“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!

Join Dana Trampas and Anne Snowdon in the season finale of SCAN Health CAN podcast, as they reflect on a transformative year in healthcare supply chain resilience.

SCAN Health’s latest study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic’s inaugural wave impacted the professional autonomy of family physicians 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.

The word “innovation” permeates headlines as well as public and private sector policies, programs, and projects. But what does it actually take to implement innovative practices that improve lives?

SCAN Health announces partnership with the “Integrated Network for the Surveillance of Pathogens: Increasing Resilience and Capacity in Canada’s Pandemic Response” at the University of Windsor.

Dr. Anne Snowdon, CEO and Scientific Director of SCAN Health, joins a renowned group of experts in her appointment as a member of the Ontario Research Fund Advisory Board (ORFAB).

SCAN Health announces new leadership for its board of directors. Ms. Lynne Golding, a distinguished health law leader, will succeed Ms. Martha Huston as president of SCAN Health.

Dr. Anne Snowdon, SCAN Health’s CEO and Scientific Director, will deliver a live presentation to professionals from various sectors of the global healthcare ecosystem at the HIMSS23 Global Conference in Chicago, Illinois from April 17 to 21.

As part of a COVID-19 rapid research response program, a group of Canadian researchers have developed 16 publications over the past three years that examined the effectiveness of federal-provincial-territorial supply chain coordination during the pandemic.

Dr. Anne Snowdon joins Huge Moves in a new interview to share her perspective on the global supply chain crisis, exposing challenges in the system of delivering goods.

SCAN Health is pleased to provide its partners with access to a knowledge Mobilization platform that enables collaboration, coordination, and communication within the community of practice (CoP) for health supply chain resilience.

Dr. Anne Snowdon led a session on Digital Health Transformation as a Strategy to Advance Equity in Global Health Systems. This session focused on examining the role of digital transformation in advancing health system performance, including workforce sustainability, patient experience, quality and safety.

This October, SCAN Health organized its first in-person Dialogue Forum to bring its Community of Practice members together to engage, collaborate and discuss supply chain resilience in Canadian health care systems.