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On the phone-in: Urban planner, Tristan Cleveland, discusses ways to make neighbourhoods more people-friendly. He also answers questions from listeners about preserving historic buildings and creating more housing. And off the top of the show, we speak with Rebecca Penn who's Nova Scotia Health's harm reduction consultant. She talks about how crack in West Hants may be contaminated with other stimulants or opioids which can be dangerous, even deadly.

Karen and her team are full steam ahead with all the initiatives at Nova Scotia Health today. She speaks with pride about their work around improving patient care and much more. One of the initiatives they're working on includes the West Bedford Transitional Health facility which helps enhance the chances of patients going back home successfully. Another proud initiative includes the YourHealthNS mobile app, which over half the population in NS have already downloaded enabling them to better navigate the healthcare system. “We're on quite a pace, quite a tear, and there's going to be no rest that's for sure,” explains Karen when speaking to the dedication of her team and the magnitude of their efforts. On our newest episode of Healthcare Change Makers, learn more about the initiatives Karen and her team are proud of, the collaboration between NS Health and Life Sciences Nova Scotia, and ways to be supportive of those around you!  Quotables: “I like to sit down with the members of the team and basically say, that was then this is now – your history is irrelevant, I'm turning a page.” – KO “I really like to give people a fresh start with a new leader and it's something that has worked really well for me. Even in this current role, I can think of a number of people with a fresh start that just blossomed.” – KO “I want to serve my province in this role and hopefully make a difference.” – KO “I love having an opportunity to showcase the innovation and intellectual pros of some of our professionals. And they could come from any part of our system, these are people who want to make positive change for the better.” – KO “Success breeds success, it energizes you and you need the energy to get through the bad.” – KO “You need to have people around you that care about you, not about your job but about you, and can help separate the important from the urgent. We all get stressed out over the urgent, where it's the important things you have to stay focused on.” – KO “I think for the leader, it's important to find the ways to raise people, to develop people, so they can give voice to what it is they care about and are passionate about.” – KO Mentioned in this Episode: ·       Nova Scotia Health ·       NS Health's More Than Medicine ·       Dr. Angela Merkel ·       Dr. Jane Philpott ·       Margaret Thatcher ·       Chelsea Handler Access More Interviews with Healthcare Leaders at HIROC.com/podcast Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and X, and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your favourite podcasts. Email us at Communications@HIROC.com.

Last night Nova Scotia Health Palliative Care and Nephrology Services teams hosted one of their bi-annual memorial services. To tell us more about it, and the importance of these services, Jeff Douglas spoke with Eric Newson. He is the health service manager for Nova Scotia Health's palliative care program in HRM.

On the phone-in: Our guest is Dr Shelly McNeil, an infectious diseases specialist and the senior medical director of Nova Scotia Health's Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections Network. She answers questions about Covid and the vaccines that are available this Fall for respiratory illnesses. And off the top of the show, we hear about a symposium about homelessness and food insecurity at UPEI. Our guest is Laurie Brinklow. And the CBC's Jacques Poitras asks people in St Stephen, NB about the US election results.  

After a last minute shakeup in leadership at Nova Scotia Health last week, our health care columnist Mary Jane Hampton gives us a brief history of governance in Nova Scotia's health care system.

An independent public-policy think tank recently sounded the alarm recently about the province's ability to retain nurses. According to a new report by the Montreal Economic Institute, 60 percent of Nova Scotia's young nurses are leaving the province every year. Hear why Nova Scotia heath says that report was misguided.

Dr. Todd Hatchette joins us to talk about Nova Scotia Health's new at-home testing kits for sexually transmitted infections.

The state of Nova Scotia's breast cancer screening program was hotly debated at Tuesday's session of the standing committee on health at the Legislature. Another topic that came up was testing for HPV, which is the leading cause of cervical cancer. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Dr. Robert Grimshaw with Nova Scotia Health's Cervical Cancer Prevention Program to talk about at-home testing for HPV.

