In this episode of Chats on Change interim CEO Karen Oldfield dives into a conversation with Dr. Rob Green, the senior medical director of the Nova Scotia Health Trauma Program. Dr. Green will share insight on his background, experiences, and the intricate details of Trauma Nova Scotia's multifaceted approach, encompassing clinical care, research, education, and policy. We'll also take a glimpse into the future of Trauma Nova Scotia, exploring plans to maintain and enhance the program's impact, improve efficiency, and extend collaboration beyond provincial borders, with an eye on the well-deserved accolades received and the positive impact on patients and healthcare workers alike. Related content: Trauma Nova Scotia's annual report: https://www.trauma-ns.com/_files/ugd/bb84cc_06e2545836fa44a988798f271d468169.pdf Trauma Nova Scotia QEII Inpatient Trauma Consult Service Outcome Evaluation (Oct 2022-Oct 2023): https://www.nshealth.ca/sites/default/files/documents/TC%20Service%201%20year%20outcomes%281%29.pdf

Today Karen welcomes Jeff Fraser, Executive Director of Emergency Health Services and Natalie Borden, Senior Executive Director of Emergency Health Services to discuss how Nova Scotia Health and E-H-S work as partners to provide ready, responsive, and reliable care.

Eunice Ojeabulu arrived in Nova Scotia poised to greet a health care recruiter and start a nursing career, both the recruiter and opportunity were too good to be true and Eunice became the unwilling victim of a recruitment scam. Despite the shocking circumstances, Eunice continued on her journey to work as a Registered Nurse in Nova Scotia and also became an advocate for other internationally educated nurses. Soon, Eunice and I met at a Community Conversation stop in Cherry Brook and our chat set a path in motion to change things. Contact: Eunice Ojeabulu: [email protected] Tara Sampalli: [email protected]

After years of waiting, the Province awarded the contract for One Patient, One Record (OPOR) on February 1. I hope you can hear my cheering from here! On this episode of the podcast I chat with Dr. Christy Bussey, executive medical director for Central Zone about OPOR and what it implementation means for patients and staff and physicians. Transcript available at https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/5pV8MguGXIhW5SzjuCYUIB1dzKvpP45cfKkHIP3o-bC48oD_2nE3J7lCVXJuQLx92dHxnMH-R1H3ussx3PTncN18ETg?loadFrom=SharedLink

Dr. Christine Short is a physician leader and academic clinician who is also the Senior Medical Director of Redevelopment for the Central Zone. "This last year and a bit has been just non-stop, tremendous work by that redevelopment team and that’s why now we’re ready to run and we have the confidence that now that we know the new direction, we’ll be able to get things up and going. People will see changes and positive things happening very quickly." Related links: -https://buildns.ca/healthcare/qeii-master-plan/ [email protected]

Guest host Nicole Brooks talks to NSH Interim CEO Karen Oldfield about her experiences from the Community Healthcare Conversations where she joined Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson, & Deputy Minister Jeannine Lagassé for community conversations across the province about the work underway to improve healthcare. https://novascotia.ca/community-healthcare-conversations/ Transcript available at https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/PnQ3ENtiDTbssRibJmKT6txMfUNpkmza4kAAArnBGkkN7-MegC0aI7brl3Ykt9wLKvDXD7oFv3s_AMl9favCt2q7o2E?loadFrom=SharedLink

In this episode, Karen is joined by Dr. Maria Alexiadis and Lindsay Cormier from the Primary Health Care and Chronic Disease Management Network to discuss the Access Sprint pilot project. The goal is to improve processes in primary care clinics staff have a better work-life balance, while also increasing access for patients who need healthcare. As Dr. Alexiadis puts it, this is a “win-win for both providers and patients.”   The word “Sprint” reflects how quickly the project is moving to meet its goal; beginning with five Primary Care clinics around the province. What’s learned in the first five clinics will then be applied to other Primary Care clinics, then to all clinics. Transcript available at: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/evJ-1TruTy7mhBjxRQIc87iw3iLwS2JkrZqJ6tUHRnMqHD07VIsx27Klgb9sCGF8a-XQe7r5ANJMbfAvlJDpOd0rgqQ?loadFrom=SharedLink

Welcome to Chats on Change where Nova Scotia Health Interim CEO Karen Oldfield speaks to health leaders about the work they are doing to improve the system for providers and the people we care for. Today Karen welcomes Dr. Kevin Orrell, Deputy Minister and CEO of the new Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment in the Nova Scotia Government to discuss the challenges and opportunities for health care recruitment and retention in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Minister of Health and Wellness, Michelle Thompson, discusses how healthcare has changed since becoming a registered nurse and what her many conversations with Nova Scotia Health staff and physicians have taught her about what’s needed now to care for Nova Scotians. Minister Thompson and NSH CEO Karen Oldfield have an honest discussion about the challenges and successes found in delivering healthcare in Nova Scotia.

Transcript available at https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/FDEyyt3i19d903GNs7Crt8NU8XczGkrZRgiXprFT4Rikb-lJTE35EKaAWmB9hpBd-vOKfCIFkSTN4PmmXejlCrIk6hw?loadFrom=SharedLink Everywhere in Canada, health systems are focused on the challenge of improving access to primary care. We are too, of course. Recruitment of providers is essential, but in Nova Scotia we’re tackling the issue from all angles. When a new provider sets up or an established practice has capacity, we want to make it as easy as possible for them to take on new patients and does not take any time away from their seeing existing patients. On this episode, Tara Sampalli from our Research and Innovation team and Grayson Fulmer with Physician Services, join me to explain how we are partnering with Dalhousie Family Medicine to pilot an approach to patient “onboarding” that will see those Dalhousie practices add 3,500 patients from the Need a Family Practice registry over four months. It’s a peak behind the scenes and explores exciting possibilities. As Tara says, “some of the things that we’re offering up here are very simple notions, but they need to be happening everywhere.” To that end, practices who are curious about what our teams can do to help can contact [email protected] or [email protected].