Longwoods Healthcare Services Radio

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Ontario's Access to Care Challenges from My Side of the Gurney and Computer with Dr. Chris Simpson

September 26, 2019. Dr. Chris Simpson, Former President, Canadian Medical Association speaks about how modern technology can help improve wait times and access to care across the care continuum.

Insights Episode 4: Pandemic Underscores Transparency in Frontline Workforce Deployment & If COVID-19 Doesn’t Force Change, What Will?

Pandemic Underscores Transparency in Frontline Workforce Deployment

Shawn Drake, Tila Smith, and John King

Working on healthcare’s frontlines is, at best, dynamic and uncertain, and at worst, tumultuous. Under normal circumstances, methodologies behind planning, scheduling and deploying frontline workforce are highly emotive for the affected staff. During a pandemic – when the health workforce is essentially executing its roles in a continual state of emergency –  stress and anxiety is exacerbated. Logic dictates that when practices of health workforce deployment (HWD) are transparent and accessible, frontline staff benefit.

If COVID-19 Doesn’t Force Change, What Will?

Ron Kaczorowski

COVID-19 has also performed an unexpected stress test on our economies, including that of our healthcare systems. The outcomes have, on most counts, been discouraging. Similar to the aftermath of a tsunami, the data collected from the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a significant database to develop and build the information required for change. This information is the foundation for the knowledge required for meaningful and measurable change. But change to what and why? Who will benefit from this change and who won’t? And do we really, really need to change our healthcare systems?

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Human: Solving the Global Workforce Crisis in Healthcare with Mark Britnell

June 4, 2019. By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going. Harnessing technology, how can we reimagine new models of care and workforce agility in ways that drive economic and human prosperity?

Insights Episode 3: A Pandemic and OHT Symbiosis through Stages of Grief and Appreciative Inquiry & Austerity and COVID-19

A Pandemic and OHT Symbiosis through Stages of Grief and Appreciative Inquiry by Barbara Heatley-O’Neil

Healthcare leaders were recently challenged to create Ontario Health Teams (OHTs). In the midst of that game-changing work, came the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Austerity and COVID-19 by Dr. Kwame McKenzie

We will see the social determinants of health play out in the COVID-19 pandemic. In the US, there already are early reports of race-based disparities in risk of infection, and ...

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Reshaping Healthcare Services and Delivery to Meet Changing Needs with Bernard Lord

May 28, 2019. Bernard Lord, CEO, Medavie. Patient needs and expectations are changing, and our health system must adapt. Hear about reshaping healthcare management and delivery to add capacity, create efficiencies and improve the well being of Canadians.

Insights Episode 2: Governments Must Prioritize Vulnerable Groups when Re-Opening Economies & Is Virtual Care the New Norm?

Governments Must Prioritize Vulnerable Groups when Re-Opening Economies by Naomi Lightman and Lorian Hardcastle

As governments re-open their economies, policymakers must balance the interests of the broader public with those who live and work in conditions that put them at risk.

Is Virtual Care the New Norm? by Michael Green

The evidence is clear: virtual care is an effective means of care delivery.

Insights Episode 1: The Light at the End of the COVID-19 Tunnel & COVID 19: Some Observations

COVID 19: Some Observations by Janet Davidson

My point of reference for COVID-19 is SARS. I was a Toronto hospital CEO in the thick of the SARS outbreak, but I am much more removed from the COVID-19 pandemic. I am, however, struck daily by some of the similarities as well as the significant differences.

The Light at the End of the COVID-19 Tunnel by Ron Kaczorowski

If history has taught us anything, these unusual times are not a first and they will definitely not be the last. As a Stockdale optimist, I am confident that this pandemic will also pass. What is difficult to know however – even with the required self-isolation and social distancing along with proactive testing and prompt treatment for those affected – is when will we triumph over COVID-19.

 

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Healthcare's Digital Future - Creating a Better Tomorrow with Barb Collins

May 7, 2019. Barb Collins, President and CEO, Humber River Hospital tells us how Humber River Hospital (HRH) seized the opportunity to optimize design, incorporate technology and reinvent processes to deliver more effective and efficient patient-centred care, supported by some of the world’s finest technology. More recently HRH, utilizing the hospital's digital infrastructure, championed the introduction of an innovative large-scale Command Centre, first in Canada and second in the world, that is focused on synchronizing, prioritizing and de-risking patient care delivery using real-time and predictive analytics.

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Lessons from BC with Brendan Carr and Arden Krystal

April 30, 2019. As Ontario gears up for massive transformation, hear from two CEOs who have led integrated delivery systems in British Columbia. Moderated by Will Falk, this session focuses on questions such as: What can Ontario learn from BC’s experience with a ‘super agency’? and What can BC’s experience with Regional Health Authorities teach Ontario as we start to set up OHTs?

Breakfast with the Chiefs: Ontario Health with Helen Angus

April 2, 2019. Helen Angus, Deputy Minister of Ontario Health and Long-Term Care. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has begun implementing the Ontario government’s long-term plan to strengthen the public healthcare system by focusing on the needs of patients. Deputy Minister Helen Angus will speak about how Ontario’s plan will improve the patient and provider experience and enable better connected public healthcare.