Nova Scotia Health promises that everyone in Port Hawkesbury should now be able to find a family practitioner.

Medical referrals occasionally go astray, which can be frustrating for patients. Our healthcare columnist Mary Jane Hampton takes a look at how to make the most of a new system of e-referrals that Nova Scotia Health is bringing in to fix that problem.

When someone experiences the death of a loved one, many struggle with the grief that comes with it and how to talk about it. To speak about grief literacy and some supports that exist in Nova Scotia, Mainstreet's Alex Guye reached Matthew Fillier, a grief and bereavement practice lead with Nova Scotia Health's Palliative Care Network.

John Gillis from Nova Scotia Health answers questions about the two water main breaks that have caused disruptions in service at hospital facilities in Halifax. Mayor Adam Lordon in Miramichi, NB, discusses the events leading up to Monday's solar eclipse. And on the phone-in: Tiffany Fields from St Mary's University answers questions about the solar eclipse.

Last year, Nova Scotia had its highest number of Group A Strep cases in six years with 96 cases across a range of ages. In 2024, there have already been 10 reported cases of the infection. Mainstreet's Alex Guye is joined by Dr. Ryan Sommers, a senior regional medical officer with Nova Scotia Health, to learn more.

At this point, most of us are able to leave our homes and shake hands with strangers without the fear of contracting a deadly illness. But some people are still living with the aftermath of a COVID infection. Sharon Houle and Stephanie McCarville are with Nova Scotia Health's post-COVID program, and they tell us about how they're helping to treat Long COVID.

Find out how Nova Scotia Health is part of a national study into the long term effects of cannabis on young people. Plus, Information Morning's Feleshia Chandler asks candid questions to university students about the issue of the effects of cannabis use.

Remember the opening scene to Blade where all the vampires dance in a Blood Rave? Well that's basically the scene at Dr. David Conrads lab. Minus the rave music. And minus the dancing in the blood. And minus the vampires. Actually it's really, nothing like that scene. But there's definitely blood. In this illuminating episode, the guys sit down with Dr. David Conrad, a distinguished Hematopathologist at Nova Scotia Health and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University. Dr. Conrad takes the hosts behind the scenes of lab medicine, unraveling the mysteries of hematopathology. The science of blood is fascinating and Dr. Conrad is an incredible science communicator. The gang also dive into the heartwarming Cellfie Project, an initiative Dr. Conrad spearheads at the IWK Health Centre, offering children with leukemia a unique perspective on their condition. Hear how this project empowers young patients by allowing them to explore their own blood cells! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Remember the opening scene to Blade where all the vampires dance in a Blood Rave? Well that's basically the scene at Dr. David Conrads lab. Minus the rave music. And minus the dancing in the blood. And minus the vampires. Actually it's really, nothing like that scene. But there's definitely blood. In this illuminating episode, the guys sit down with Dr. David Conrad, a distinguished Hematopathologist at Nova Scotia Health and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University. Dr. Conrad takes the hosts behind the scenes of lab medicine, unraveling the mysteries of hematopathology. The science of blood is fascinating and Dr. Conrad is an incredible science communicator. The gang also dive into the heartwarming Cellfie Project, an initiative Dr. Conrad spearheads at the IWK Health Centre, offering children with leukemia a unique perspective on their condition. Hear how this project empowers young patients by allowing them to explore their own blood cells! Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

There are an increasing number of ways to access health care, but that raises the problem of how to navigate such a range of options. Nova Scotia Health has unveiled a new app, designed to help with that. Mary Jane Hampton talks about it in this week's Health Hacks column.

