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Integrated Health Initiative Vision:   a new generation of health leaders for New Brunswick

8/28/2023

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August 9, 2023 should be regarded as a major turning point for health and long-term care in New Brunswick. 

For decades in most other provinces, there have been academic programs that focus on healthcare organization and leadership.  Ontario was the first with University of Toronto’s prestigious graduate program followed by a superb program at University of Ottawa then York University.  With University of Toronto being the pace-setter in the 1950’s with Dr. G. Harvey Agnew, other universities picked up the need for education of those who are currently working in some level of healthcare leadership or those aspiring to do so.
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Aided by a large Kellogg Foundation grant in the late 1970’s, other universities across the country developed such programming; in Atlantic Canada the superb program was developed at Dalhousie, initially with the leadership of legendary Dr. Peter Ruderman, and it has become a key element of health care services in that province and beyond.

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​Health Authority Boards:  chapter 3

8/15/2023

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The composition and membership of the new health authority boards was officially released by government on June 30, 2023.  In previous commentaries I have indicated nothing but support and pleasure that we finally know who will fill the roles.

According to Bill 39, the Minister is obligated to present “marching orders” to the new Board Chairs by the end of September.  A mandate letter is, according to the act, supposed to contain:
  1. The strategic and operational direction of the regional health authority, and
  2. The performance expectations for the regional health authority.
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In “man on the street language”, that translates into:  are these boards simply an extension of the Department of Health or are they expected to seriously take over the health reform mandate that the Premier and the Trustees commenced or will they simply be executing on behalf of the Department of Health.  It is a very important distinction in a province that has placed, in the past, a high value on local input.

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    ​Ken McGeorge, BS,DHA,CHE is a career health care executive based in Fredericton, NB, Canada. 

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