Exploring Basic Income, Pharmacare and other Big Ideas in healthcare with family physician, associate professor, author, advocate and Executive Vice President of Women’s College Hospital Danielle Martin.
CMA President Dr. Gigi Osler
Our discussion with Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Gigi Osler. We cover a lot-including but not limited to expanding the scope of what we call healthcare, patients as partners in their care, the importance of Doctors considering politics, and voters demanding promises from politicians before the coming national Federal election.
Andre Picard: Policy Matters
A discussion with Canadian journalist and author Andre Picard, exploring healthcare policy, what matters to Canadians and the importance of collective responsibility in culture change.
Peer-to-Peer & Online Communities
Exploring the value of peer-to-peer and online communities for patients, caregivers and healthcare advocates. A round-table discussion with Claire Snyman, Rachel Martens, Maggie Keresteci and Robin McGee. Show Notes: Story Library at Patient Revolution Storytelling and Medicine After Dr Google: peer-to-peer health care Involving disabled children and young people as partners in research: a systematic review Peer-to-peer Health Advice, Susannah …
Tim Blake’s on FHIR! Talking HIMSS & Digital Health
On the ground in the middle of the HIMSS2019 conference, Australian digital health strategy consultant Tim Blake (Twitter) talks with us about the momentum, capacity and potential for interoperability, value based care and innovation in the global healthcare industry.
Steve Morgan: National Pharmacare
“A Canadian (Drug) sticker price that comes down -at all- is a big threat south of the border (to the US’s) automobile dealership sales technique for drugs (&) the world’s most inflated, most ridiculous, if I can say, list prices of medicines.” Steve Morgan believes National Pharmacare would serve Canadians better than the current system. Today Canada’s drug coverage is …
Jesse Hirsh on Data Literacy
An eye-opening discussion Internet researcher, speaker & technology commentator Jesse Hirsh. We explore how profitable ‘free’ services like GMail & Facebook really are, why companies with strong regulations & privacy laws create stronger businesses and industries, how Google knows when you’ve had your coffee & much more.
Ed Brown-CEO of Ontario Telemedicine (OTN)
Ed Brown is the Founder and CEO of Ontario Telemedicine, one of the largest, most active and integrated Telemedicine networks in the world. We explore ways Telemedicine and Digital Health is (sometimes slowly) transforming Healthcare for Canadians.
Alisa Simon: Kids Help Phone & Digital Health
A conversation with KidsHelpPhone Vice President Alisa Simon (Service Innovation & Chief Youth Officer) about the evolution of Kids Help Phone into apps, online services & text-messaging in order to achieve their goal: to help children and youth in crisis across Canada.
PrescribeIT: Digital Prescriptions
Seema Nayani, practicing pharmacist & Pharmacist Leader at Canada Health Infoway working on PrescribeIT digital prescription service describes the goals, priorities & values behind PrescribeIT, a digital prescription system in Canada.