Qualitycast North
by Qualitycast North
Latest episode
S6 Ep1: Closing the health equity gap. Improving Cardiac Health in…
S6 Ep1: Closing the health equity gap. Improving Cardiac Health in…
About this podcast
The Qualitycast North podcast showcases Northern British Columbian physicians and healthcare workers and their work in improving the quality of healthcare where they live. In an interview format, our host Dr. Shyr Chui invites guests to talk about their careers in rural medicine, and how they are improving healthcare through innovative quality improvement projects. Episodes are released every 2 weeks.
Qualitycast North is a production of the Northern Health Physician Quality Improvement initiative, and is co-produced by Dr. Shyr Chui, and PQI Coach Lee Cameron. This Initiative is a flagship program of the Specialist Services Committee which represents a collaborative partnership between our provincial government and Doctors of BC, and includes regular representation from the local health authorities.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- S6 Ep1: Closing the health equity gap. Improving Cardiac Health in Remote Indigenous Communities with a Mobile Health Unit featuring Dr. Miles Marchand · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 1We’re kicking off series 6 of Qualitycast North with new theme music and more great interviews with health care heroes and champions from across Canada. And have we got a great…
- S5 Ep29: Goodbye Season 5, Hello Season 6 · 13 min · Season 5 Episode 29Season 5 is a wrap! And what a great season it's been. To close off, Lee and Shyr share their personal highlights and favourite Qualitycast North interviews from the last year…
- S5 Ep28: The invisible army and the essential contribution of caregivers to health featuring Wendy Johnstone from Family Caregivers BC. · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 28Behind nearly every patient in the health care system is an often-unseen family caregiver providing essential support. Their contribution is immense, yet remains largely…
- S5 Ep27: Cutting the Carbon Footprint of Health Care featuring Dr. Maura Brown · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 27Climate change was front and centre this past summer, from another severe wildfire season to record-breaking heat domes around the world. If these environmental threats leave you…
- S5 Ep26: Keeping rural emergency department doors open with VERRa featuring Dr. Brydon Blacklaws · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 26As temporary rural emergency room closures become more common and the rural physician shortage continues, virtual physician support is increasingly important for keeping hospital…
- S5 Ep25: Say goodbye to unproductive meetings with better facilitation featuring Jennifer Aitken · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 25This week, we focus on a topic everyone can relate to: bad meetings. According to today’s guest, Jennifer Aitken, unproductive meetings can often be avoided with more…
- S5 Ep24: Healing our health care system through Truth and Reconciliation featuring Barbara Taylor · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 24After several high-profile incidents and the subsequent BC governments In Plain Sight report published in 2020, a new policy and educational framework aimed at eradicating…
- S5 Ep23: Texting MYDOC for better diabetes care featuring Dr. Eiko Waida · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 23A familiar voice returns to the podcast this week. Dr. Eiko Waida, who recently joined us as co-host for the special series on the Romanow Report, takes the guest’s seat today…
- S5 Ep22: Boxing Back to Mental Health featuring 7-time National Boxing Champion Kenny Lally · 26 min · Season 5 Episode 22Life can be a cruel sport, often serving both joy and heartbreak in equal measure. But sometimes what matters is how we stand up again after getting knocked down. Join us for an…
- S5 Ep21: What Global Health Delivery systems can teach us about rural medicine in the North featuring Dr. Navpreet Sidhu · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 21Medical schools major on training student physicians on the pathological basis of disease and the evidence-based therapies we prescribe to heal disease. But important and often…
- S5 Ep20: The Romanow Report at 25 [Part 4]. The spirit of the Romanow Report lives on - improving health care in British Columbia today” featuring Dr. Gordon Hoag, Senior Physician Quality Improvement Co-Lead · 24 min · Season 5 Episode 20In this series, our regular host Dr. Shyr Chui is joined by special series host Dr. Eiko Waida, physician co-lead of the Provincial Specialist Services Committee Quality…
- S5 Ep17: The Romanow Report at 25 [Part 1]. “Why I chose Roy Romanow” featuring The Right Honorable Jean Chrétien · 24 min · Season 5 Episode 17In this series, our regular host Dr. Shyr Chui is joined by special series host Dr. Eiko Waida, physician co-lead of the Provincial Specialist Services Committee Quality…
- S5 Ep18: The Romanow Report at 25 [Part 2]. “How we built it and life on the road” featuring Greg Marchildon, former Chief of Staff to Roy Romanow. · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 18In this series, our regular host Dr. Shyr Chui is joined by special series host Dr. Eiko Waida, physician co-lead of the Provincial Specialist Services Committee Quality…
- S5 Ep19: The Romanow Report at 25 [Part 3]. Generating high-impact health system improvement at the Provincial level featuring Dr. Verna Yiu, former CEO of Alberta Health Services. · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 19In this series, our regular host Dr. Shyr Chui is joined by special series host Dr. Eiko Waida, physician co-lead of the Provincial Specialist Services Committee Quality…
- S5 Ep16: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy - Improving the Patient Experience featuring Dr Graham Bergstra · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 16In this episode we’re returning to the rural community of Hazleton in Northwest BC. The demand for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is increasing as word spreads about its…
- S5 Ep15: How health data "stewardship" can drive sustainable healthcare in Canada featuring Anderson Chuck, the President and CEO of CIHI · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 15When you think of Canadian health data, the organization that springs immediately to mind is the Canadian Institute for Health Information or CIHI. In this episode we interview…
- S5 Ep14: “The best rural emergency medicine course hands down” featuring Dr. Jel Coward and Dr. Rebecca Lindley from the CARE course · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 14Delivering high-quality, emergency medicine education to rural practitioners and their teams for over 15 years, the Rural Coordination Centre of British Columbia’s CARE course…
- S5 Ep13: Herding Cats and Steering Ships - Dr. Ronald Chapman · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 13This week we’re returning to the Executive C-Suite this time from a Physician’s perspective with our guest Dr. Ronald Chapman, the Vice President of Medicine of Northern Health…
- S5 Ep12: Medicine at the Edge Revisited featuring Dr. Ray Markham (originally released Jan 24, 2025) · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 12This week we’re taking a well-deserved week off and so in preparation for this year’s Rural Coordination Centre of BC’s Rural Health Conference to be held in Prince George on May…
- S5 Ep11: Hope Air - providing life-saving healthcare access and equity for rural communities featuring Mark Rubinstein · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 11One of the largest drivers of health outcome inequity for patients living in rural communities is access to care. This disparity is magnified when combined with low income…
