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    Canadian Health Information Podcast

    The Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP), brought to you by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, offers in-depth conversations about Canada’s health systems featuring people and data you can trust. We speak to the people behind the health policy and data, as well as to those working hard on the front lines, and discuss the work being done to keep Canadians healthy. Check out our website at www.cihi.ca/podcast Vous préférez les balados français? Voyez le Balado d’information sur la santé au Canada.
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    Episodes (27)

    Frailty in Canada — Dr. Kenneth Rockwood

    Frailty in Canada — Dr. Kenneth Rockwood
    As Canada’s population ages, it is expected that an increasing number of people will become frail. Individuals living with frailty have an increased risk of the following: hospitalizations, longer hospital stays, hospital readmissions, emergency department visits and in-hospital death. New data shows that more than one-third of all hospitalized older adults in Canada are at risk of frailty. On this episode of the Canadian Health Information Podcast, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, clinical research professor of frailty and aging at Dalhousie University in Halifax, about the harms of frailty and what we can do to better protect older adults at risk. This episode is available in English only. Learn more about frailty risk here: https://www.dal.ca/sites/gmr/our-tools/clinical-frailty-scale.html
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enFebruary 21, 2024
    canada
    canadian
    health care
    health system
    canadian health information podcast

    Hospital Harm in Canada — Kate Parson, Linda Silas, Kathleen Finlay and Annette Elliott Rose

    Hospital Harm in Canada — Kate Parson, Linda Silas, Kathleen Finlay and Annette Elliott Rose
    Hospital harm — medical conditions that patients experience in hospital that they did not have when they were admitted — is on the rise. A new CIHI analysis shows that 1 in 17 patients admitted to hospital was unintentionally harmed during their stay. Meanwhile, nurses and other health care workers charged with caring for patients in Canada are struggling. Sick time and overtime hours are skyrocketing. In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Kate Parson, Health Human Resources program lead at CIHI; Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions; Kathleen Finlay, founder and CEO of The Compassion Innovation Lab and founder of the Center for Patient Protection ; and Annette Elliott Rose, vice president of Clinical Care Strategy and chief nurse executive at IWK Health to discuss these findings and what they mean for patients and the people who care for them. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enNovember 09, 2023
    canada
    canadian
    health care
    kathleen finlay
    jonathan kuehlein

    Climate Change and Health in Canada — Dr. Theresa Tam

    Climate Change and Health in Canada — Dr. Theresa Tam

    Clips from the following sources were used in this recording:

    CTV News (Drivers dodge flames and smoke from Nova Scotia wildfire | DRAMATIC VIDEO)

    CBC News (As unprecedented fire year rages on, experts warn of longer, more destructive seasons)

    Reuters (Nova Scotia floods cause 'unimaginable' damage)

    CTV News (State of emergency in Quebec | Mass flooding across the province)

    The Guardian ('The era of global boiling has arrived' warns the UN – video)

    CTV News (B.C. family suspects wildfire smoke contributed to 9-year-old's fatal asthma attack

    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enSeptember 21, 2023
    canada
    health
    climate change
    wildfires
    canadian

    Health Care Funding in Canada — Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Teri Price and Annamarie Fuchs

    Health Care Funding in Canada — Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Teri Price and Annamarie Fuchs
    The federal government reached a funding agreement recently with Canada’s provinces and territories that will add roughly $46.2 billion in new money over 10 years to be directed at 4 priority areas: family health services, health workers and backlogs, mental health and substance use, and a modernized health system. In this episode of the CHIP, we speak about what this agreement will mean for average people in Canada and how quickly we can expect to see the effect of this funding. Our guests are Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, president and CEO of Healthcare Excellence Canada; Annamarie Fuchs, a former registered nurse and author of Partners in Health Conversations; and Teri Price, whose brother died tragically in 2012 after falling through the cracks in our health care system. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enJuly 13, 2023
    canada
    mental health
    funding
    canadian
    health care

    Palliative Care in Canada — Dr. Naheed Dosani

    Palliative Care in Canada — Dr. Naheed Dosani
    More people in Canada are receiving palliative care near the end of their lives than ever — but a lot of work remains. A new CIHI analysis shows there are still many who are not getting the care they need. In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Naheed Dosani — a palliative care physician at St. Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto, the lead physician for Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) at Inner City Health Associates and medical director at Kensington Hospice — about the future of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enMay 08, 2023
    canada
    canadian
    health care
    hospice
    palliative care

    Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Ewan Affleck

    Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Ewan Affleck
    Virtual health care in Canada has boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering Canadians unprecedented online access to medical professionals. Now, as the day-to-day effects of the pandemic are lessening in much of the country, the question on many minds is “will I still have this convenient option going forward?” In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Ewan Affleck, the senior medical advisor for health informatics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and chair of the Alberta Virtual Care Coordinating Body, about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enApril 13, 2023
    canada
    pandemic
    virtual care
    covid-19
    canadian

    Surgical Wait Times in Canada — Dr. David Urbach

    Surgical Wait Times in Canada — Dr. David Urbach
    Canada’s health care systems were already facing numerous challenges with wait times for surgeries before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now those problems are far worse. On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. David Urbach, head of the department of surgery at Women’s College Hospital and professor at the University of Toronto, about how hospitals and health systems in Canada are trying to deal with the huge backlog of surgeries and what could be done to fix the problems for the long term. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enMarch 23, 2023
    canada
    pandemic
    covid-19
    toronto
    canadian

    Black Representation in Canadian Health Care — Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa

    Black Representation in Canadian Health Care — Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa
    The COVID-19 pandemic exposed some clear gaps in Canada’s health care systems, including the need to better understand the roots of health inequalities and disparities based on race. On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, poet, author, advocate and the only Black woman ever selected as sole valedictorian at the University of Toronto’s medical school, about the value of race-based data and the importance of Black representation in health care in Canada. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enFebruary 22, 2023
    canada
    health
    canadian
    race
    representation

    Low-value healthcare in Canada — Dr. Wendy Levinson and Dr. Janet Reynolds

    Low-value healthcare in Canada — Dr. Wendy Levinson and Dr. Janet Reynolds

    Overuse of medical procedures and tests is a serious concern that costs Canada’s health care systems a lot of time and money and can even be harmful to patients. Host Avis Favaro is joined by Dr. Janet Reynolds and Dr. Wendy Levinson of Choosing Wisely Canada to discuss the roots of this issue, the progress made since a previous report on the topic in 2017 and alternatives to reduce overuse.

    This episode is available in English.

    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enDecember 01, 2022
    canada
    doctor
    health care
    doctors
    physician

    Canada’s Health Workforce Crisis — Dr. Leigh Chapman and Dr. Doug Sinclair

    Canada’s Health Workforce Crisis — Dr. Leigh Chapman and Dr. Doug Sinclair

    Canada is facing an unprecedented shortage of health care professionals. COVID-19 is partly to blame, with some doctors and nurses simply burned out by the huge demands the pandemic has put on them. But there are several other key factors, including severe workplace stresses and a large cohort entering retirement age. On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro discusses the causes of these issues along with possible solutions with Dr. Leigh Chapman, Canada’s new chief nursing officer, and Dr. Doug Sinclair, the vice president of Medicine, Quality and Safety and former chief of emergency medicine at IWK Health Centre in Halifax.  

    This episode is available in English only. 

    Audio clips courtesy CBC News, CTV News, CityNews

    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enOctober 25, 2022
    canada
    health care
    doctor
    nurse
    nursing

    Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada - Liudmila Husak, Chris Daken and Dr. Chris Wilkes

    Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada - Liudmila Husak, Chris Daken and Dr. Chris Wilkes
    The COVID-19 pandemic changed life as Canadians knew it beginning in spring 2020, and among the hardest-hit groups were children and youth. On this week’s show, host Avis Favaro digs into the data with CIHI’s manager of Health System Analytics, Liudmila Husak. She is then joined by Chris Daken of Fredericton, N.B., who talks about losing his 16-year-old daughter, Lexi, to suicide amid the pandemic; and by Dr. Chris Wilkes, the division head for child and adolescent psychiatry for Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary, on how mental health experts have been dealing with the effects the pandemic has had on our kids. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enJune 28, 2022
    pandemic
    mental health
    social media
    covid-19
    children

    Health care in Canada on Hold - Dr. Michael Green, Dr. Christian Finley, Dr. Kishore Mulpuri and Laura Greer

