.

2015 NHLC registration is now open! / L'inscription en ligne est maintenant ouverte pour le CNLS 2015 !

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Online registration is open!

The Canadian College of Health Leaders and HealthCareCAN are pleased to co-host the National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC). Themed ‘Driving a culture of engagement, innovation and improvement’, the conference will be held in beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on June 15-16, 2015.


Join us for an unparalleled opportunity of networking and knowledge sharing amongst national, provincial and community health leaders from across the country.

Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Management Forum welcomes new member to Editorial Board / Le rédacteur en chef du Forum Gestion des soins de santé souhaite la bienvenue à un nouveau membre du Comité de rédaction

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Alexandra Haris
RN, MN/MHSc, CHE

Mr. Ron Lindstrom, PhD, FCCHL, would like to welcome Ms. Alexandra Harris, RN, MN/MHSc, CHE to the Editorial Board. Alexandra (Alex) is a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, a trainee with the Nursing Health Services Research Unit and a Junior Fellow at Massey College.

For her doctoral work, she is exploring nursing intellectual capital (knowledge assets) and its contributions to hospital performance. Alex holds a combined Master of Nursing/Master of Health Administration and is Executive Director of Emerging Health Leaders Toronto.

Congratulations to Dan Florizone / Félicitations à Dan Florizone

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Dan Florizone

The College would like to congratulate Dan Florizone on his recent appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of Saskatoon Regional Health Authority.

According to the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority (November 2014):

Saskatoon Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Dan Florizone as Saskatoon Health Region’s new President and CEO. Currently serving as Saskatchewan’s Deputy Education Minister and Deputy Minister Responsible for Lean, Florizone will assume his new position on January 5, 2015.

Congratulations to the Canada’s Top 100 Employers 2015 recipients / Félicitations aux 100 meilleurs employeurs du Canada 2015

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The College would like to congratulate the companies and organizations recognized as Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2015 for their HR practices and innovative initiatives.

According to The Globe and Mail news release (November 2014):

New members: December 2014 / Nouveaux membres : décembre 2014

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Period of November 15, 2014 to December 14, 2014 – listed by Chapters:

New College Active Members

BC Lower Mainland

Daniel Fontaine
Chief Executive Officer, BC Care Providers Association (Burnaby, BC)

Russell Stead
Manager, OASIS Program, Vancouver Coastal Health (Vancouver, BC)

College members on-the-move: December 2014 / Membres du Collège à l'affiche : décembre 2014

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Period of November 15, 2014 to December 14, 2014 – listed by Chapters:

Assiniboia

Tom Stewart
FROM: Kaizen Specialist, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (Regina, SK)
TO: Manager, Pre-Admission Clinic, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (Regina, SK)

Bluenose

Mona Hamdy Fouda
FROM: Student, Masters in Health Administration, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
TO: Project Coordinator, IWK Health Centre (Halifax, NS)

Healthcare Management Forum, Winter 2014: Guest Commentary by Colin Goodfellow

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The dramatic dehospitalization of health services is a prerequisite for a sustainable and effective health system

Using the general precepts of integration, Lean thinking, and patient centredness, this article highlights the potential for dramatic dehospitalization of health services as a prerequisite for a sustainable and effective health system.

Webinar: Change is Constant, Resiliency is Key / Webinaire : Comme le changement n’arrête pas, la résilience est essentielle

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Hosted by the Eastern Ontario Chapter, this 90 minute English webinar held during the chapter’s annual general meeting and professional development event includes a panel discussion on change and resiliency.

National Awards Program: Make headlines for all the right reasons / Programme national des prix : Faites les manchettes pour toutes les bonnes raison

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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 2015, the College, with the support of our award sponsors, will bestow 15 prestigious national healthcare awards in Charlottetown, PEI. 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.

These awards provide an opportunity to acknowledge those who play a major role in the advancement and betterment of our health systems. 

Award recipients will receive paid travel and accommodations and a complimentary registration to attend the National Health Leadership Conference. Award presentations will be held during the College’s National Awards Gala, Annual General Meeting and at the National Health Leadership Conference. All events are being held in Charlottetown, PEI from June 14-16, 2015.

First strategic alliance developed with a healthcare employer in British Columbia / Première alliance stratégique établie avec un employeur du secteur de la santé de la Colombie-Britannique

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The Canadian College of Health Leaders and the Mennonite Benevolent Society (Menno Place) have signed the first agreement in British Columbia healthcare that commits to setting the Certified Health Executive (CHE) designation as a standard for leaders to develop skills and competencies, and to increase the capabilities of health leaders in Canada. Menno Place will foster leadership development for health leaders including the support and pursuit of the CHE designation as well as ongoing training using the LEADS in a Caring Environment capabilities framework.

Remembering Ron Wood / En souvenir de Ron Wood

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Ron Wood

It is with deep regret that we announce that our colleague Ron Wood, from Vancouver and born and raised in Winnipeg, passed away on October 16, 2014. At the time of his passing Ron was the President and Chief Executive Officer of ProMed Associates.

According to the ProMed Associates web site (October 2014):

Ron was involved in medical imaging (MI) for 40 years, with a career that began at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg which then evolved into a Canada-wide involvement in MI for both adult and pediatric acute care services and included all Diagnostic Imaging modalities in both the public and private sectors. Ron also worked with Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology, Urology, Neurology and the ER to help address their needs.

Congratulations to the Public Health Social Media Challenge award recipients / Félicitations aux lauréats des prix du Défi Médias sociaux en santé publique

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The College would like to congratulate the award recipients of the Canada Health Infoway, Public Health Social Media Challenge.

According to the Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) news release (November 2014):

The Public Health Social Media Challenge, the latest initiative in the Infoway ImagineNation Challenge series, was designed to support public health organizations in a quest to harness the power of social media to address public health issues and concerns. Teams with the most infectious social media campaigns were eligible to share awards and incentives.

Congratulations to the Winning at HealthAchieve award recipients / Félicitations aux lauréats des prix Winning at HealthAchieve

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The College congratulates the individuals and organizations recognized for their leadership, innovation and excellence during the Winning at HealthAchieve awards presentation earlier this month.

According to the Ontario Hospital Association healthscape newsletter (November 2014):

A number of awards representing a range of topics were presented at HealthAchieve earlier this month.