x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Canadian Health Information Podcast

Canadian Institute for Health Information

The Canadian Health Information Podcast (CHIP) features in-depth conversations about the health of Canadians and the performance of Canada’s health systems. You’ll hear from the people behind the numbers — those working hard on the front lines, the policy-makers who rely on data to make informed decisions, and patients and caregivers who bring their lived experiences to the conversation. Join host Avis Favaro and learn about the work being done to keep Canadians healthy.

health & fitness

All Episodes

00:24:19

Dr. Reimer’s First Shift: Canada’s New Chief Public...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2026/03/31

How do you safeguard Canada’s public health in an era of unprecedented upheaval — from the growth of health misinformation and conspiracy theories to advice from Dr. Google and looming pandemics? That is the role of Canada’s new chief public health officer, Dr. Joss Reimer — a physician from Manitoba and former president of the Canadian Medical Association — who began her new job on April 1, 2026.In this wide-ranging interview, host Avis Favaro talks with Dr. Reimer about the origins of her

en

00:23:26

The Last Word: LTC residents take control of their...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2026/03/24

Every day across Canada seniors who live in long-term care are sent to hospital for medical care, some in their final days of life. In fact, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, nearly one in five transferred from long-term care to the ER die within a day - meaning they were likely near end of life. Which raises the question, were these transfers necessary, ethical and what the residents really wanted?Host Avis Favaro talks with Jill Oliver, an ethicist from the

en

00:24:42

Shedicine: Helping Senior Men Stay Healthy and Live...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2026/03/17

There are some 3.8 million men across Canada who are 65 and older- with studies showing once they leave the workforce they lose connections, friendships, and purpose. Loneliness in this group boosts the risk of heart disease, depression, dementia and even suicide. So how do you help keep this large and growing group of older Canadians mentally and physically healthy, and out of hospital and long-term care? We're going to introduce you to something called "Shedicine” - or Shed Medicine. These are

en

00:23:43

Ozempic: Boon for Diabetes Patients, Burden for the...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2026/03/10

Canada has a new distinction. Our country has been crowned the second-largest Ozempic user in the world. Most of us know about Ozempic’s class of drugs, GLP-1s, for weight loss, courtesy of testimonials from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey. But the reality is Ozempic, or semaglutide, was first developed for type 2 diabetes, a serious disease that can lead to blindness, kidney failure, amputations and heart attacks. New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows that our health

en

00:24:34

Aging Without Dignity: Seniors and Poverty

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2026/02/17

From going without electricity to relying on food banks, Canada’s seniors are struggling to age with dignity. Data shows that 1 in 5 live at the poverty line, with rent and housing eating up their meagre incomes. As well, 91% of seniors say they want to live at home, but the support isn’t always there — for example, home care may not reach seniors in rural communities. All of this is leaving our stressed health systems to fill the gap. And the pressure is only growing. In fact, in 2026, Canada

en

00:22:58

How ChatGPT May Have Saved My Life

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2026/01/12

In a world where AI sits in our pockets and answers our questions in seconds, how do we know when to trust the technology with our personal health? On today’s episode, host Avis Favaro talks with Alvina Nadeem, an engineer, mother and ovarian cancer survivor who says AI likely saved her life when she input symptoms that she had ignored into ChatGPT and it flagged the possibility she had cancer. But researchers from the University of Waterloo, including Sirisha Rambhatla, Director of the Critical

en

00:18:32

Rehabbing Primary Care: One Solution to the Doctor...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/12/11

According to CIHI’s new report on the state of Canada’s health workforce, 5.7 million Canadians don’t have a primary care provider. In this episode, host Avis Favaro talks with Emily Stevenson, the director of Practice and Policy with the Ontario Physiotherapy Association, and family physician Dr. Alexander Glover about one way to ease pressures on family doctors due to an aging and injured population. It’s a growing trend in Canada and other parts of the world known as first-contact physiotherapy:

en

00:25:29

The Need for Speed: How a 911 Project Is Filling a...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/10/30

When you call 911, police, fire or paramedics respond. But did you know they have no access to any medical information before they arrive? They’ll only get it at the scene — if you’re conscious and can tell them, if someone else is there, or if you have a medical bracelet or card with details. But even then, studies show the information, which is relayed by phone, takes an average of 7 minutes from dispatch, which delays medical treatment.In this episode, host Avis Favaro talks with Leslie McGill,

en

00:28:41

The Long Road Ahead: Mental Health and Substance Use...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/10/23

