Send us a text A door swinging open in the OR. A tiny defect in IV tubing. Both seem trivial—until you realize they expose how fragile our systems really are. In this episode, Allie Muniak, Executive Director of Health System Improvement at Health Quality BC, shows how human factors turns everyday frustration into lifesaving insight. We follow her path from psychology to system redesign, uncovering how design, teamwork, and curiosity prevent harm long before checklists or policies do. Allie e...
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Send us a text A door swinging open in the OR. A tiny defect in IV tubing. Both seem trivial—until you realize they expose how fragile our systems really are. In this episode, Allie Muniak, Executive Director of Health System Improvement at Health Quality BC, shows how human factors turns everyday frustration into lifesaving insight. We follow her path from psychology to system redesign, uncovering how design, teamwork, and curiosity prevent harm long before checklists or policies do. Allie e...
Small Changes That Move Mountains: Metrics That Matter and the Outpatient Revolution
Leading Quality
43 minutes
2 weeks ago
Small Changes That Move Mountains: Metrics That Matter and the Outpatient Revolution
Send us a text A small change at the bedside can ripple across an entire system. That’s the spark behind this conversation with Dr. Khalil Sivjee, Medical Director at Cleveland Clinic Canada and pulmonary–critical care physician, as we explore how data, design, and relentless measurement turn delays into decisions and anxiety into action. We begin in the ICU, where a simple ventilator-liberation protocol challenged “that’s how we do it” and proved that even a junior clinician can drive measur...
Leading Quality
Send us a text A door swinging open in the OR. A tiny defect in IV tubing. Both seem trivial—until you realize they expose how fragile our systems really are. In this episode, Allie Muniak, Executive Director of Health System Improvement at Health Quality BC, shows how human factors turns everyday frustration into lifesaving insight. We follow her path from psychology to system redesign, uncovering how design, teamwork, and curiosity prevent harm long before checklists or policies do. Allie e...
