QWQHC Events

Events

Recognizing Excellence in Health Care
Quality Conference
February 2-3, 2012
Mississauga, ON

The spotlight is on you. Join fellow health care professionals from Accreditation Canada’s client organizations at this national conference. Share and learn about innovative approaches and exemplary practices in quality improvement that were implemented as a result of accreditation. Also featured will be keynote presentations on emerging issues that impact quality in Canadian health organizations.

CEO Forum 2012
Driving Innovation: Reinventing Ambulatory and Community Care
February 15, 2012
Montreal, QC

The right care in the right place: What the 2012 CEO Forum is all about!

The 2012 CEO Forum, Driving Innovation: Reinventing ambulatory and community care, will provide healthcare CEOs, policy-makers and experts from across Canada the opportunity to share strategies aimed at improving coordination along the continuum of care.

2012 Health Policy Conference
Will paying the piper change the tune?
Promise and pitfalls of health care funding reform
February 28 - 29, 2012
Vancouver, BC

Spending on health care continues to grow at rates considerably faster than inflation. Many provinces are now asking hard questions about value for money, and in particular, the quality of health care they are receiving for this increased spending. Amongst other effects, this has resulted in increasing attention from provincial governments to so-called “funding arrangements” – the processes through which provincial health ministries (and increasingly regional health authorities) purchase or pay for services for their ‘constituents’.

QWQHC 6th Annual Summit
March 1 - 2, 2012
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
Vancouver, BC

Taming of the Queue 2012
Looking Back, Going Forward, Reframing Timely Access as Part of Health System Transformation
March 29 - 30, 2012
Ottawa, ON

Please mark your calendars for the 2012 Taming of the Queue conference. Themed Looking Back, Going Forward, Reframing Timely Access as Part of Health System Transformation, the conference will assess Canada's performance in providing timely access and will pay special attention to strategic issues related to wait times in light of discussions surrounding the 2014 Accord.

Inspire: Health Care Quality Summit 2012
Learn. Lead. Transform.
April 17 - 18, 2012
Saskatoon, SK

Join health care leaders, administrators, front-line and community based care providers, to learn how to create safer, more efficient, and patient- and family- centred health care services.

National Health Leadership Conference
June 4 - 5, 2012
Halifax, NS

This conference is the largest national gathering of health system decision-makers in Canada including trustees, chief executive officers, directors, managers and department heads. Participants represent health regions, authorities and alliances, hospitals, long-term care organizations, public health agencies, community care and mental health services and social services. As well, the conference draws participants from government, education and research institutions, professional associations, consulting firms and industry.

Canadian Public Health Association 2012 Conference
Public Health in Canada: Creating and Sustaining Healthy Environments
June 11 - 14, 2012
Edmonton, AB

Public health and environmental health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics and students from across the country and around the world will meet in Edmonton, Alberta for the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA).

Canadian Nurses Association - 2012 Convention
Nurses: Movers and Shapers
June 18 - 20, 2012
Vancouver, BC

Join us to see how nurses from across Canada are transforming health care. Have your say and be inspired by workable outcomes that you can put into practice.

Health Work & Wellness Conference 2012
October 16 - 18 2012
Vancouver, BC

2012 AMA-BMA-CMA International Conference on Physician Health
Oct. 25 - 27, 2012
Montréal, QC