Featuring:Dr James Bentley from Nova Scotia Health.Alison Ross, Director of Knowledge Mobilization at Ovarian Cancer Canada.Jennifer Barton, Director of the Bio5 Institute at the University of Arizona.For more background on this episode, head to overlookedpod.com, where you can also get in touch with us.How you can support the show: Leave a review on Apple PodcastsHit the subscribe buttonSend this episode to someone who would also find it a meaningful listen

Nova Scotia Health has announced a plan to curb a common problem in medical care. It's the issue of missed appointments. And the solution? A new telephone number. Our healthcare columnist Mary Jane Hampton explains.

As of this Sunday, masking will no longer be required upon entry to hospitals in this Province. Nova Scotia Health is concluding the site screening that started in response to COVID.

We are talking about about meningitis, how removing one thing from your diet can make you so much healthier, when kids are pawns in other words, parental alienation and Bothsidesism. Guests: Natalie A. Forchuk - Founder, TheParentalAlienationCoach.com Dr. Shelly McNeil - Chief of the division of infectious diseases at Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University

Ken Rockwood is the lead researcher on a Nova Scotia Health project to test the use of UV light to reduce respiratory viral infections among residents of long term care.

Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and P.E.I. are currently exploring whether registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs) could help to augment health-care systems in the Maritimes. Cindy MacQuarrie, the senior director of interprofessional practice and learning at Nova Scotia Health spoke to Portia about a recent study done on the issue.

Nova Scotia Health has launched a new website that shows predicted wait times for the province's largest emergency rooms. Health care columnist Mary Jane Hampton brings us a health hack for how to best use that online information when you need emergency care.

New art installations have been set up in a busy hallway at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax. The project, which is a collaboration with the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Nova Scotia Health and Partners for Care, aims to create a more positive experience for health-care providers, patients and visitors. Mainstreet's Alex Guye spoke with Sara Hartland-Rowe, the lead artist from NSCAD, and Jane Davies, the CEO of Partners for Care.

Nova Scotia Health says Baddeck hospital's emergency department will not be reopening soon. The province says that's because the new urgent treatment centre is still being inundated with people from CBRM.

A week ago, Nova Scotia Health announced a problem with some of the take home naloxone kits they'd received. They didn't actually contain any of the drug that can reverse an opioid poisoning. And on Friday, they said there were new kits being made available to replace the incomplete overdose reversal ones. Ashlie Cormier is the Provincial Manager of Prevention and Health Promotion. She explains why this is a problem, how they found out about it and why it's important for people to know about the kits and how they can save a life.

Nova Scotia Health is asking people who picked up a naloxone kit from a pharmacy to check its contents. Some kits have gone out without the drugs needed to reverse an opioid overdose.

This week in Nova Scotian and Canadian law, I start with an analysis of the Mass Casualty Commission announcement that they are releasing their final report on March 30th in Truro. Next, I review the strange case out of Musgrave, NF where a municipal councilor was re-instated by the Court after having been removed for violating the Town's vaccine mandate. Next, I review the William Sandeson jury verdict, where they found the Dal Med student guilty of 2nd degree murder. There was also this week an insightful decision on Sandeson involving a violation of rules at the Burnside Jail, where the Justice involved did not find Sandeson to be a credible witness. The family of Allison Holtoff is suing Nova Scotia Health, after Ms. Holtoff died in the hospital in Amherst after waiting over seven hours to be seen. Former MLA Hugh MacKay managed to avoid jail time in his second DUI conviction, after pleading guilty to drinking and driving in 2018. The details revealed at sentencing were troubling in several senses. Antigonish Town and County are pursuing amalgamation, but it is being delayed by a group of County citizens who are taking the municipality to court over the procedures adopted. A future court date has been set for July, making it unlikely that the Province will introduce legislation this spring effecting the amalgamation. The Ecology Action Centre has successfully appealed their denial of public interest standing in the re-alignment of the road around the proposed Pieridae LNG plant in Goldboro. I discuss what that means for the project. Finally, I go back to last week's report from Justice Rouleau following the Emergencies Act Inquiry.

