2008 Conference Presentations
- Wonder, Think, Know: Using Information for Transformation
Presenter: Peggy White, Project Manager, Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care, MOHLTC
- Wonder, Think, Know: Using Information for Transformation - Part Two
Presenter: Lynn Nagle, Senior Nursing Advisor, Canada Health Infoway
- Parent and Student Empowerment Through a Child Health Waitlist Initiative
Presenter: Kim Beckers, Clinical Leader, Occupational Therapy, Calgary Health Region
- Self- management of Chronic Disease through Remote Monitoring: The Empowered Accountable Patient
Presenter: Joseph Cafazzo, Director – Medical Device Informatics and Healthcare Human Factors & Centre Lead – Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University of Health Network
- Knowledge Brokers and Evidence Informed Decision Making: Reflections on a Creative KT Role
Presenter: Kara DeCorby, Project Coordinator, McMaster University
- Linking Use Applications of Therapeutic Relationships to Inform the Relationships within a Newly Designed Mentorship Program
Presenters: Kathleen Heslin, Chief Nursing Executive, York Central Hospital, & Mina Singh, Assistant Professor, York University
- Using Evidence to Build a Transformational Leadership Team
Presenters: Lynn Hall, Vice President, Client Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Winchester District Memorial Hospital & Nancy Fletcher, Director of Professional Practice, The Scarborough Hospital
- The Ontario Research Coalition on Research Institutes/centres on Health and Aging
Presenter: Larry Chambers, President and Chief Scientist, Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, SCO Health Service
- Policy Advocacy in Public Health
Presenters: Angela Cooper Brathwaite, Program Manager, Durham Region Health Department & Lynne Gray, Durham Region Health Department
- Research, Evidence, Innovation, Change: Organizational Transformation
Moderator: Terry Sullivan, President & CEO, Cancer Care Ontario; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, University of Toronto
Presenters: Madeleine Boulay Bolduc, Associate Director of Nursing, Clinical and Professional Development Service, McGill University Health Center; Mary Russell, Director, Community Health, Capital Health District Authority (Halifax); Noella Leydon, Director, Food and Nutrition Services, Saskatoon Health Region; & Patrick Gaskin, Integrated Vice President, Planning and Operational Improvement, London Health Sciences Centre
- Transformation: Overcoming the Inertia
Presenter: Steven Lewis, President, Access Consulting Ltd., Professor, Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary
- National Care and Service Model: The Power of Storytelling in Enhancing Inter-disciplinary, Evidence based practice
Presenter: Chris Peacock, Director, Volunteer & Community Services, Victorian Order of Nurses
- Tailored Messages Work! Using Technology and Innovation to Promote Knowledge Transfer and Evidence- informed Decision- making
Presenter: Kara DeCorby, Project Coordinator, McMaster University
- An Innovation Enterostomal Therapy Nurse Model of Community Wound Care Delivery
Presenter: Connie Harris, Senior Clinical Specialist Wound and Ostomy, CarePartners
- Partnership between Hospital and a Professional Association – A Creative Ingredient to Foster Knowledge Transfer
Presenters: Kaiyan Fu, Director, Nursing Innovation & Change Management, St. Michael’s Hospital; Karen Ellis-Scharfenberg, Professional Development Manager, RNAO Centre for Professional Nursing Excellence; & Ella Ferris, Executive Vice President, Programs & Chief Nursing Executive, St. Michael’s Hospital
- Partnering for e-health Innovation
Presenter: Laurie Hicks: Client Relationship Management, Smart Systems for Health Agency
- Partnership in Action: Building a Wait Time Garuntee Model for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Manitoba First Nations
Presenters: Mabel Horton, Partnership Coordinator, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs & Tracy Scott, Knowledge Liaison, Saint Elizabeth Health Care
- An Emerging Partnership Model – Taking Action to Address Systems Issues in the Community
Presenters: Myra Kreick, Outreach Consultant, Community and Public Health, Policy and Practice, College of Nurses of Ontario; Kim Dalla Bona, Advanced Practice Consultant for Medicine, Saint Elizabeth Health Care; & Barbara Czerniawski, Outreach Consultant, Pediatrics, College of Nurses Ontario
- Evidence in Action
Presenter: Paul Williams, Co- Chair, Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community & Professor, Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
- Technology in Homecare: CHCA Project Highlights
Presenter: Marg McAllister, Project Manager, Canadian Home Care Association
- Evidence: Impacting Effective Policy, Affecting Optimal Performance
Presenters: Sandra MacDonald, Executive Director, Office of Nursing Policy, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada
- Bringing it all together: Achieving our preferred future
Presenter: Clement Bezold, Chairman of the Board/ founder, Institute for Alternative Futures
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