Step inside the minds of Canada’s healthcare leaders; welcome to Healthcare Change Makers. 

Join us as we talk to leaders about driving change in our complex healthcare organizations. Learn valuable lessons about how to manage the bigger challenges and risks facing organizations today – the implementation of new technology, natural disasters, patient safety, and the big problem of congestion and poor access to care.

Episode 16: Ensuring that Children are not Treated as a Disease Group, with Alex Munter, President and CEO, CHEO

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The biggest pressure on our healthcare system is not an aging population but chronic disease. For Alex Munter, putting children on the path to lifelong health isn’t just giving them the future they deserve, but will ensure the sustainability of our healthcare system.

Today, your host Ellen Gardner, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speaks with Alex Munter, President and CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

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Episode 05: In conversation with Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak

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Dr. Petrosoniak describes the exciting ways in situ simulation can be used to replicate systems and processes and test new ideas and equipment – all with the goal of improving patient safety.

Today, your host Ellen Gardner, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speaks with Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak, Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Episode 04: In conversation with Sherry Janzen

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Sherry started questioning the way things were done in Long Term Care from the time she took her first job as an Activities Director. Her quest for finding a better way to provide care that is in tune with residents continues to this day.

Today, your host Ellen Gardner, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speaks with Sherry Janzen, CEO of Salem Home in Winkler, Manitoba.

Episode 03: In conversation with Kavita Mehta

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With her approachable and collaborative style, Kavita gets things done by having an optimistic perspective and building trusting relationships.

Today, your host Ellen Gardner, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speaks with Kavita Mehta, CEO of AFHTO (the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario).

Episode 02: In conversation with Debbie Molloy

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In a province with challenging weather and many rural communities, Debbie Molloy and her colleagues at Eastern Health are testing new approaches to delivering care – with insight, hard work, compassion, and of course humour!

Today, your host Ellen Gardner, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speaks with Debbie Molloy, Vice President, Corporate Services at Eastern Health in Newfoundland.

Episode 01: In conversation with Sarah Downey

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With her own special blend of strength and compassion, Sarah is inspiring the MGH community to change the face of health in East York and beyond.

Welcome to Healthcare Change Makers, a podcast from HIROC where we talk to leaders about the joys and challenges of driving change in our complex and demanding healthcare organizations.