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NEWS AND NOTES
Congratulations!
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The Capital Health Board,
staff and physicians
congratulate
Dr. E. Anne Fanning,
Professor Emeritus of the
Division of Infectious Diseases,
University of Alberta,
Dr. Zaheer Lakhani,
cardiologist,
Royal Alexandra Hospital
and
Sheila Weatherill,
President and CEO,
Capital Health
on their July appointments
as members of
the Order of Canada.
Congratulations also to
Bill Comrie,
Campaign Chair, Mazankowski
Alberta Heart Institute,
MARK YOUR
CALENDARS!
Canadian Society of Telehealth’s
9th Annual Conference –
Telehealth: e-solutions for
our future
Oct. 15-17, 2006
Shaw Conference Centre
Edmonton
Hosted for the first time in
Edmonton, this conference
will feature the latest scientific,
technical and clinical developments.
For more information and/or
to register, contact Regional
Telehealth at 780-735-0668
Health Informatics Bootcamp
Nov. 1-3, 2006
Mayfield Inn & Suites
Edmonton
Hosted by Capital Health, NAIT, the
University of Alberta and Waterloo
Institute for Health Informatics
Research (WIHIR)
For more information
call 1-800-860-7901
Register at:
http://hi.uwaterloo.ca/bootcamp
WebLinks
Accelerating Primary Care –
Gaining Momentum
Feb. 14-16, 2007
The Westin Edmonton
Sponsored by Capital Health
and the University of Alberta
For more information go to
www.capitalhealth.ca/primarycare
or e-mail primarycare@buksa.com
The Greying Nation
March 21-23, 2007
Shaw Conference Centre
Edmonton
The first bi-annual Greying Nation
national conference will address
how the health care sector can
adapt care to the changing needs
of the population in the later stages
in the life cycle.
Stephen Lewis, Commissioner of
the World Health Organization’s
Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health will
open the conference.
For more information, or to
be added to the mailing list
for a full conference brochure,
e-mail GRHEdServices@cha.ab.ca,
or call 780-735-7912 (toll-free
1-877-877-8714).
who was appointed
Officer of the Order of Canada.
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The Order of Canada
recognizes outstanding lifetime
achievement and service.
Resources of interest on Capital Health’s website
How Healthy Are We?
www.capitalhealth.ca/MOHreports
Capital Health Business Plan 2006-2009
www.capitalhealth.ca/BusinessPlans
The Report on the Health of Albertans
http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/public/HAlbertans06.htm
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