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![Dignity in Care](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
6 days ago
Dignity in Care
6 days ago
6 days ago
Insights on the struggles of life limiting experiences and understanding end-of-life care for patients, care providers and medical professionals. Patients and their caregivers require physical and emotional care, especially as they enter the later stages of life. Failure to attend to personhood can be as subtle as being kept waiting for an appointment, as insidious as being required to wear a plastic hospital bracelet that tracks patients according to an institutional number or code, as jarring as being referred to as an aberrant body part - the proverbial "GI bleed in room two" or "breast tumor in room three." This conversation on Dignity in Care will describe what healthcare providers need to know about the humanity and tone of care; and how they can engage in these facets of care in a thoughtful and meaningful way that will satisfy their patients' needs to be seen and appreciated as "whole persons."
Featuring
Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a Senior Scientist, CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute and
Nancy Lefebre, Senior Vice President and COO for the Business of Caring, SE Health
![Is Our Health System Ready for Where Science is Taking Us](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Is Our Health System Ready for Where Science is Taking Us
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
After decades of research and innovation, cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are unlocking new ways to revolutionize medicine. Distinct from traditional pharmaceutical treatments, CGTs represent highly precise and innovative approaches that target the underlying causes of genetic and acquired diseases with the aim of treating, preventing and potentially curing disease.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen the positive impact that CGTs such as CAR T-cell therapy – a blood cancer treatment that modifies T cells to target and eliminate cancer cells – have had on Canadians. With thousands of CGTs in development to treat diseases from cancers to rare disorders to type 1 diabetes and chronic heart failure, the novelty and highly technical nature of these therapies create new opportunities for improved health outcomes for Canadians, but successful integration will require a new playbook from those who assess, deliver and receive care.
From regulation to health technology assessments, reimbursement and education, we must ensure that our health systems are prepared to integrate these new innovations so that Canadians have access to potentially life changing treatments.
This Longwoods Leadership Discussion is funded by The Cell and Gene Therapy Round Table, a group of Canadian pharmaceutical companies interested in policies related to cell and gene therapies.
Featuring:
Dr. Bob Bell, Former Deputy Minister of Health, Ontario,
Dean Duffin, Patient Advocate and Kids Cancer Care Board Member,
Dr. Ronan Foley, Clinical Hematologist, Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences,
Dr. Elise Héon, Staff Director, Ocular Genetics Program Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children and
Moderator: Avis Favaro, Health Journalist
![Improving the Prevention, Management, and Treatment of Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7751687/EVENTS-icon-v1a_300x300.png)
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Featuring:
Kimberley Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, HealthPartners
Dr. David M. Kaplan, Vice President, Quality, Ontario Health
Dr. Karen Cross, Chief Executive Officer, MIMOSA Diagnostics
Dr. Lorraine Lipscombe, Senior Scientist, Women's College Hospital Research Institute
Amir Naseri, Senior Director, Pharmacy Services Strategy & Innovation Shoppers Drug Mart
Moderator: Dr. Tamara Wallington, Chief Health Promotion and Environmental Health Officer, Public Health Ontario
Improving the Prevention, Management, and Treatment of Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases in Ontario In Ontario, diabetes affects 1 in 3 people and contributes to 30% of strokes, 40% of heart attacks, 50% of kidney failure requiring dialysis, and 70% of all non-traumatic lower limb amputations. It is also a leading cause of blindness. The toll on patients and caregivers is significant as is the impact on the healthcare system and economy.
In November of 2020, Longwoods hosted an event Diabetes Care and Management for Ontario focusing on the need for more to be done to support people in Ontario living with diabetes. The following year, the Ministry of Health’s 2022/23 mandate to Ontario Health directed the agency to “work in partnership with the Ministry of Health to develop a chronic disease strategy addressing prevention, management and treatment, with an initial focus on diabetes.” This mandate was renewed in 2023/24 with an added emphasis to complete the development and proceed with implementation of the strategy.
In parallel to the commitment made by the Ontario government, in October 2022 the federal government tabled the Diabetes Framework, another important step in the journey to reduce the rising rates of the diabetes epidemic. We are now at a pivotal time with government commitments being made to reduce the rates of the disease and the unsustainable burden it places on our province, population, and health system.
Our panel of thought leaders and healthcare experts will reflect on the current state of diabetes in Ontario and the plan moving forward to develop and implementation a provincial strategy.
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![You Can’t Recruit Your Way Out of a Crisis](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7751687/EVENTS-icon-v1a_300x300.png)
Friday Jan 26, 2024
You Can’t Recruit Your Way Out of a Crisis
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Leigh Chapman, Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada with Tim Guest, CEO, Canadian Nurses Association and Carly Weeks, Health Reporter, The Globe and Mail discuss why Retention is critical to today’s health workforce challenges in the context of a global nursing shortage.
This title “You can’t recruit your way out of a crisis” follows the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, co-hosted by the CNA in Montreal, July 2023. The issue of the global nursing shortage was brought to the forefront as one of the most prominent issues in today’s global health landscape.
In this talk, these nurse leaders will cover current issues, and strategic solutions for the future of nursing. With a focus on how we got here, and where we’re going, the discussion topics will include retention, ethical recruitment, and improving work environments for nurses. The speakers will also highlight their hopes for the future of nursing and Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system.
![Long-Term Care - In Conversation with Donna Duncan, CEO, Ontario Long Term Care Association](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
The Ontario Long Term Care Association represents 70% of Ontario's long-term care homes.
In four years, the oldest of the baby boomers’ generation will turn 80. By 2040, Ontario’s population over that age will nearly double.
