Listen to the podcast with Helen Edwards, RN, MN, moderated by Dr. Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite, DBA, CHE, RN, as they talk about how technological advancements, like the Ivenix Infusion System, can be implemented in Canadian hospitals to support the seamless integration between infusion devices, electronic health records, and other hospital information systems, ultimately supporting the broader system of care. Helen Edwards is a clinical informatics consultant who has led initiatives focused on identifying, evaluating, procuring, as well as implementing and optimizing large-scale informatics and cl ..read more

Listen to Vania Sakelaris, CHE, and her collaborators as they offer more context about the retrospective survey of 117 physician leadership development program graduates at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The survey was designed to assess how the program contributed to graduates’ leadership development, specifically in terms of behaviour change and work-related changes. It’s further proof that there are concrete benefits to investing in training for physician leaders to advance transformation and improvement initiatives in a changing world. Thi ..read more

In conversation with Drs. Juliana Perez and William Leonard about their article, "Developing Equity-Focused Education in Academic Public Health: A Multiple-Step Model", which appeared in the Pedagogy of Anti-racism special issue (Volume 7, Issue 4). Read the full transcript here ..read more

Listen to Patrick Patterson, PhD, and Jenna Roddick, MSc, from the AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub at Dalhousie University as they discuss how to maintain equitable access to virtual care following the pandemic. They conducted a narrative scoping review to understand barriers related to the sustained adoption of virtual primary care delivery, and can identify areas in which policy shifts are needed to drive digital innovation. View article HERE ..read more

Listen to the podcast by Health Cities where authors discuss Primary Care Networks within Central Alberta and how they partnered with a technology provider to rapidly implement Home Health Monitoring for patients with chronic diseases.  The outcomes are very positive. Home health monitoring has the potential to alleviate the economic burden of chronic disease in Alberta, serving as the national standard for a rapid technological response to a pandemic. View article here ..read more

Listen to the podcast with Dr. Bridget Duffy, moderated by Dr. Gurprit Randhawa, who has recently joined the First Nations Health Authority as the Director of eHealth & Virtual Care Innovation. Dr. Bridget Duffy, the Chief Medical Officer of Vocera Communications, discusses the Declaration of Principles designed to  expand the definition of safety to include safeguarding psychological and emotional well-being of team members, promoting health justice by declaring equity and anti-racism as core components of safety, and ensuring physical safety, which includes a zero-harm program to el ..read more

An interview with 2020 winner, Dr. Michael Harvey about his award-winning paper, "How Do We Explain the Social, Political, and Economic Determinants of Health? A Call for the Inclusion of Social Theories of Health Inequality Within U.S.-Based Public Health Pedagogy". Click Here to view the article ..read more

Join a conversation with the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society about a better treatment approach for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). AUD is a chronic relapsing disease that can be treated with a combination of pharmacotherapies and counselling. This approach provides hope to providers and patients that AUD is a treatable medical condition, while also averting significant costs to the healthcare system. To view the article, please click HERE ..read more

Lawrence Waterman, Head of Health & Safety for the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) discusses amongst other things the lasting legacy of the 2012 Olympics as well as what can be learnt from building such a large scale site as the London Olympic Village, and how an outstanding health and safety performance has been achieved in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Site ..read more

An exploration of the challenge of separating political analysis from journalism ..read more