Break the Silos is a podcast hosted by physician Dr. Lawrence Yang, featuring stories from Canadian healthcare leaders. Discover industry challenges and opportunities, and learn how to break down silos in your workplace for a better, healthier world.

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Dr. Adam Hoverman, a family and public health physician from Nanaimo, BC, joins us to talk about bringing more humanity into healthcare. We explore narrative medicine, group medical visits, and co-production, and what it looks like for Dr. Hoverman to put patients at the center of care.

The value of narrative medicine

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In this episode, PhD candidate Anthony Duffy explains the challenges that hinder successful digital interventions, such as competing priorities and differing validation methods between health practitioners and designers. Anthony is currently exploring how to scale co-design processes to gather insights from thousands of participants simultaneously, aiming to bridge the divide between traditional small-scale qualitative feedback and large-scale clinical requirements. Dr. Lawrence and Anthony also discuss the rise of the &#34;Digital Health Citizen,&#34; a movement that encourages individual health responsibility and challenges the historical, top-down hierarchy of medicine. For extra reading: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40085834/" rel="nofollow">Examining Challenges to Co-Design Digital Health Interventions with End Users: Systematic Review</a>Anthony is welcome to inquiries related to his research in co-designing digital health interventions - he can be reached at anthony_duffy@sfu.ca.

Challenges in co-designing digital health interventions

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Matthew Smith, a leader and coach at UBC&#39;s advanced computing lab, describes how his work contributes to medical research, the challenges of growing digital research services, and what he envisions the future of healthcare could look like if high computing power was more accessible. Reach Matthew through email: Matthew.smith@ubc.caTo learn more about advanced research computing at UBC, visit the site: <a href="https://arc.ubc.ca/" rel="nofollow">https://arc.ubc.ca/</a>

A close look at advanced research computing in medical research

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Lori Vesper shares her journey into global healthcare leadership and the insights gained from her unique education. She explains how these experiences shape her vision for improving BC&#39;s healthcare system—particularly through educational reform and building better connections among both certified health providers and everyone else who shapes our healthcare system.

Resiliency and true collaboration, from global to local healthcare leadership

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In this episode, physician and executive coach Dr. Cecile Andreas discusses the importance of building relationships within patient care, how she found her way into being a physician coach, and what makes a good coach. Learn more about Dr. Cecile Andreas&#39; coaching here: <a href="https://www.cruxcoaching.ca/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cruxcoaching.ca/</a>

What does it mean to be a good coach in healthcare?

Inciting Change in Canadian Healthcare

Break the Silos is a podcast hosted by physician Dr. Lawrence Yang, featuring stories from Canadian healthcare leaders. Discover industry challenges and opportunities, and learn how to break down silos in your workplace for a better, healthier world.