Longwoods Healthcare Services Radio

The Opioid Overdose Crisis in Ontario as a Public Health Emergency

Matthew Anderson, President and CEO for Ontario Health and Dirk Huyer, Chief Coroner for Ontario discuss;

The Opioid Overdose Crisis as a Public Health Emergency: What Could We Achieve by Applying Lessons from our Pandemic Response?

Opioid-related deaths have risen dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, increasing by 76% over the 12 months after implementation of public health measures.

The pandemic has contributed to this rise in opioid-related deaths and has worsened the tragic impacts of the opioid overdose crisis. The pandemic has also shown us what we can accomplish when we come together to address a significant public health crisis as a unified system.

This discussion outlines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid-related deaths, shares examples of extraordinary efforts in Ontario’s pandemic response

Toward a New Era of Quality Improvement: Transforming Ideas into Action

Leslee Thompson, CEO, Health Standards Organization & Accreditation Canada

G. Ross Baker, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

A dynamic, thought-provoking conversation with two leading health and healthcare experts in Quality Improvement. Drawing on lessons learned from the past, insights from the pandemic crisis and emerging trends from around the world, Leslee and Ross will dig into the realities of what it will take to improve health care quality as we move into the future. What are the new priorities for change and what are some ideas for tackling the barriers and opportunities ahead? In supporting health care leaders seeking to improve quality, what roles should governments/ government agencies, academics, the public, and Standards and Accreditation Bodies like HSO and Accreditation Canada play? This session will put the spotlight on hard realities and exciting opportunities for unleashing the next era of quality improvement, so that together we can move closer to a vision of safer care and more effective health systems.

Panel Discussion: How Meaningful Change in DEI from Healthcare Leaders Matters

An open discussion with the panelists as they review and comment on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in healthcare.

Chaired by: Yinka Macaulay, Founder, Well Millennial and Lead, Health Equity, North York Toronto Health Partners

Featuring

Moderator:

• Ryan Hinds, Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Panelists:

• Dr. Rani Srivastava, Associate Professor and Dean of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University
     Click here to see Dr. Rani Srivastava's presentation slides
• Angela Robertson, Executive Director, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
• Richard Jock, Member, Mohawks of Akwesasne and Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Health Authority
     Click here to see Richard Jock's presentation slides
• Dr. Jackie Schleifer Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, London Health Sciences Centre
• Adnaan Bhyat, Healthcare Systems Strategy Specialist and Manager, Women’s College Hospital
     Click here to see Adnaan Bhyat's presentation slides

Systems contribute to perpetuating systemic barriers and inequity. In response to social injustices, inequitable outcomes and experiences, many organizations and leaders are making bold commitments to address systemic racism and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Advancing these commitments requires more than responding to a call to action, but also developing the efficacy on how and what is needed to change at a micro and macro level.

Leaders within health and social care systems, can seek to advance organizational, structural and system change. Through examination of executive leadership within healthcare organizations across Canada, gaps exist whereby the distribution is often not reflective of the communities and populations served. To disrupt this status quo, understanding the experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) within systems and as professionals across their career trajectory as emerging, senior, and tenured leaders is needed.

Amplifying the voices and perspectives of BIPOC health professionals and policy leaders. The resources to be shared are intended to shed light on levers, enablers, and action to support leadership development and organizational change through an equity lens. Through the reflections of keynote speakers and panelists hear insights on how healthcare executive leadership can cultivate organizational culture, social capital, development, and leadership pipelines that are meaningful in advancing and sustaining change.

