From the Burgundy Chairs is a podcast for health system leaders created by Santis Health. Bringing you insight, understanding, and thoughtful discussion on the issues affecting Canada’s health system, From the Burgundy Chairs will take you beyond the immediacy of the daily news cycle to untangle some of the health sector’s most intractable problems.
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Generative AI is rapidly reshaping the landscape of Canadian health care, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and critical regulatory challenges. In this episode of From the Burgundy Chairs, Santis Health's Digital Health Practice Lead, Ben King, is joined by Will Falk, an Executive-in-Residence at the Rotman School of Management and a Policy Fellow at the Canadian Standards Association…
Canadian health systems are facing sustained pressure from workforce shortages, rising patient complexity, and increasing administrative burden on clinicians. In response, artificial intelligence tools are beginning to be introduced into clinical environments with evidence demonstrating improvements in workflow efficiency, reductions in documentation burden, and gains in system capacity. However,…
Digital Health Founders is a Santis Health series featuring one-on-one conversations with leaders from across Canada’s digital health ecosystem. From transformative startups to public sector changemakers, these episodes explore how innovators are shaping the future of care through collaboration, technology and bold thinking. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Founder and CEO…
In this deep dive, veteran health journalist Avis Favaro sits down with Nik Nanos (Nanos Research) and Patrick Nelson (Santis Health) to break down the inaugural Santis-Nanos Canadian Health Perspective - a national survey tracking public sentiment on health care delivery, priorities, and system innovation. Worried and frustrated by the status quo, Canadians have lost confidence in the system's…
While Canadian researchers are making incredible biomedical breakthroughs in labs across the country, our capacity to bring those medicines to patients and their health care teams is inefficient, complex and fragmented. The challenges that currently shape Canada’s access environment are being exacerbated by an increasingly unstable and competitive global marketplace. The result? Without new…
With over 2.5 million Ontarians currently without a family doctor, the pharmacy is no longer just a place to pick up prescriptions—it is where health care must start. Yet, a significant regulatory bottleneck remains: while Ontario pharmacists can now administer a wider range of vaccines, they often lack the authority to prescribe them, forcing patients back into a strained primary care system for…
Digital Health Founders is a Santis Health series featuring one-on-one conversations with leaders from across Canada’s digital health ecosystem. From transformative startups to public sector changemakers, these episodes explore how innovators are shaping the future of care through collaboration, technology and bold thinking. In this episode, we sit down with Adrian Schauer, Founder and CEO of…
When pregnancy overlaps with incarceration, trauma histories, or systemic discrimination, care decisions become deeply influenced by power imbalances and stigma. These intersecting challenges often leave vulnerable populations facing significant gaps as they navigate pregnancy and childbirth. How can we rethink care approaches to reduce this stigma and address the trauma and systemic inequities…
Trust in traditional public health systems is eroding. At the same time, health misinformation - and disinformation - is spreading faster than ever, reshaping how Canadians view and interpret science and health care. The 2025 Health and Media Annual Tracking Survey, commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), found that 43% of Canadians are highly susceptible to health misinformation.…
As Canada prepares for the fall return of Parliament, a major policy question is emerging across industries: what is the country’s economic strategy for the next decade, and what role should health play in it? After attending the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s B7 summit in May, BD-Canada posed the question: what happens when we shift our view of health as a strategic investment instead of a…
