Sep 20, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Featured, Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
When Sara Nita’s son Marcus was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last fall, she began keeping a written log of his multiple daily blood-sugar readings. But she soon started casting around for a way to keep an electronic record, something she could enter into her...Sep 18, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
Patient-centred care and positive patient experiences at all touch points, is a cultural paradigm shift requiring a systematic change management model that must include the patients’ voice. Hospitals try to deliver the best health outcomes. But many also aim to...
Sep 6, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Featured, Personal Healthcare, Videos
In the second part of my interview with Paul Alofs, President and CEO of Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, I speak about how my passion for healthcare gave me the courage to leave my executive role in financial services to make a difference in the lives of people...
Sep 6, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Personal Healthcare, Videos
I had the opportunity to speak with Paul Alofs, President and CEO of Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation about the importance of Canadians being passionate about our healthcare system. Paul recently wrote a book called Passion Capital where he identified a group of...
Mar 5, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Featured, Videos
This video recaps some of the highlights and discussion from the 2012 Health Care Outlook expert panel that I participated in last November at the Economic Club of Canada. Other panelists included: Dr. Robert Bell, President & CEO, The University Health Network...Feb 13, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Raising Awareness
Public health advocates argue that physicians and other health professionals should be no more exempt from undergoing background checks than police officers, firefighters or any other group that has contact with vulnerable individuals. Read “Are you kidding,...
Feb 3, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Media, Videos
I appeared on BNN Business News Network yesterday to discuss public and private approaches to improving healthcare in Canada. Here’s the video clip of that interview. ...
Dec 31, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Photo Gallery
These photos were taken at the Healthcare Outlook 2012 Panel, November...Dec 31, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Innovation, Leadership, Women's Post
I’m pleased to be included in the Women’s Post Top 20 Women to Watch in 2012.
Dec 15, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Innovation, Raising Awareness
One of my favourite innovators – and a world-renowned expert – Clay Christensen from Harvard – discusses the need for a common language and the need to break down silos in addressing health care’s need for transformation. While he speaks about...
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