NOTE to RECRUITERS:

This year at North America's biggest healthcare show, Longwoods will provide all 8500 attendees with the HealthAchieve2008 Pocket Notebook. This Pocket Guide will contain important interesting information. You can add to it. Give our readers 5 reasons why nurses, doctors and the allied professions should call you. 8500 health care providers and administrators will see it at the convention this November. And up to 250,000 will be able to read it on the Longwoods website. For more information on how to advertise in it click here (PDF)

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Talk to me about the special Hospital Branding section.
Susan Hale - 416-864-9667 x 104


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Director of Business Intelligence - Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), Toronto, ON
Manager, Drug Reviews, CDR - Ottawa, ON
Senior Policy Advisers - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, Health Policy, Standards & Planning - MOHLTC, Toronto, ON
Vice-President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer - Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON
Vice-President, Clinical Programs - Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON
Director, Quality and Risk Management - Providence Care, Kingston, ON
Director, Information Management - Providence Care, Kingston, ON
Senior Planning, Integration, & Community Engagement Consultant - Central West LHIN, Brampton, ON
Director, Community Programs, Partnerships & Alliances - York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill, ON
District Stroke Manager - York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill, ON
Chief Executive Officer, Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital Foundation, Arnproir, ON
Project Lead, Primary Health Care Information (Reporting) - CIHI, Toronto, ON
Program Manager, Clinical Neurosciences - University Hospital, LHSC, London, ON
Director, Quality & Risk, VON Canada, Western Region
Exciting Career Opportunities with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
Senior Policy Adviser - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
Infinite Possibilities - Bloorview Kids Rehab,Toronto, ON
Medical Director - Burnaby Hospital & Delta Hospital, Vancouver, BC
GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Health Policy - Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Director, Community Engagement and Communications - Toronto Central LHIN
Director, Program Development - Toronto Central LHIN
Financial Analyst - Toronto Central LHIN
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FEATURED ARTICLES

Work Mistreatment and Hospital Administrative Staff: Policy Implications for Healthier Workplaces

Karen P. Harlos and Lawrence J. Axelrod

Mistreatment of hospital administrative personnel in the form of verbal abuse, work obstruction and emotional neglect is common and is associated with perceptions of unfairness. The authors suggest possible approaches to creating healthier workplaces.

LHIN Decision support specialist / Epidemiologist

Our client, the South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), is one of 14 local organizations that have been created in Ontario to plan, coordinate and fund local health services, including hospitals, community care access centres (CCACs), long-term care homes, community health centres (CHCs), community support service agencies, and mental health and addictions agencies. The South West LHIN is home to almost one million people and covers an eight county area from Long Point to the Bruce Peninsula. The office of the South West LHIN is located in London, Ontario.

Committed to health improvement, innovation, and the establishment of collaborative partnerships across the South West, LHIN staff will incorporate the best aspects of teamwork and continuous learning as they work with the local community to ensure the best health outcomes for everyone. If you are interesting in being part of a dynamic team at the South West LHIN, consider the following:

Decision support specialist / EPIDEMIOLOGIST

As a key member of this high performance team, you will provide decision support, and data and statistical analysis using both quantitative and qualitative sources to enable the identification of health system priorities and the development of relevant strategies that will result in improved health outcomes and health system performance within the South West LHIN.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing health system quality and performance indicators and reporting methodologies for use in priority setting, planning and performance measurement. You will also be responsible for extracting, analyzing, interpreting and reporting on health data from a variety of provincial databases and other relevant sources of information; identifying and evaluating trends, as well as appropriate opportunities for system service improvement; and providing expert advice and recommendations. In addition, you will track and analyze performance measures looking at overall health system performance and as part of health service provider accountability agreements.

Qualifications - The successful candidate will have a post-secondary degree in Epidemiology or training in health information management, health planning, statistics, mathematics, research or relevant field and a broad understanding of the Ontario health system. The ideal individual will understand population health and will have worked with demographic and health related data for a minimum of 3-5 years.

You must be experienced with data and statistical analysis; statistical quality control methods; research design, estimation and modeling methods. You must also have a high level of proficiency with a variety of population , health status and health service datasets and information sources such as Census, Provincial Health Planning Database (PHPDB), Health Service Providers, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) along with experience utilizing data management, analysis and reporting tools including Cognos, Crystal Reports, SAS, case mix measures, and mapping (GIS).

Your ability to present information and express complex ideas clearly and effectively to a non-technical audience will ensure your success in this team environment.

Compensation includes competitive salary, pension, and benefits plan.

To apply online, visit www.hrassociates.ca/swlhin or forward your application via email to swlhin_epi@hrassociates.ca by January 30th, 2008.