    Health care in Canada on Hold - Dr. Michael Green, Dr. Christian Finley, Dr. Kishore Mulpuri and Laura Greer
    The COVID-19 pandemic forced health care systems across the country to rapidly shift priorities to help save lives, but the result has been a huge backlog in care that will likely take a long time to fix. On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro chats with Laura Greer, who developed breast cancer while missing out on screening tests during the pandemic; thoracic surgeon Dr. Christian Finley of St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kishore Mulpuri of BC Children’s Hospital; and family physician Dr. Michael Green of Kingston, Ont., about their experiences during the height of the pandemic, the challenges health systems face and what needs to be done to get things back on track. This episode is available in English only.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enJune 14, 2022
    canada
    pandemic
    covid-19
    cancer
    cancer patients

    Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada — Dr. Joseph Kim and Sandra Holdsworth

    Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada — Dr. Joseph Kim and Sandra Holdsworth
    COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of the health care system in Canada, and one area where that impact is being felt the most is organ donation and transplantation. In 2020, there was a 14% decrease in solid organ transplants, with 4,129 Canadians on wait-lists to receive a transplant and 276 deaths while on wait-lists. Dr. Joseph Kim, nephrologist and co-chair of Health Canada’s Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaborative Data System Working Group, and patient Sandra Holdsworth, liver transplant recipient and award-winning advocate, join us on the CHIP to discuss what it’s like for physicians and patients inside the system and what can be done to save and improve more lives.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enJanuary 24, 2022
    canada
    health care
    covid-19
    canadian
    nephrology

    Rural and Remote Health Care in Canada — Dr. Katharine Smart

    Rural and Remote Health Care in Canada — Dr. Katharine Smart
    Canada’s universal health care system is a pillar of Canadian pride, but factors including geography and social determinants of health unfortunately mean that access to health care for Canadians living in rural and remote areas is often not the same as for those living in urban areas. We speak with Dr. Katharine Smart, a pediatrician who practises in Yukon and president of the Canadian Medical Association, to learn more about the challenges and opportunities associated with providing and receiving health care in rural and remote Canada.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enJanuary 10, 2022
    canada
    pediatrics
    canadian
    yukon
    health care

    The Importance of Quality Health Data — Janet Davidson and David O’Toole

    The Importance of Quality Health Data — Janet Davidson and David O’Toole
    The federal government’s recent speech from the throne included a key passage outlining the need for a better national health data strategy. We chat with Janet Davidson, administrator of the Nova Scotia Health Authority, and David O’Toole, CIHI’s president and CEO, about the importance of high-quality health data and how system enhancements could improve outcomes for people in Canada.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enDecember 09, 2021
    politics
    canada
    health care
    health
    canadian

    The Cost of Caring for Canada’s Health Systems — Helen Angus and Kim McGrail

    The Cost of Caring for Canada’s Health Systems — Helen Angus and Kim McGrail
    Canada typically spends billions of dollars a year on its health care systems, and for the first time, that number soared to over $300 billion in 2020 — spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Helen Angus, Ontario’s deputy minister of health when the pandemic arrived in Canada, and Kim McGrail, a renowned health policy professor at UBC, join us on the CHIP to discuss the effects the pandemic has had on health care costs across the country. They also share their perspectives on what system planners should consider moving forward, and what Canadians should expect from these systems that are such a source of national pride.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enNovember 23, 2021
    canada
    pandemic
    health
    covid-19
    canadian

    Covering a Health Crisis — André Picard

    Covering a Health Crisis — André Picard
    Since the start of the pandemic, many Canadians have turned to online resources to stay informed. The crisis has been accompanied by an overabundance of information, and not all of it true, which has made it very difficult for people to find facts and reliable sources. We speak with André Picard, award-winning author and journalist, and health columnist at The Globe and Mail, about what it’s like to report during the pandemic, how social media has changed his work and the long-term effects he hopes COVID-19 will have on Canada’s health systems.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enNovember 09, 2021
    canada
    pandemic
    media
    social media
    covid-19

    The State of Indigenous Health Care in Canada — Dr. Evan Adams

    The State of Indigenous Health Care in Canada — Dr. Evan Adams
    People in Canada observed the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this autumn, after a heartbreaking summer that saw the recovery of thousands of remains from unmarked graves on the grounds of former Residential Schools across the country. We speak to Dr. Evan Adams, a Coast Salish from Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River, B.C., who is a renowned physician and public health expert, about the legacy of the Residential School system, its long-term impact on Indigenous health and the state of medical care for First Nations, Inuit and Metis people in Canada.
    Canadian Health Information Podcast
    enOctober 26, 2021
    canada
    canadian
    health care
    indigenous health
    canadian health information podcast
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