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Multimedia GalleryAudio Clips/SpeechesJune 21, 2011 Building on last year's session, Redesigning Health Services with Patients Top of Mind, our 2011 invitational Meeting of the Minds zeroed in on how to make "patient experience" a priority in a meaningful and measureable way. What role do access, communications, and engagement (ACE) play in teasing out a better experience for people interacting with the health-care system? Barbara Balik, delivered the substantive keynote, Getting in Gear: What Drives an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience, this time focused on key drivers of change. See agenda. Hear audio of Balik's June 21st talk: Part 1 & Part 2 as well as the Q&A with the audience.October 28, 2010 Hear the Rt. Hon. Baroness of Old Scone Barbara Young discuss health care changes in the U.K. June 22 & 23, 2010 Hear our research advisor Steven Lewis's insightful closing remarks summarizing learning from this event. February 9, 2010 On September 20, 2009, over fifty nursing leaders, Ministry of Health policy experts, and health-care KT practitioners attended the Bridging the "Know-Do" gap symposium, which was moderated by Change Foundation Chair Scott Dudgeon, with welcoming remarks by Vanessa Burkoski, Ontario’s Provincial Chief Nursing Officer. Read the sage advice from Dr. John Lavis, Canada’s Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Uptake, and Dr. Paula Goering, Director of Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, CAMH. Lavis and Goering presented at a symposium, Bridging the "Know-Do" gap hosted by The Change Foundation Sept. 23. Change Foundation CEO Cathy Fooks offered closing personal reflections. Key resources from the day include: Hear audio clips from key speakers: 1) Opening remarks by Provincial Chief Nursing Officer, Vanessa Burkowski (1:47) 2) Keynote speaker Dr. John Lavis, Canada Research Chair in KT & Exchange, McMaster University, Supporting evidence-informed policymaking
3) Keynote speaker Dr. Paula Goering, Director of Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, CAMH, Using research to influence policy & practice
4) Change Foundation CEO Cathy Fooks offered closing personal reflections (2:22), reinforcing an organizational commitment to bridge the KT gap through ongoing collaborative research with reports and forums targeting Ontario decision-makers March 11, 2009 1. Gail Donner, Chair, The Change Foundation 2. Gwen DuBois-Wing, CEO, North West LHIN 3. Peter MacLeod, MASS LBP Recommendations to strengthen/support community engagement in the LHINs (3:47 minutes) 4. Julia Abelson, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University Two Scenarios for the future of Community Engagement & the LHINs: The Perfect Storm or The Stars Align? Advice to the LHINs: Strategically Choose and Evaluate CE Goals 5. Paul Huras, CEO, South East LHIN 6. Cathy Fooks, CEO, The Change Foundation 7. John Magill, Chair, Mississauga Halton LHIN Read related commentary by The Change Foundation and symposium summary.
The Change Foundation talks to Dr. John Hirdes about two-year collaborative study with The Change Foundation, using rich interRAI data to probe Ontario's ALC population and chronic disease management in the frail elderly. Download the IPod friendly audio podcast.
 Speech by Steven LewisLHINtegration: Can Ontario Leapfrog the Regionalized Provinces? Presented at May 25th Change Foundation Symposium
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