On this episode of HSS Presents, join Dr. Michael Ast, an Orthopedic Surgeon and the Chief Medical Innovation Officer at HSS, talking about “How Innovation will shape the future of Orthopaedic Surgery” with Dr. Michael Dunbar, an orthopedic surgeon and Innovator in Residence at Nova Scotia Health and a Professor of Surgery at Dalhousie University. To see the transcript, download the ConveyMED App for free: Apple Store click here  Google Play click here

Imagine being at your job where someone is making twice as much money for the same job. And you can't take vacation because there aren't enough staff members. That's what's happening in our health care system right now with travel nurses and nursing agencies. That has prompted front line Emergency Department nurses to write a letter, pleading for action from the Premier, Health Minister and CEO of Nova Scotia Health. Hugh Gillis is the 1st VP of NSGEU representing health care workers. And although he's speaking out, he says this is coming from the people on the front lines. The RN's who are worried about the strain on the system, the safety of patients and the integrity of jeopardy that conditions are placing them and their licenses. Is this just about money?

I'd like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Anishnaabeg Algonquin People.How can we use positional leadership techniques to become better leaders for our people?Anna Marenick is the vice president of people, culture and belonging at Nova Scotia Health. She has also taught classes on strategic communications at the Nova Scotia Community College as well as teaching strategic human resource management at SMU NBA program.In today's conversation we look at how the choices we make as leaders influence the people around us, we provide advice to emerging leaders, and how to not become the boss that people can't stand.Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #7 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2023. Anna's Episode Link:https://www.leadershipcanada.ca/ Anna's Recommended Book/Movie List:Books:1. The Speed of Trust - Stephen M.R.Covey2. Switch - Dan and Chip Heath3. The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown Movies:1. Dumb and Dumber 2. AnchormanSupport the showLeadership Without Passion Limits the Depth of Your Vision. Connect to Trench Leadership:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowATrench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.caLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=trueConcussion Legacy Foundation Canada Website: https://www.concussionfoundation.caAre you looking for a podcast editor/producer? Do you enjoy the quality of the show? The editor of Trench Leadership, Jennifer Lee, is taking new clients. Reach out at https://www.itsalegitbusiness.comI'm excited to share that Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is partnering with The Critical Thinking Institute, offering affordable courses to help leaders unlock the limitless potential that critically thinking gives all of us. Head on over to CTinstitute.com and check out their courses. When you find a course that speaks to you, and trust me, you will, use discount code trenchleadership for a 20% discount and begin unlocking your full critical thinking potential!

Hospital care is primary about the nurses. If you are being admitted for surgery, it's so that the nursing staff can look after you until you are discharged. And there's been a lot of talk about the pressures on the Emergency Departments in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Health has recently announced ways to help support the nurses in those roles now and to encourage others to move into those positions. Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy is Chief Nurse Executive with The Nova Scotia Heath Authority. She describes what they're doing to help support, train and keep Nurses and other front line health care workers in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Public Health officials are investigating the death of a Saint Mary's University student who they suspect had meningococcal meningitis. To talk about the disease and possible preventive measures we reached Dr. Jesse Kancir with Nova Scotia Health.

Nova Scotia Health has set up a mobile clinical to help address some of the need created post Fiona. Tara Sampalli is the Senior Scientific Director for Primary Care.

A new tick-borne disease called anaplasmosis is on the rise in Nova Scotia. It's transferred to people through the bite of a black-legged tick. Host Jeff Douglas spoke to Dr. Todd Hatchette, the chief of microbiology for the central zone of Nova Scotia Health, who gave some insight about the emerging illness.