New data shows that two in five Canadians say they aren't getting any or enough mental health care to improve their lives. Host Avis Favaro talks about a first, and historic step for mental health in Canada. Data collected from a new agreement between Ottawa and the provinces and territories - to measure over time how mental health services in the community are being served - and how new targeted funding is improving services.You'll hear from three people committed to improving mental health. Sachin

en

00:30:39

Canada First: Fixing Our Medical Supply Chain

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/09/16

“Canada First” is a phrase politicians have been using a lot lately. But it’s been focused primarily on steel, aluminum and other consumer products. Nurse and scientist Anne Snowdon wants to change that. She’s been documenting Canada’s chaotic and vulnerable medical supply system that she says puts patients and health care workers at risk. There are over 3,000 shortages of critical medical tools and medications every year — with Canada suffering the highest rate of disruption in the world. And most

en

00:32:29

Deadly Impact: The Rise of E-Scooter Injuries

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/07/22

Chet Walker wants to warn Canadians about how dangerous e-scooters can be. His son Austin was killed after a driver hit him while he was riding home on an e-scooter. In fact, CIHI data shows a 22% increase in hospitalizations from e-scooter injuries across the country. Doctors are starting to send out an alert — as they document the rising fractures, brain injuries and worse, with most riders not wearing helmets.Host Avis Favaro meets Dr. Brian Rowe, who studies e-scooter injuries in Edmonton, and

en

00:23:52

Can AI Help Identify Babies at Risk of Autism?

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/07/09

What can we learn about the mysteries of autism by combining artificial intelligence and Canada's valuable health data? That is the question posed by Dr. Christine Armour, pediatrician and geneticist at the University of Ottawa, and a physician scientist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Join host Avis Favaro as she learns about a first-of-its-kind study being led by Dr. Armour and her team at CHEO, into whether machine learning can effectively analyze health data on Canadian mothers

en

00:27:07

Lost in Translation

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/06/30

Imagine being just 8 years old and having to translate your parents’ medical information into a language they understand. That’s the story of Kayathiri Ganeshamoorthy, who’s made a career out of helping others avoid the misunderstandings and medical errors that come from inaccurate and poor communication. This episode is about how CIHI is drilling down into equity sources of hospital-based medical errors, as data from a recent report shows that people who don’t speak English or French are 30% more

en

00:34:48

Why Don’t Canadians Care About Public Health?

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/06/24

He’s a doctor and scientist who’s helped steer Canada’s public health systems through new diseases like COVID-19 and through a revolution of data-based health care. Dr. Vivek Goel, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo and CIHI’s former Board chair, joins host Avis Favaro to discuss his long career as an academic and the insights he gained as chair of a federal expert advisory panel that called for an end to barriers that prevent health data from being shared more widely in

en

00:27:12

Transforming Health Data: A New Era for CIHI

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/05/08

What are the challenges of leading a national health data organization like CIHI? CIHI’s new CEO, Dr. Anderson Chuck, talks about transformation in a changing world — from giving patients, health practitioners and researchers faster access to data, to improving analysis and context around the numbers.Find out his vision for how data can power the future of health care and what part of his new job keeps him up at night.Click here to learn more about the way we’re transforming to help ensure a

en

00:27:13

Going the Distance

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/04/08

How far do you have to travel for health care? Down the street? To a hospital in another town? How about to an entirely different province? A new CIHI report shows that 1 in 11 people admitted to hospital in Canada have what’s called a high travel burden. Meaning there’s no clinic, no hospital — sometimes not even roads to get to the medical care they need. In this episode, we meet Paula Alorut, an Inuit mother of 5 from Nunavut who travels over 2,000 kilometres to Ottawa to get medical care for her

en

00:20:05

Dr. Manners: Operating Room Etiquette

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/02/18

Behind operating room doors, medical teams work under extreme pressure to save lives. And all that pressure can make for a toxic work environment. Research shows that many OR staff and trainees report being victims of uncivil behaviour — rude and demeaning comments, being ignored or sometimes colleagues not even knowing their name. Dr. Carol-Anne Moulton, of University Health Network, is on a new medical mission — to change the culture of operating rooms at one of Canada’s biggest hospitals. The

en

00:32:37

The Hidden Killer: How a Canadian Teen Lost Her Limbs...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2025/01/07

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

en

00:19:38

Nowhere Else to Go: Why Canadians Are Ending Up in...

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2024/12/05

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.

en

00:31:08

The Long Goodbye: Dementia After Diagnosis

Canadian Health Information Podcast ·

2024/11/29

https://www.cihi.ca/en/understanding-health-care-trajectories-of-people-living-with-dementia

en

52 results

Similar Podcasts

Доктор Тройняшкин

Доктор Тройняшкин

The Dry Eye Treatment PODCAST

Dry Eye Treatment

Différent et alors ?

PATRICK SULAY

Kyle Kingsbury Podcast

Kyle Kingsbury

The Real Weight Loss Coach

Matty Lansdown