The Next 100

Episode 6: Virtualization + Automation within Health Care in Canada

In this episode of The Next 100, host Neil Fraser and guests Dr. Sacha Bhatia and Dr.
Sunny Malhotra reflect on the rapid advancement of virtualization of health care in Canada through the COVID-19 pandemic and how we need to be looking to what’s next – automation.

Episode 5: Collaboration is the Key to Innovative Care

How can we develop collaborative and innovative systems of care within Canada to improve patient outcomes? That’s the focus of this episode of The Next 100. Host Neil Fraser speaks with Dr. Katharine Smart, pediatrician and president of the CMA, and Dr. Stewart B. Harris, Diabetes Canada Chair in Diabetes Management, about innovative models of care that can be leveraged to improve access health services across underserved populations and remote and rural communities.

Episode 4: The Next Generation of Canadian Innovators

On this episode Neil Fraser interviews three young scientists who share their inspiring journeys of involvement in STEM (science technology engineering and mathematics) and science fairs. These young innovators Keanu Chan, Catherine Diyakonov and Hardit Singh are joined by Reni Barlow, Executive Director Youth Science Canada to discuss how more young people can be engaged in science and tech to develop the next generation of innovators in Canada.  

Episode 3: Changing the health care landscape through tech innovation

Innovation and technology are critical to changing the landscape of health care. In this episode, Neil Fraser speaks to Teladoc’s Vice President of Business Development & Strategy Zayna Khayat about the opportunity and changes needed for Canada to embrace its role as a healthcare leader.

As referenced in the podcast, the Naylor Report can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/report-advisory-panel-healthcare-innovation.html

Episode 2: Evolution of Diabetes Innovation & Research

With both Diabetes Awareness Month in Canada as well as World Diabetes Day occurring in November, this episode of The Next 100 is all about diabetes. Medtronic President Neil Fraser is joined by David Timms, who has lived with Type 1 Diabetes for decades, and Dr. Margaret Lawson, a pediatric endocrinologist who sees young patients with diabetes every day, to hear their perspectives on the progress of diabetes innovation and how they see it advancing in the years to come. 

Episode 1: Building health systems through innovative change

In this episode, Dr. Robert Reid, Chief Scientist at the Institute for Better Health, joins Neil Fraser, president of Medtronic Canada, to discuss how Canadian health systems can integrate a patient-centred approach to care to enhance chronic illness management.  

Dr. Reid is internationally recognized for his research developing and testing population-based innovations in primary care delivery, prevention services and chronic care.

The Next 100

It has been a century since Canadian researchers discovered insulin - a life-saving breakthrough for people diagnosed with diabetes. What does the next 100 years hold?