Gail Tomblin Murphy with Nova Scotia Health and Janet Hazelton with the Nova Scotia Nurses Union talk about improvements to help newcomer healthcare workers get jobs. Malcolm McKay in Hampton, NB, launches the Breezecrest Iron Horse Railway. And on the phone-in: Cruise vacations

There's a focus on the front line workers during this National Nursing Week. And that takes in about 8,000 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse practitioners in Nova Scotia. Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy is the Chief Nursing Executive at Nova Scotia Health. And she was recently the co-author of a Royal Society of Canada policy briefing. She's been working on strategies to address the current and longstanding nursing shortage and exodus that's happening in Canada. And it's why she's advocating for a Pan-Canadian solution. She also address recent concerns raised about travel nursing, vacancies and the effect COVID absences are happening as they look towards recruiting and retaining more of these valuable front line health care workers.

Recent counts show an average of about 600 daily COVID cases in the province, and more than 600 Nova Scotia Health employees are off work for testing positive or being a close contact. Dr. Scott Halperin talks about the rise in COVID cases.

Dr. Beed is an intensivist and anesthesiologist working out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is also the Medical Director of the Nova Scotia Organ Donation Program at Nova Scotia Health. This week Dr. Beed joins Jer and Bri to talk all things organ donation! Why it's important. How it all works. The importance of discussing options with your family. PLEASE visit https://greenshirtday.ca/ and support organ donation today! *Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Dr. Beed is an intensivist and anesthesiologist working out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is also the Medical Director of the Nova Scotia Organ Donation Program at Nova Scotia Health. This week Dr. Beed joins Jer and Bri to talk all things organ donation! Why it's important. How it all works. The importance of discussing options with your family. PLEASE visit https://greenshirtday.ca/ and support organ donation today! *Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

We speak with Brendan Elliott with Nova Scotia Health about street drugs that are laced with fentanyl. A volunteer firefighter on PEI is raising donations to help firefighters in Ukraine. And on the phone-in: Housing co-ops.

Nova Scotia Health has announced new walk-in clinics for New Glasgow & Truro staffed by pharmacists and a nurse practitioner. Dr Bob Barkwell from the NS Health Coalition shares his views on this private-public partnership. We hear about a car stolen 20 years ago that was recovered. And on the phone-in: Barry Walker on heat pumps.

Gail Prosper threw her back out earlier this month. After being taken to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital by ambulance, Prosper says she was left on a stretcher, in a hallway for hours, without being checked in, assessed, or given anything to make her comfortable. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Prosper, as well as Aaron Prosper and Madonna MacDonald from Nova Scotia Health.

Nova Scotia Health is hosting an event later this month called the Health Innovation Showcase. It will happen on Feb. 22 (from Halifax) and Feb. 25 (from New Glasgow) to officially launch the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. And they say it's to deliver high-impact solutions for patients and providers by using technology like the Virtual Care program that connects orphaned patients with medical services virtually. Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy is the Vice President of Research, Innovation and Discovery for Nova Scotia Health. And she describes what this initiative is all about, and how it can be helpful to some of the other systemic challenges that have been amplified by the global pandemic.

Join Jill as she talks with Chris McWilliam, an Occupational Therapist working in community mental health and addictions with Nova Scotia Health, about how we can support people close to us who are experiencing mental health issues.

We take a closer look at cases, testing and response on COVID-19 in the Eastern Zone. Andrew Heighton is the COVID-19 Director for the Eastern Zone of Nova Scotia Health.

With COVID-19 numbers soaring in Nova Scotia, we take a closer look at what we know about the variant Omicron with Dr. Lisa Barrett. She is an infectious disease doctor and researcher with Nova Scotia Health, and with Dalhousie University.

We speak with Jamie Chisholm with NS Public Works and Larry Dauphinee, the deputy warden for Victoria County. They provide an update on the storm situation in Cape Breton. And Brett MacDougall the Executive Director of Operations for the Eastern Zone with Nova Scotia Health provides an update on the health centre in Neils Harbour. We hear your feedback on decluttering. And on the phone-in: Barry Walker on heat pumps.

