Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare

Peel Region is home to 1.8 million people — and one of the worst physician shortages in Ontario. The answer isn't importing doctors. It's training them here. In this episode of Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare, Dr. Valerie Mueller (TMU School of Medicine) and Dr. Alison Freeland (Trillium Health Partners) break down the community-embedded training model they're building together — and why 70–...

In this episode of Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare, we sit down with four accomplished OB/GYN leaders — Dr. Esther Chin, Dr. Michelle Jacobson, Dr. Nayla Khan, and Dr. Meghan McGrattan — for a thoughtful conversation about women’s health across different stages of life. We explore the reality that women’s health remains under-researched and too often under-addressed, leading to long delays i...

"Just because something is common does not mean that it is normal." In this upcoming episode of  Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare , we are joined by Dr. Esther Chin, Dr. Michelle Jacobson, Dr. Megan McGrattan, and Dr. Naila Khan to address the urgent need for a more comprehensive approach to women’s health. We discuss the patriarchal roots of current medical systems, the "altar...

Clinic days are full. The tech was supposed to help. In this episode of Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare, OntarioMD leaders Dr. Chandi Chandrasena and Dr. Darren Larsen sit down to talk honestly about what digital health is actually doing to clinic days in Ontario—where it’s working, where it’s clearly not, and how teams are quietly bending the tools back toward patient care. We get past the...

Clinic days are full. The tech was supposed to help. In this episode of Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare, OntarioMD leaders Dr. Chandi Chandrasena and Dr. Darren Larsen sit down to talk honestly about what digital health is actually doing to clinic days in Ontario—where it’s working, where it’s clearly not, and how teams are quietly bending the tools back toward patient care. We get past the...

Administrative burden and digital overload are burning out clinicians and staff in primary care, even as digital health tools and EMRs promise to make life easier. In this OntarioMD Digital Health Virtual Symposium trailer, we explore how to reduce digital health burden, optimize EMR/EHR workflows, and think realistically about AI scribes in everyday clinical practice. Hear OntarioMD leaders talk...

Millions of Canadians are struggling to find primary care, even though the Canada Health Act says we should all have reasonable access to medically necessary services. In this roundtable, nurse practitioner leaders from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario talk candidly about what it feels like to be “on an island and drowning,” how outdated laws and insurance rules quietly block NP care, and why pro...

In the middle of a nationwide primary-care crunch, nurse practitioners from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario step out from behind the exam room door and into the spotlight. Over sixty minutes, they compare what care looks like in three very different provinces: how team-based clinics work on the ground, what happens when legislation, funding models and methods of data-entry leave their work invis...

Filmed at the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference 2025, this episode explores how tech adoption, workflow solutions, and data-driven care are transforming Canadian clinics. Dr. Joel Moktar, Orthopaedic Surgeon (QuickChart), Dr. Paul Cano, Family Physician (OntarioMD), and Stephanie Stamatakis (Dynacare Insurance Solutions)reveal what’s next in health tech, AI, and integration; helping providers de...

What does it take to push Canadian healthcare forward? Breaking Silos in Canadian Healthcare brings you a vital conversation featuring Dr. Timothy Kodsi (Mimico Medical) and Dr. Dane Wanniarachige (Actuwell); family physicians on the front lines of change. Hear first-hand why patient-centered digital solutions are the future, and how real-world innovation in clinics is shaping the evolution of dia...

Discover how Canada’s healthcare future is being forged through academic innovation, digital health, and the teamwork of frontline providers. This roundtable gathers Osler Health System leaders, TMU partners, and primary care champions to break down the evolution of medical education, multidisciplinary care, and new technology—unpacked for healthcare professionals and the engaged public. Key Topic...

Join Ontario’s leading voices in family medicine for an in-depth FHO+ roundtable; exploring payment reform, administrative burden, gender equity, and the future of primary care. In this candid discussion, Dr. Jobin Varughese (President, Ontario College of Family Physicians), Dr. Sharon Bal (Vice-Chair, Ontario Medical Association), and Dr. Dave Barber share practical insight, breakthrough moments,...

Experience the energy of the OntarioMD Digital Health Conference 2025 through this curated compilation featuring eight panel discussions and interviews with 20 healthcare professionals from across disciplines. Dive into the latest conversations about digital health transformation, barriers to adopting new technology, and real-world innovation impacting both doctors and patients. Physician empowerm...

Go behind the scenes with Dr. Joyce Cheung, Dr. Joan Chan, and Dr. Duncan Rozario in this candid “Thriving in Medicine” roundtable. Explore the realities of caregiving, work-life balance, system sustainability, and why medicine is a calling for communicators and storytellers, not just a profession. This episode covers: 💬 Honest, unscripted moments about healthcare’s everyday challenges ⚖️ The val...

Ontario's historic $1.8 billion investment into primary care over the next four years begun last month with the commitment of $213 million with a stated goal of attaching 300,000 additional people to a primary care provider. Community healthcare organizations across the province are submitting proposals for how they are going to utilize this funding to attach additional people to primary care....

Before Ontario’s historic $213M investment in team-based primary care, there was already a blueprint — drawn by people who believed in a better way to deliver care. In this opening episode, Dr. Ivy Oandasan, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Care at the University of Toronto, and Duff Sprague, Chief Executive Officer of the Peterborough Family Health Team reflect on how Ontari...