*"When you're finished changing, you're finished."* - Benjamin Franklin -
		Expert voices from The Change Foundation & CPRN roundtable: podcast interviews offer advice to Ontario on integrating care for seniors Want to hear directly from some of the best go-to people in the country on how Ontario can advance integrated care for seniors? Tune in or download the latest video podcast interviews from The Change Foundation and Canadian Policy Research Network's (CPRN) roundtable. Read senior CPRN Research Fellow Margaret MacAdam's commentary, Slow but Steady Progress in Home Care Sector and listen to her video interview. Roundtable speaker Réjean Hébert, Dean of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, compares Quebec's internationally studied SIPA and PRISMA health integration projects for seniors. Katie Hill, Director, Home and Community Care Programs, BC Ministry of Health Services, explains BC's Integrated Health Networks creating new collaborations between family physicians, nurse practitioners, health professionals, and community agencies to better coordinate care. LEARN MORE
		The Commonwealth Fund & The Change Foundation to partner on US-Canada Policy Exchange: first forum slated for spring 2010 to focus on innovations in primary care The Change Foundation is delighted to report that it is partnering with the prestigious American health policy think tank, The Commonwealth Fund, to co-sponsor a series of Canada-US health policy conferences. The first forum, slated for the spring of 2010 in New York, will concentrate on "Innovations in Primary Care Policy and Delivery Systems." The two-day meeting will convene approximately 30 American and Canadian senior political and policy leaders to compare health system performance in the two countries, analyze shared challenges, and provide a platform for cross-national exchange of ideas on strategies to achieve a high performing health-care system. LEARN MORE
		New talent & leadership at The Change Foundation board as strategic plan renewal and ambitious work plan roll-out begins A new Chair for The Change Foundation and fresh talent joined an already strong Board of Directors in June at the Foundation's AGM. See the new board line-up with Larry Chambers and Susan Pigott and new Chair, Scott Dudgeon. The board will work with CEO Cathy Fooks as the Foundation rolls out an ambitious work-plan for 2009/2010 and develops a strategic plan for 2010-2013 that builds on Contemplating the way we change, Changing the way we think (2007-2010). We'll put together an external sounding board from the health-care community to help us hone our thinking. Complementing this central planning is a parallel website review exploring options for greater online coherence and interactivity with our audiences. LEARN MORE
		CHQI update: CHQI takes Aim & FLO continues to be feted Ready, set and Aim for better QI. On September 18, The Change Foundation and CHQI will host the invitational AIM for the Summit: Better Health, Better Care, Better Value targeted at LHIN leadership and staff and Ministry of Health staff. The event builds on last winter's Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim conference in the US attended by over 30 LHIN leaders. The follow-up Toronto event is designed to embed QI learning into Ontario health system planning and integration processes. Participants will hear about the value of the Triple Aim framework from international experts with local examples from three leading LHIN early adopters. "This event will help Ontario leaders start connecting LHIN mandate and priorities with the framework's core principles of patient experience, cost per capita, and population health," says CHQI Executive Director Paula Blackstien-Hirsch. LEARN MORE