Sage Public Health

Listen to the sponsored podcast featuring Cassandra Gardner, PhD, Associate Director of Medical Affairs at BD-Canada, and Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite, DBA, Associate Vice President of Executive Search Services at The Medfall Group, as they discuss the clinical efficacy of vacuum-assisted biopsies and vacuum-assisted excision technologies in the diagnosis and treatment pathway of breast cancer and how they can help streamline patient care and conserve healthcare resources. Key messages include how health leaders can maximize diagnostic efficiency by ensuring accurate and timely detection while minimizing unnecessary procedures. Vacuum-assisted technologies require less anaesthesia, fewer supplies, shorter hospital stays, and fewer post-operative visits, making them a viable and sustainable alternative to surgery and improving health outcomes for patients.  View the article here.

Listen to the podcast by Tracee Pratt, Executive Director, Women's Health Programs at Lois Hole Hospital and Sturgeon Community Hospital in Alberta and the Women's Health Lead for the Edmonton Zone speak about the evolution and success of the robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) program in the OR, and the downstream benefits. Tracee will share insights into how they operationalized the RAS program to successfully achieve a zero-wait time for targeted gynecologic-oncology procedures.   This session is moderated by Tara Klassen, PhD, the Provincial Program Lead – Surgical Innovation and Scientist for the Evidence Decision Support Program. Tara is engaging key stakeholders in the long-term planning for RAS, while considering the evidence, health economics, and organizational impact to make evidence-informed decisions about the equitable access and expanded use of RAS in the province. This novel approach to adoption of innovation will transform the delivery of surgical care with the objective of providing timely access to high-quality surgical care, regardless of where patients reside in the province.   View the article here.

Listen to the podcast with Don Juzwishin, PhD, FCCHL, and Dan Breznitz, PhD, as they provide more detail on CIFAR's program on Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity, and talk with author Jane Gingrich, PhD, about her work in the United Kingdom related to innovation strategies and how they shape citizens' public health behaviours. In an era of rising nationalism, public authorities face the temptation to lean into national sentiment to encourage citizens to engage with public health policies - from taking vaccines to promoting healthy lifestyles. Her research suggests that public health authorities should be cautious with nationalist framing, as it may be ineffective or counterproductive.  Jane Gingrich, PhD, is a Professor of comparative social policy at the University of Oxford in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention. View the article here.

Listen to the podcast by Rachelle Ashcroft, PhD, Associate Professor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, and cross-appointed to the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, speak about a collaborative process she and her team  enhance team-based primary care, drawing on experiences of six disciplines working together to create new curricula as part of Team Primary Care. They assert that building capacity requires an understanding of unique disciplinary roles and elements of primary care and establishing primary care competencies would provide a common set of skills, knowledge, values and attitudes to form a foundation on which to build the capacity of the interprofessional primary care workforce. This session is moderated by Catherine Donnelly, PhD, an Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University. Catherine's work is focused on team-based primary care with an emphasis on understanding how interprofessional primary care teams can support older adults and individuals with chronic conditions to live in their neighbourhoods and communities. View the article here.

Listen to the podcast with Helen Edwards, RN, MN, moderated by Dr. Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite, DBA, CHE, RN, as they talk about how technological advancements, like the Ivenix Infusion System, can be implemented in Canadian hospitals to support the seamless integration between infusion devices, electronic health records, and other hospital information systems, ultimately supporting the broader system of care. Helen Edwards is a clinical informatics consultant who has led initiatives focused on identifying, evaluating, procuring, as well as implementing and optimizing large-scale informatics and clinical technology solutions. Dr. Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite is a visionary leader, valued member of the HMF Editorial Board, and Associate Vice-President of Executive Search Services for the Medfall Group. View the article here.

Listen to Vania Sakelaris, CHE, and her collaborators as they offer more context about the retrospective survey of 117 physician leadership development program graduates at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The survey was designed to assess how the program contributed to graduates' leadership development, specifically in terms of behaviour change and work-related changes. It's further proof that there are concrete benefits to investing in training for physician leaders to advance transformation and improvement initiatives in a changing world. This podcast is moderated by Cholly Boland, MBA, MHA, the President and CEO of Winchester District Memorial Hospital and HMF Editorial Board member. You can read the full article here in the November 2023 edition of Healthcare Management Forum:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08404704231185550

Listen to  Peter Varga, CHE, Chief Transformation Officer at HealthHub Solutions, a Canadian leader in bedside digital health solutions, and Leslie Motz, CHE, Vice President of Patient Services at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, discuss the opportunities that digital solutions bring to healthcare and the importance of investing in digital solutions to advance healthcare system performance. To learn more about the platform and how to advance digital transformation, contact: [email protected] View the article here.

Gayle Walter and Ronica Rooks in conversation with Drs. Juliana Perez and William Leonard about their article, "Developing Equity-Focused Education in Academic Public Health: A Multiple-Step Model", which appeared in the Pedagogy of Anti-racism special issue (Volume 7, Issue 4). Read the full transcript here.

Listen to Patrick Patterson, PhD, and Jenna Roddick, MSc, from the AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub APPTA in Fredericton, New Brunswick as they discuss how to maintain equitable access to virtual care following the pandemic. They conducted a narrative scoping review to understand barriers related to the sustained adoption of virtual primary care delivery, and can identify areas in which policy shifts are needed to drive digital innovation. View the article here.

Implicit bias is a topic many faculty/instructors may feel uncomfortable teaching and discussing with their students. In this podcast, Dr. Gayle Walter and Dr. Ronica Rooks, who currently serve on the editorial board of Pedagogy in Health Promotion, speak with Dr. Krista Mincey, an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine. Dr. Mincey's article, "Teaching about Bias to Undergraduate Students in an Introduction to Public Health Course" is featured in PHP's special issue on the Pedagogy of Antiracism and available for download here: ttps://doi.org/10.1177/23733799211031942 You can also find the transcript for this episode here.