This podcast was supported by:

Staffy

HIROC

LBCG

Medavie

UKG

Panel Presentation: How Meaningful Change in DEI from Healthcare Leaders Matters

Chaired by: Yinka Macaulay, Founder, Well Millennial and Lead, Health Equity, North York Toronto Health Partners

Featuring

Moderator:

• Ryan Hinds, Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Panelists:

• Dr. Rani Srivastava, Associate Professor and Dean of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University
     Click here to see Dr. Rani Srivastava's presentation slides
• Angela Robertson, Executive Director, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
• Richard Jock, Member, Mohawks of Akwesasne and Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Health Authority
     Click here to see Richard Jock's presentation slides
• Dr. Jackie Schleifer Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, London Health Sciences Centre
• Adnaan Bhyat, Healthcare Systems Strategy Specialist and Manager, Women’s College Hospital
     Click here to see Adnaan Bhyat's presentation slides

Systems contribute to perpetuating systemic barriers and inequity. In response to social injustices, inequitable outcomes and experiences, many organizations and leaders are making bold commitments to address systemic racism and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Advancing these commitments requires more than responding to a call to action, but also developing the efficacy on how and what is needed to change at a micro and macro level.

Leaders within health and social care systems, can seek to advance organizational, structural and system change. Through examination of executive leadership within healthcare organizations across Canada, gaps exist whereby the distribution is often not reflective of the communities and populations served. To disrupt this status quo, understanding the experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) within systems and as professionals across their career trajectory as emerging, senior, and tenured leaders is needed.

Amplifying the voices and perspectives of BIPOC health professionals and policy leaders. The resources to be shared are intended to shed light on levers, enablers, and action to support leadership development and organizational change through an equity lens. Through the reflections of keynote speakers and panelists hear insights on how healthcare executive leadership can cultivate organizational culture, social capital, development, and leadership pipelines that are meaningful in advancing and sustaining change.

This podcast was supported by:

Staffy

HIROC

LBCG

Medavie

UKG

Dr. F. Gigi Osler outlines How Meaningful Change in DEI from Healthcare Leaders Matters

Dr. F. Gigi Osler, President, Federation of Medical Women of Canada; Chair, Canadian Medical Forum and Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba's Rady Faculty of Health Sciences gives the keynote at this February 15, 2022 Longwoods Healthcare Rounds.

Chaired by: Yinka Macaulay, Founder, Well Millennial and Lead, Health Equity, North York Toronto Health Partners

Systems contribute to perpetuating systemic barriers and inequity. In response to social injustices, inequitable outcomes and experiences, many organizations and leaders are making bold commitments to address systemic racism and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Advancing these commitments requires more than responding to a call to action, but also developing the efficacy on how and what is needed to change at a micro and macro level.

Leaders within health and social care systems, can seek to advance organizational, structural and system change. Through examination of executive leadership within healthcare organizations across Canada, gaps exist whereby the distribution is often not reflective of the communities and populations served. To disrupt this status quo, understanding the experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) within systems and as professionals across their career trajectory as emerging, senior, and tenured leaders is needed.

Amplifying the voices and perspectives of BIPOC health professionals and policy leaders. The resources to be shared are intended to shed light on levers, enablers, and action to support leadership development and organizational change through an equity lens. Through the reflections of keynote speakers and panelists hear insights on how healthcare executive leadership can cultivate organizational culture, social capital, development, and leadership pipelines that are meaningful in advancing and sustaining change.

This podcast was supported by:

Staffy

HIROC

LBCG

Medavie

UKG

Digital and Informatics Competencies: Requirements for Nursing Leaders in Canada

Featuring: Gillian Strudwick, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health,
Lorraine Blackburn, Vice President, Professional Practice and Chief Clinical Information Officer, Vancouver Coastal Heal,
Brian Lo, Research Analyst, Information Management, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health and
Moderated by Don Juzwishin, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Management Forum

The use of health information technologies continues to grow, especially with the increase in virtual care in response to COVID-19. As the largest health professional group in Canada, nurses are key stakeholders and their active engagement is essential for the meaningful adoption and use of digital health technologies to support patient care.

Charting a Pathway Towards Ambition

pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy Expert Advisory Group. 

Featuring: Dr. Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Waterloo, Dr. Ewan Affleck, Senior Medical Advisor - Health Informatics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta, Alies Maybee, Independent Patient Partner and Moderated by Dr. David Castle, Professor, School of Public Administration and Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, BC.

