Canadian Health Information Podcast

Canadian Health Information Podcast

Listen to the Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP) for in-depth conversations about Canada’s health systems, featuring people and data you can trust. Host Avis Favaro will 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.  

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Latest episode

Frailty in Canada — Dr. Kenneth Rockwood

Dr. Kenneth Rockwood

28 min | Published February 21, 2024

​As Canada’s population ages, it is expected that an increasing number of people will become frail. Individuals living with frailty have an increased risk of the following: hospitalizations, longer hospital stays, hospital readmissions, emergency department visits and in-hospital death. New data shows that more than one-third of all hospitalized older adults in Canada are at risk of frailty. On this episode of the Canadian Health Information Podcast, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, clinical research professor of frailty and aging at Dalhousie University in Halifax, about the harms of frailty and what we can do to better protect older adults at risk.

This episode is available in English only.

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Previous episodes

Hospital Harm in Canada — Kate Parson, Linda Silas, Kathleen Finlay and Annette Elliott Rose

In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Kate Parson, Health Human Resources program lead at CIHI; Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions; Kathleen Finlay, founder and CEO of The Compassion Innovation Lab and founder of the Center for Patient Protection ; and Annette Elliott Rose, vice president of Clinical Care Strategy and chief nurse executive at IWK Health to discuss these findings and what they mean for patients and the people who care for them.

Climate Change and Health in Canada — Dr. Theresa Tam

​In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, to discuss the effects of climate change on health and what average people in Canada can do to help themselves and the environment.

Health Care Funding in Canada — Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Teri Price and Annamarie Fuchs

​In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Annamarie Fuchs and Teri Price about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

How to cite:

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canadian Health Information Podcast . Accessed March 29, 2024.

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