Elevating transformation: Citizen-guided and evidence-backed action
Hosted by the Collaborative Healthcare Improvement Partnerships (CHIPs) Theme Group, as part of CAHSPR 2025
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Too often, conventional approaches to health system transformation falter because we fail to ask critical questions: How do citizens envision improving their healthcare experience? And what does the best evidence reveal about designing and delivering effective systems of care? In this interactive dialogue, we’ll hear from citizen partners, system operators, and evidence-support partners – in effect, the perspectives that comprise the ‘three-legged stool’ as defined in the Learning Health System action framework. Together, we will explore citizen-guided and evidence-backed strategies and insights that will help redraw the roadmap for effective health systems in Canada. This includes, for example, actionable pathways for meaningful change that:
- ensures the voices of those most affected by the system are not only heard but prioritized in the redesign of our healthcare roadmap
- relies on the effective use of existing evidence to support advisory and decision-making processes, and learning and improvement platforms
- aligns with the principles of an effective health evidence-support system—addressing local priorities, promoting inclusivity, and enhancing capacity building
Join us as we discuss a collaborative approach to drive effective health system transformation grounded in citizen engagement and evidence. Session slides and a summary will be posted after the event.
Speakers:
- Co-Chairs
- Jenn Thornhill Verma, CHIPs theme group co-chair / 2024-25 Pulitzer fellow, The Globe and Mail
- Nina Doad, CHIPs theme group research associate
- Citizen partners
- Maureen Smith who, among her many hats, was recently the first citizen/patient member to join the board of Canada's Drug Agency
- System operators
- Joss Reimer, President, Canadian Medical Association
- Heather Bullock, Executive Vice-President, People, Mission and Partnerships, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- Evidence-support providers
- Steven J. Hoffman, Chief of Staff at Wellcome Trust, formerly of PHAC and CIHR-IPPH
- Mike Wilson, Scientific Director, 麻豆视频
- Rob Reid, Co-Lead at RISE; Trillium Health Partners’ Institute for Better Health