Listen to the Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP) for in-depth conversations about Canada’s health systems, featuring people and data you can trust. Host Avis Favaro will 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.
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Emergency Departments in Crisis — Dr. Fraser Mackay and David Leary
28 min | Published April 25, 2024
From staffing shortages and physician burnout to department closures and lengthy wait times, there is little question that Canada’s emergency departments are overwhelmed. Some EDs are so busy that hallways are packed with gurneys of patients waiting days to be admitted or, in some cases, choosing to walk away without receiving the emergency care they need. In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro sits down with guests working on the front lines to discuss the ongoing crisis gripping Canada’s emergency departments, the impact on workers and patients, and what’s being done to ease the burden:
- Dr. Fraser Mackay, emergency physician and assistant director of Workforce Planning for the Department of Emergency Medicine in Saint John, New Brunswick
- David Leary, a veteran paramedic and spokesperson for Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia.
This episode is available in English only.
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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.
Hospital Harm in Canada — Kate Parson, Linda Silas, Kathleen Finlay and Annette Elliott Rose
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.
Climate Change and Health in Canada — Dr. Theresa Tam
In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, to discuss the effects of climate change on health and what average people in Canada can do to help themselves and the environment.