Insights into the current thinking of the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy (pCHDS) Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on the barriers that must be overcome to establish a coherent pan-Canadian health data ecosystem, and the current unprecedented opportunity, due to the pandemic, for fundamental improvements.

Expert Advisory Group Report 1: Charting a Path toward Ambition 
https://bit.ly/3nLUseh 

Dr. Vivek Goel Slide deck
https://www.longwoods.com/articles/images/PCHDS.pdf 

Navigating the rapidly changing world of healthcare. Healthcare Finance

Featuring: Young Lee, Vice President Corporate Performance, Digital Health Innovation and Chief Financial Officer, North York General Hospital of Toronto, ON and Jim Avington, Assistance Vice President, Finance and Controller, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA 

Moderated by: Lydia Lee, National Leader for Digital Health, KPMG Canada

Comments from: Deana Kraft, Global Lead, Healthcare Go To Market, Workday and Dr. Bob Bell past Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario

 

Navigating the rapidly changing world of healthcare. 

With the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic every health system around the world has had to reexamine their clinical, operational, financial and workforce capacity and resilience. Those health systems that had prioritized some of their enterprise digital investments prior to the pandemic were able to cope better and rebound faster. However, many organizations are now emerging from the last wave, recognizing the need to finally address manual or inefficient workflows in order to reduce administrative burden on clinicians and staff, while harnessing enterprise data to provide insights and operational feedback that can bring joy, meaning and purpose back into an exhausted workforce.

As organizations pursue digital health initiatives and reimagine healthcare operations, a demand for new capabilities is emerging – workforce shaping. Workforce shaping is not just about simplifying tasks or reducing overtime but reexamining the job responsibilities and tasks at every level in the organization to consider new roles and skill mix that optimize the capacity of the organization. By improving data access across the organization, every level of decision-maker can act swiftly and with confidence to drive operational excellence, managing costs and ensuring quality of care.

 

With thanks to Workday for making this podcast possible. 

Building Post Pandemic Resilience in Health. Nurses‘ Perspective: Episode 6 with Lynn Nagle and Kathleen MacMillan

January 11, 2022

Conversations with health leaders and researchers hosted by Lynn Nagle. Episode 6 featuring Kathleen MacMillan, Director and Professor at the Dalhousie University School of Nursing.

Navigating the rapidly changing world of healthcare. Data Infrastructure and Supply Chain

Navigating the rapidly changing world of healthcare. Data Infrastructure and Supply Chain

Featuring: Dr. Anne Snowdon, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor and Scientific Director, CEO, Supply Chain Advancement in Health Network of Centre of Excellence  and Pete Schemm, Associate Vice President, Supply Chain Services and Logistics Operations, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / CHOP

Moderated by: Lydia Lee, National Leader for Digital Health, KPMG Canada

Comments from: Deana Kraft, Global Lead, Healthcare Go To Market, Workday and Dr. Bob Bell past Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario

 

Navigating the rapidly changing world of healthcare. 

With the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic every health system around the world has had to reexamine their clinical, operational, financial and workforce capacity and resilience. Those health systems that had prioritized some of their enterprise digital investments prior to the pandemic were able to cope better and rebound faster. However, many organizations are now emerging from the last wave, recognizing the need to finally address manual or inefficient workflows in order to reduce administrative burden on clinicians and staff, while harnessing enterprise data to provide insights and operational feedback that can bring joy, meaning and purpose back into an exhausted workforce.

As organizations pursue digital health initiatives and reimagine healthcare operations, a demand for new capabilities is emerging – workforce shaping. Workforce shaping is not just about simplifying tasks or reducing overtime but reexamining the job responsibilities and tasks at every level in the organization to consider new roles and skill mix that optimize the capacity of the organization. By improving data access across the organization, every level of decision-maker can act swiftly and with confidence to drive operational excellence, managing costs and ensuring quality of care.

 

With thanks to Workday for making this podcast possible.