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.

Voices Lifting the Community with Cheryl Prescod and Joelleann Forbes

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.

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Today we’re talking with Cheryl Prescod, Executive Director at Black Creek Community Health Centre and member of the Alliance Black Health Committee, and Joelleann Forbes, Mental Health Therapist at Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre.

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Episode 28: Dr. Lisa Calder, CEO, CMPA

As the first ‘virtual’ CEO for the CMPA, Dr. Calder is focussed on communicating three themes to her members: we’re here for you; we’re going to modernize the CMPA; and we’re going to do it in a collaborative way.

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Dr. Lisa Calder, CEO of the Canadian Medical Protective Association, known as the CMPA. She stepped into the role in August last year and is the CMPA’s first female CEO.

Rebuilding Primary Care with Dr. Cleo Mavriplis

For this special series we’re partnering with the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) to highlight the work of several amazing primary healthcare teams. Family health teams provide comprehensive primary care and are based on a collaborative model where physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, dieticians, social workers and many more disciplines work together.

Rebuilding Primary Care with the Delhi Family Health Team

As they transitioned to a mobile care team to attend to the needs of Seasonal Agricultural Workers, the Delhi Family Health Team discovered a new strength in working, learning, celebrating, and grieving together.

Rebuilding Primary Care with the St. Michael's Hospital Youth Advisory Council

The Youth Advisory Council within St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team is a place where youth develop leadership skills and feel a sense of comfort and connectedness.

Episode 27: Dr. Ronald Cohn, President and CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children is never far from his research or his patients

It often surprises people to find out that Dr. Ronald Cohn, CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, sees patients and is still very engaged with the hospital’s clinical mission.

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Today, Ellen Gardner and Philip De Souza, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speak with Dr. Ronald Cohn, President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children.

Rebuilding Primary Care with Janet Dang and Asher Frydman

When the Thames Valley Family Health Team realized early in the pandemic there was a shortage of PPE in the London-Middlesex region, they put out the call. Students, local businesses and the community stepped up with incredible results.

Episode 26: It takes a community with Emily Gruenwoldt, President & CEO of Children’s Healthcare Canada

As a young healthcare leader governing during a time of huge change and upheaval, Emily Gruenwoldt Carkner has learned to stay humble and “lean in like never before” to mentors, family and her network.

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Today, Ellen Gardner and Philip De Souza, Communications and Marketing at HIROC, speak with Emily Gruenwoldt Carkner, President and CEO of Children’s Healthcare Canada.

Episode 25: Delivering exceptional care “avec vous et pour vous” with Dr. Bernard Leduc, President and CEO, Hôpital Montfort

Dr. Leduc makes sure that staff and the Montfort community are aware of the hospital’s noble history and stays focussed on its crucial role serving the healthcare needs of the Francophone community, “Avec vous et pour vous – with you and for you.”

This episode was recorded on August 10, 2020.

From the Frontlines with The Ottawa Hospital’s Corporate Communications Team

For this small but mighty team, supporting one of the largest academic research centres in the country comes with a great sense of pride.

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Welcome to From the Frontlines, a special Healthcare Change Makers mini-series. Healthcare providers and support staff have been on the frontlines, fighting for Canadians since the start of this pandemic. In this series we’re handing the microphone over to some of those amazing individuals.

From the Frontlines with Claire Dion Fletcher, NACM and Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto

Through her work as a midwife, an educator, and an advocate, Claire pushes for safe and accessible healthcare – keeping the patient and their family at the centre.