People who are on the wait-list for a family doctor in Cape Breton will soon get access to primary care through Nova Scotia's Virtual Care Program. We find out how the pilot program has been working so far on the mainland from Dr. Maria Alexiadis, Department Head for Family Practice with Nova Scotia Health, and from Tara Sampalli, Senior Scientific Director of Research, Innovation and Discovery for NSH.

The province is making rapid test kits available for free this week. So how do they work? And how do they fit in at this stage in the pandemic? Dr. Lisa Barrett of Nova Scotia Health joins us to talk about that.

Last week, Nova Scotia Health announced a temporary hold on referrals for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). They say there was a significant backlog caused by an increase demand for the service. They also announced a goal of shortening wait times and resuming referrals as soon as possible. They also are planning to full time Nurse Practitioner to help. Dr. Gord Gubitz is the Clinical Lead for MAID at Nova Scotia Health. And Retired Senator James Cowan is a former chair of Dying with Dignity Canada.

High-tech help for drug users? An overdose prevention site is expected to open soon in Sydney and organizers are hoping it will include a high-tech biometric vending machine that dispenses opioids. Reporter Tom Ayers spoke to Giulia DiGiorgio of the Ally Centre of Cape Breton, and Sara Wuite, a health prevention officer with Nova Scotia Health.

Living with COVID-19. Nova Scotia Health has developed a website to help people with ongoing symptoms. Alyson Lamb, senior director of COVID-19 Implementation and Planning at Nova Scotia Health, tells us what resources and advice you can find at: MyCOVIDRecoveryNS.ca

Nova Scotia Health's first Black board member has been released from her position after the premier's dissolution of the board yesterday. Now she's raising questions about the province's commitment to addressing anti-black racism in health care... something she's been working on.

The CBC's Angela MacIvor tells us why Nova Scotia is experiencing one of the worst nursing shortages we've ever seen — and what's being done to address it.

The new Indigenous Health Consultant for Nova Scotia Health is Aaron Prosper of Eskasoni First Nation. To learn more about the new position and his role in it, we've reached Aaron in Dartmouth this morning.

In this episode, we chat with Basia Solarz about how we can bring more of our whole selves to our leadership, to help us face challenges, listen more deeply and lead in a way that serves others and ourselves. Basia Solarz, MAdEd, CPCC, brings over 25 years' experience facilitating conversations in educational, workplace, and community settings. Currently, she serves as the Consultant, Communications and Conflict Competence, for the award-winning Workplace Conflict Resolution Program at Nova Scotia Health. In this role, she offers mediation, conflict coaching, and educational services across the province-wide organization. A Certified Transformative Mediator™ and Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation (ISCT), Basia is particularly interested in the moral-ethical dimensions of conflict transformation as well as the intersection of adult learning and the transformative approach (Bush & Folger) to working with conflict. On June 22, Basia will lead us in a new AST Leadership Learning program - Empowered Communication: Speaking your truth with compassion. You can learn more and register for the series here.

Power & Politics for Wednesday, May 12th with Ontario Outbreak Response Coordinator Dr. Dirk Huyer, Nova Scotia Health & Wellness Minister Zach Churchill, Manitoba Vaccine Task Force Medical Lead Dr. Joss Reimer, Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, and the Power Panel.

We get an update to changes in health services during the third wave of pandemic response from Nova Scotia Health's Executive Director of Operations for the Eastern Zone, Brett MacDougall.

If you're giving birth in the next couple weeks you may have a tough decision to make on who you're bringing in the delivery room. That's thanks to some new rules from Nova Scotia Health. Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentzell has more on the changes.

The rapid spread of more contagious coronavirus variants is driving the current wave of the pandemic... and driving up concerns. We ask Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious disease doctor and researcher with Nova Scotia Health, and with Dalhousie University, how the variants vary.

The Nova Scotia Health Authority Board recently welcomed its first Black board member. What difference might that make? We ask new NSHA board member OmiSoore Dryden.