In this episode, Dr. Anne Snowdon and Alies Maybee, Co-Chair of the Patient Advisors Network (PAN), discuss how citizens manage health supply chain disruptions and the importance of citizen contributions to the design of health system supply solutions that work for all Canadians.

In this episode, Dr. Anne Snowdon and Dr. Andy Chuck, President and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), discuss how supply chain data can be used to maximize value and build an agile, proactive and sustainable health system for all Canadians.

Canada’s healthcare systems continue to experience multiple and lengthy supply chain disruptions, compounded by limited digital infrastructure and a lack of real-time visibility into risks of supply disruptions. This study introduces a healthcare supply risk assessment tool, co-designed through a national Community of Practice representing over 60 organizations across healthcare, industry and government.

Currently, most healthcare organizations in Canada lack the capacity to identify products on hand, track their location, or link product use in the delivery of healthcare to patient outcomes. This paper presents a co-design strategy supported by the SCAN Health Community of Practice to define a digital supply chain strategy that will ensure health systems have the supply chain capacity to deliver quality and safe care to Canadians.

More than 3,000 medical supply shortages happen each year in Canada and Snowdon found they last longer, compared with other countries.

“In health care you can’t afford that disruption, because patients can’t get care that they desperately need,” Snowdon said.

Dr. Anne Snowdon was recently invited to appear as a witness for the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (SOCI) study of Bill S-5, An Act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and to prohibit data blocking by health information technology vendors.

In this episode, Dr. Anne Snowdon and Tony Williams, Senior Director of Supply Chain at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, discuss how working with local communities and collaborating across the Atlantic provinces are among the many strategies that are advancing supply chain resilience and positively impacting capacity to deliver care to patients in Newfoundland and Labrador.

SCAN Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jean-Philippe Blouin to its Board of Directors. In addition to his role as Director, Mr. Blouin also serves as the Board Treasurer.

In his current role as Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Distribution and Operations, Mr. Blouin is responsible for all distribution operations for McKesson’s Pharmaceutical Distribution business in Canada, while focusing on the evolution of their wholesale business.

SCAN Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Angelique Berg to its Board of Directors.

Angelique Berg is President and CEO of the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management (CAPDM) and a nationally recognized leader with more than 20 years of experience spanning the pharmaceutical and not-for-profit health sectors.

This paper examines the role of clinicians during supply chain disruptions and the impact of these disruptions on their capacity to deliver care to patients. It also presents a set of actionable clinician-led strategies to engage clinicians in supply chain management to ensure clinician expertise informs supply management decisions and enables safe and quality patient care that is accessible when and where needed.

This paper describes a framework that engages diverse leaders and decision-makers across Canada's federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions to build collaboration that overcomes the silos and competition among jurisdictions during healthcare supply disruptions. The collaboration model proposes to address the challenge of fragmented and competitive approaches among Canadian jurisdictions to source and manage supply shortages, which increases the risk of harm for both patients and the healthcare workforce.

What do online shopping stores, airlines and pharmacies have that the Canadian healthcare system doesn’t? A fully connected supply chain. Learn more about how our vulnerable supply chain is Canada’s hidden healthcare crisis and how a “Team Canada” approach is the only way to achieve health supply chain resilience for all Canadians.

“Canada First” is a phrase politicians have been using a lot lately. But it’s been focused primarily on steel, aluminum and other consumer products. Nurse and scientist Dr. Anne Snowdon wants to change that. The goal is to make Canada’s invisible health care supply chain visible — spotting shortages quickly, promoting the sharing of products across provinces and territories, and preventing the waste of expensive medical equipment.

In this episode, Dr. Anne Snowdon and Dr. Alex Mitchell, a renown surgeon from Nova Scotia, discuss how a digitally enabled health supply chain is critical to improving workforce sustainability and patient safety in a time where our health systems are under exceptional pressure to deliver care.

This paper presents an empirically tested, artificial intelligence enabled search platform designed to automate the sourcing of health products from Canadian companies. The platform enables supply chain teams to efficiently identify Canadian suppliers for health products, overcoming the lack of aware- ness of Canadian manufacturers of health products and builds a “Canada First” supply chain strategy.

We are delighted to share with you the SCAN Health 2024-25 Annual Report. With the threat of tariffs significantly impacting our health supply chain and health workforce, a culture of patriotism is advancing a “Canada First” mindset. This Annual Report profiles solutions designed by the Community of Practice that will protect every Canadian.

This paper documents the design and development of a community of practice (CoP) strategy, bringing together representatives from different sectors, including the private sector, government, health workforce, health system leadership and citizens, to successfully mobilize their diverse expertise and co-design practical solutions to support supply chain resilience in Canada.

This study highlights how family physician’s resilience enabled them to overcome the many challenges they faced to provide health services to patients and has enabled them to rebuild their sense of purpose and duty of care.

In this episode, Dr. Anne Snowdon and Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Distinguished Professor in Leadership at the Royal Military College, take a look at how the past can teach us how to build a more proactive supply chain.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Anne Snowdon, Scientific Officer & CEO of SCAN Health, has been selected for the “Top 50 Women Leaders in Healthcare of 2024” by the Healthcare Technology Report!