The Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP), brought to you by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, offers in-depth conversations about Canada’s he...
The Hidden Killer: How a Canadian Teen Lost Her Limbs and Gained a Mission
It’s called the hidden killer. That’s because there’s little public awareness about sepsis and not a lot of data on how many people it really affects. But Amalie Henze is out to change all that. This Canadian teen knows its dangers all too well after almost dying from septic shock and having her hands and feet amputated to save her life. She’s not alone. Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud has been researching sepsis for years — and she wants to get better data on the true number of cases while creating a national strategy to help save lives from sepsis.
This episode is available in English.
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Nowhere Else to Go: Why Canadians Are Ending Up in Emergency Departments
Each year, there are over 15 million visits to emergency departments across Canada. But new CIHI data shows that 15% of these — that’s 1 in 7 — could potentially have been treated by a doctor or nurse practitioner in primary care. While ED doctors don’t want to discourage anyone from going to emergency, they do acknowledge that this statistic highlights the crisis in primary care happening in Canada.
This episode is available in English only.
Saving Life and Limb: Preventing Amputations From Diabetes
40 amputations a day are performed at hospitals across Canada. And the single biggest culprit is diabetes. Host Avis Favaro meets with
• Harish Rangan, who knows first-hand what it’s like to lose a limb to the disease
• Dr. Karim Manji, director of the Zivot Limb Preservation Centre in Calgary, whose team is working on ways to reduce the number of amputations, with encouraging early successes
This episode is available in English only.
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David O’Toole — Lessons and Directions From a Decade at CIHI
In this special edition of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro sits down with David O’Toole as he contemplates the biggest challenges and successes of his 10 years as CIHI’s president and CEO.To read more about the Pan-Canadian Health Data Charter click here.This episode is available in English only.
The Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP), brought to you by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, offers in-depth conversations about Canada’s health systems featuring people and data you can trust. We 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.
Check out our website at www.cihi.ca/podcast
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