Healthcare Change Makers Podcast | Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada

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.

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Dr. Brian Goldman: Leaning into Uncertainty

(Access show transcript) Medicine has become too complex to enable clinicians to be solo operators. In his book The Power of Teamwork, Dr. Brian Goldman explains that having a diversity of thought in healthcare has made moving from ‘I Alone’ to ‘We Together’ a necessity.

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Janice Kaffer: A Vision for Community Health That Goes Beyond Hospital Leadership

(Access show transcript) Early in her leadership journey, Janice Kaffer, Former CEO of Hôtel-Dieu in Windsor, realized that you need people around you who think differently than you and have different skillsets. Building that kind of team resulted in better decisions, including those that weren’t always easy for Janice to make

Catherine Gaulton: Finding Our Way Through a Lens of Kindness

(Access show transcript) As we close out another year, we talk with HIROC’s CEO, Catherine Gaulton about building an engaged workforce, and the need for optimism in 2022.

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In a special year-end episode, HIROC’s CEO, Catherine Gaulton sits down with Philip De Souza, Director, Marketing and Communications.

Marni Panas: An Investment in Diversity and Inclusion is an Investment in Risk Mitigation

(Access show transcript) In the world of healthcare, having people bring their whole selves to work increases innovation, and has a direct impact on patient safety, experience, and outcomes.

Research with the Power to Change Lives, with Dr. Ervin Sejdić, Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health Outcomes, NYGH

(Access show transcript) From chatbots to wearables, AI is about to change healthcare in ways we cannot predict. Dr. Ervin Sejdić, Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health Outcomes at North York General, urges healthcare organizations to step up as leaders in this space.

Gaining Trust and Confidence in AI and Automation with Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Managing Director of the eHealth Centre of Excellence

(Access show transcript) A deep passion for innovative technologies and helping clinicians provide better care developed over years of experience for Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Managing Director of the eHealth Centre of Excellence. Dr.

Children and Youth as the Future, with Bruce Squires, President of McMaster Children’s Hospital

(Access show transcript) Empowering people to be part of the solution is a core component of leadership for Bruce Squires, President of McMaster Children’s Hospital. Bruce believes in listening to the voices of children, youth, families, and healthcare staff, as we focus on post-pandemic recovery and look to the next chapter.

Episode 34: Liben Gebremikael, TAIBU Community Health Centre

(Access show transcript) TAIBU CHC was created to meet the specific healthcare needs of the Black Community. Executive Director Liben Gebremikael is optimistic that by addressing long-term systemic issues, the system will eventually be working for everybody.

Episode 33: Dr. Tim Rutledge, Unity Health Toronto

(Access show transcript) One of the things that attracted Dr. Tim Rutledge to the position of President and CEO of Unity Health Toronto was the hospital’s mission of equity and focusing on the needs of the most vulnerable.

Episode 32: “We Are One Community” with Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital CEO Carmine Stumpo

(Access show transcript) He’s worked in healthcare leadership for years, but now as CEO at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Carmine Stumpo is focussed on making sure employees, volunteers and community partners are united in their shared purpose of managing growth and modernizing healthcare in the region.

Voices Lifting the Community with Kate Vsetula, Director of Community and Organizational Development

(Access show transcript) For this special series, Voices Lifting the Community, HIROC is partnering with the Alliance for Healthier Communities to highlight the work of several of the presenters at their online primary healthcare conference in June.