Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare

Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare Breaking Silos brings together clinicians, innovators, and decision-makers to explore the challenges and breakthroughs shaping Canada’s healthcare system.

08/06/2026

1843. That’s the last time the GTA got a new medical school.
Then TMU happened — 180+ years later.

Dr. Hemant Shah of William Osler Health System breaks down why that gap matters for a region growing faster than it can staff.

This is the same story behind our newest episode — Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine x Trillium Health Partners, tackling Peel’s doctor shortage head-on.
Full convo is live now. 🎙️ Link in bio.

08/05/2026

Most recognized voice in your industry — 12 months from now. What would that change?
Not viral. Recognized.

Reactive content disappears. Presence compounds.
It doesn’t happen from a video. It happens from a relationship. 🎙️

07/23/2026

Most doctors walk into a system that already exists. Residents at Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine are shaping one.

Dr. Valerie Mueller talks about writing the playbook. 🏗️

TMU School of Medicine. Peel Region. Built from scratch.

Full episode — link in bio.

05/14/2026

Drs. and on the allusive “work life balance” in medicine, and why “work-life integration” might be a more successful mindset. For the full episode search: 🎧 “Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare” 📺 where you get your podcasts.

03/18/2026

is bringing you Dr. Darren Larsen to speak about the future of technology in clinical practice at the Digital Health Virtual Symposium.

In this clip from our recent conversation leading up to the symposium, he zooms right into the day‑to‑day: why AI scribes have moved from ‘interesting new tool’ to something every clinic should at least be considering, because even small reductions in charting time add up to real time back with patients.

If you’re planning to join his keynote on April 24, this is a nice primer on how he’s thinking about practical tools that change workflows, not just the hype. To watch this clip in context, you can catch the full episode where you get your podcasts. Link in bio!

03/17/2026

Admin burden isn’t just “a lot of paperwork.”�
In this clip, OntarioMD’s Dr. Chandi Chandrasena describes it as hundreds of micro‑tasks every day, logging into systems that don’t talk to each other, flooded inboxes, overwhelmed staff, and the quiet cognitive overload of carrying it all in the background while trying to care for patients.

Clinicians keep telling her they’re not exhausted by patient care, but by having to constantly navigate the tech wrapped around it. The full episode is up now if you want to go deeper into how teams are starting to tackle those micro‑tasks one by one.��Search: “Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare” where you get your podcasts.��

03/10/2026

Administrative burden. Digital overload. More clicks, more logins, less time with patients.

In partnership with , we sat down with Dr. Chandi Chandrasena (Chief Medical Officer, OntarioMD) and Dr. Darren Larsen (Influential Digital Health System Leader) who are actually fixing this – from EMR workflows to AI scribes and “breaking up” with bad tech.

🎧 Watch the trailer and tell me: what’s one tiny digital change that actually saved you time in clinic?

03/03/2026
03/03/2026

In this clip, NP leader Jodi Colwill cautions that as other provinces open more flexible funding models and one‑licence NP mobility expands across Canada, Ontario risks losing nurse practitioners to better‑funded jurisdictions, a real cross‑border migration issue policymakers need to factor into workforce planning.

03/02/2026

When you ask nurse practitioners why they chose this path, you hear a lot about the nursing model of care.

In this clip, NP leader Kevin Zizzo explains how being drawn to a patient‑first, whole‑person approach led him into nursing; and why becoming a nurse practitioner was the natural next step to gain more autonomy and fully leverage that foundation in how he delivers care.

Full roundtable with NP leaders from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario: https://open.spotify.com/episode/64cGQeBDvY075VQuelkjeg?si=cd64071a8ea54a1f

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