Listen to today's conversation with Donna Duncan, CEO for the Ontario Long Term Care Association as we discuss this issue and many more.
![Health Beyond - In Conversation with Dr. Jim Feng, CEO and Founder for Phyxable](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Phyxable – a world-class virtual care provider – and its partners, Micron Digital and Wizcraft Design Build Inc., have been selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as one of five Canadian companies to contribute to its “Health Beyond Initiative” for 2023.
By initiating a leading role in deep-space healthcare innovation, Canada can position itself on the international stage as a pioneer in the delivery of remote healthcare and, thereby, in the development of resources and technologies that can be used in deep space and in remote or rural areas on Earth. Healthcare strategies and technologies developed to support crew members on deep-space missions could be used to empower healthcare providers serving those in remote regions. Considering the needs of healthcare delivery in deep space and remote regions are in many ways comparable, it can be expected that their solutions will likely overlap. The lessons learned from healthcare projects in deep space can be adapted to remote healthcare delivery for underserved populations. These healthcare innovations have the potential to be radically transformative for national healthcare delivery, lowering costs, and improving health outcomes for all.
![A Path to High-Quality Respiratory Care for Canadians Living with Asthma](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
Monday Nov 13, 2023
A Path to High-Quality Respiratory Care for Canadians Living with Asthma
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
More than 150 certified respiratory educators, respirologists, allergists, general practitioners/family physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists from across the country participated in the first Canadian stakeholder consensus to lay out a path for high-quality respiratory care for Canadians.
With health systems across the country experiencing challenges, Canadians are struggling to access respiratory care, impacting their ability to control their symptoms, adding more pressure on an already strained acute care system. The cost of asthma to the Canadian economy is expected to climb to $4.2 billion annually by 2030.
Recommendations from the study present policy makers with a road map and best practices to improve the quality of care, resulting in improved outcomes, quality of life and patient experience for Canadians living with severe asthma and their caregivers.
Concerted action from policy makers and health system leaders will ensure all Canadians living with asthma have access to the quality and timely care they need.
Featuring:
Moderator: Carly Weeks, Health Reporter, The Globe and Mail
Dr. Christopher Licskai, Respirologist, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health System Innovation, and Clinician Scientist Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine
Dr. Samir Gupta, Respirologist and Clinician-Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Mohit Bhutani, Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta
Ian Fearon, Patient Representative
![Right Sizing Pediatric Healthcare](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Right Sizing Pediatric Healthcare
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Following three years of pandemic, Ontario children faced escalating waits for medically necessary care. In most communities they wait longer than adults, often impacting their development and always impacting their families. In response, the Ontario government made an historic investment of $330M this year to help pediatric hospitals, mental health agencies and rehabilitation centres permanently increase their capacity to help address the needs of a growing population of children and youth. Join us for a discussion with pediatric leaders about the road ahead and why it matters for kids, their families, and the entire health system.
Alex Munter, President & CEO, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Jennifer Churchill, CEO, Empowered Kids Ontario-EnfantsAvenir Ontario (EKO)
Julia Hanigsberg, President and CEO Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Ronald Cohn, President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Bruce Squires, President, McMaster Children's Hospital and VP, Women's and Children's Health
Tatum Wilson, CEO, Children’s Mental Health Ontario
Nash Syed, President, Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
Moderated by Matthew Hart, CEO, Longwoods
![Increasing Access to Primary Care](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7751687/Longwoods-podcast-icon-3000sq_300x300.png)
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Increasing Access to Primary Care
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
The healthcare system is in crisis, with access appearing to be at an all-time low due to increased demand and reduced supply. There is an urgent need, particularly in primary care, to create evidence-informed, value-based strategies that improve efficiency and enhance care. First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP) is one solution that focuses on integrating physiotherapists into primary and community care to increase access to both prevention and rehabilitation services, and thereby diverting demand from primary care physicians. The evidence for FCP will be presented along with the status of initiatives and structural barriers that need to be removed to facilitate improved access to essential primary care.
Featuring:
Courtney Bean, Vice President, Strategic Solutions and Partnerships, VHA Home HealthCare
Jordan Miller, Assistant Professor and Associate Director (Physical Therapy), School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University
Susan Robarts, Robarts Healthcare Consulting
Emily Stevenson, Registered Physiotherapist, Associate Director of Community Rehabilitation, West Toronto Community Health Services
Dr. Jeffrey Gollish, Former Medical Director and Head of Arthroplasty, Sunnybrook Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre
Dr. Wendell Block, Locum MD, Gateway CHC (Semi-Retired)
![The Impact of Administrative Burden on Physician Burnout](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7751687/EVENTS-icon-v1a_300x300.png)
Monday Oct 16, 2023
The Impact of Administrative Burden on Physician Burnout
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
In today’s turbulent healthcare sector, significant macro-level trends are impacting the health and wellbeing of our doctors, nurses, and support staff. Of all the headwinds straining the physician’s ability to deliver high quality care, physician burnout is the common thread that ties them together. During the pandemic, Canadian physicians faced an unprecedented surge in demand and stress, resulting in a significant increase in burnout rates that have permeated various aspects of their lives. Join us for an insightful discussion featuring Dr. Nadia Alam and Sarah Wilkinson, CEO of Dr.Bill, a medical billing platform, as they explore the potential of simplified billing in alleviating physician burnout. Learn how innovative billing solutions can effectively mitigate administrative burdens, enabling medical professionals to dedicate more time to their vital work and ensure timely compensation. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to support physicians to ensure they can deliver the best care to their patients.
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