Longwoods Healthcare Services Radio

May 5, 2021 with Dr. Verna Yiu, President and CEO, Alberta Health Services. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and expanded change within Alberta Health Services (AHS) and other healthcare systems across Canada. But what happens when the pandemic is over? In her 30-minute presentation, Dr. Yiu envisions a new healthcare system for the post-pandemic world. She will discuss how change can transform the delivery of continuing, acute and community-based care, and how virtual health and the use of data/analytics could be two drivers of this change. If health leaders can build upon the momentum for innovation built during the pandemic, Dr. Yiu believes Canadians will benefit from improved access to care through health systems that are better designed for the 21st century.

April 20, 2021. The pandemic has served as a catalyst for the rapid acceleration of innovative healthcare tools and solutions in Canada. TELUS Health’s Juggy Sihota, Vice-President of Consumer Health and Diane McIntosh, Chief Neuroscience Officer, share their perspectives on why sustaining this momentum will be critical to addressing both the immediate and long-term challenges facing Canada’s healthcare system. 

March 4, 2021. Longwoods Breakfast with Catherine Gaulton, Chief Executive Officer & Attorney-in-Fact, Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC)

Health Outside the Hospital: Addressing Our Changing Healthcare Needs in the Age of COVID-19. Panelist review questions from the audience and openly discuss the opportunities. The conversation will cover the increased demand for home and community care brought on by the pandemic, plus the positive impacts of integrated health models that are helping alleviate pressures on hospitals and maintain population health. Featuring: Lisa Purdy, Dr. Sarah Newbery, Chris Wilson and Erik Sande; moderated by Bernard Lord.
Recorded February 24, 2021

Health Outside the Hospital: Addressing Our Changing Healthcare Needs in the Age of COVID-19. The conversation will cover the increased demand for home and community care brought on by the pandemic, plus the positive impacts of integrated health models that are helping alleviate pressures on hospitals and maintain population health. Featuring: Lisa Purdy, Dr. Sarah Newbery, Chris Wilson and Erik Sande; moderated by Bernard Lord.

Recorded February 24, 2021

Dr. Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer – International  for HIMSS on Health Outside the Hospital: Addressing Our Changing Healthcare Needs in the Age of COVID-19. This insightful discussion will demonstrate the increased demand for home and community care brought on by the pandemic, and the positive impacts of integrated health models that are helping alleviate pressures on hospitals and maintain population health. Recorded February 24, 2021

Canada’s Aging Population: Who Pays and Who Acts? 

Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair

 

There is a common misconception that if the government pays for a service, whether federal, provincial or municipal, then it is free to Canadians. It is not!

The people of Canada will pay: as taxpayers, through premiums paid for LTC insurance, directly out of their savings and their families’ earned income and as donors to the charitable organizations that sponsor or subsidize support services for the elderly. The only issue in question is what the division will be among these several ways of meeting the bill.

Comprehensive Care and Prevention of Diabetes in Ontario: The Need of the Hour 

Harpreet Bajaj, Kimberley Hanson, David Kaplan, Terrence Sullivan and Catharine Whiteside

As the COVID-19 pandemic forges through the globe, clear evidence points to worse outcomes experienced by persons with chronic conditions. Coupled with susceptibility to infection and commonly associated risk factors such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and obesity, diabetes carries at least twice the risk of severe disease or death related to COVID-19.

Anti-Mask Protests and Racism: What Is the Link? 

Umair Majid, Judy Truong, Aghna Wasim and Matthew Truong

In the past several months, we have heard, experienced or read about individuals who refuse to wear a mask and direct racist comments toward customers and members of staff in public places. We see that racism and discrimination are part of the rhetoric inherent in anti-mask sentiments. However, anti-mask sentiments remain a somewhat novel phenomenon that have only exploded recently in the context of widespread restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing instances of anti-mask sentiments detailed in news reports in Canada, we sought to understand their interplay with racism or discrimination.

Diabetes Care and Management for Ontario on November 12, 2020. Addressing Chronic Disease to Recover from COVID-19 with Kimberley Hanson, Executive Director, Federal Affairs, Diabetes Canada, gives an overview of the current situation of care for people living with or at risk of living with diabetes and what’s next for management and delivery of care for diabetes in Ontario.