Transforming healthcare in the post-pandemic landscape

Presented by the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship as an agent of the Discovery Foundation delivered in partnership with Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection.

There is consensus that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare delivery forever. Healthcare companies and professionals need to transform how they deliver care in a post-pandemic world.

In the early stages of the pandemic, everyone was told to stay home, use telemedicine and only visit the hospital if absolutely necessary. However, there were patients that would have benefited from being at the hospital. How should that have been communicated to certain groups of patients? In addition, how will emergency rooms look like in the new normal?

Join us in this Design Jam to explore and ideate on how emergency rooms can change to keep patients safe, while ensuring their doors are open and welcoming for urgent care. We will introduce frameworks and tools to help create and evaluate solutions to a plethora of problems in healthcare and beyond. The challenge is not just to survive the newest health crisis, but to work on more sustainable healthcare and improve patient outcomes.

Date: Thursday, July 23

Location: Zoom (the link will be sent to you after registration)

Moderator: Lesley Esford

Lead Life science mentor SFU; Principal at Bio2Strategy; PhD

Subject expert: Dr. Amin Sajan

Physician Lead, Strategic Innovation at Providence Health Care; Consultant Emergency Physician; MD, MBA

About the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship

The Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship is the interdisciplinary home and educational hub for high-impact entrepreneurship and innovation at SFU.

The Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship presents the Discovery Foundation Tech 4 Impact Program – a blended program of inspirational Design Jams, speaker and mentorship series, mentor sessions linked to the SPARK online early-stage entrepreneurship resources, and the highly successful Discovery Foundation Embedded Mentors Program.

About Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection

Western Canada’s first university business incubator, Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection® is a university-wide incubator, entrepreneurship training program for students and recent alumni. From the initial business idea through to validation, Venture Connection® supports individuals exploring entrepreneurship possibilities. The program offers an early-stage business incubator, mentorship, co-op education terms, competitions, networking opportunities, workshops and seminars. Venture Connection® collaborates with all SFU faculties and departments, including the Beedie School of Business, the Faculty of Applied Sciences, the Faculty of Communication Arts and Technology, Work Integrated Learning and a wide-range of external partners. The program is supported by professional staff, including Mentors-in-Residence with substantial experience in a range of industries.

About Discovery Foundation

A registered charity now governed by its own Board of Directors, the Discovery Foundation’s mandate is to promote and facilitate innovation and the development of the technology sector in British Columbia.

Its principal role is the delivery of the Technology Education Program (TEP) through selected Agents who educate technology entrepreneurs in British Columbia. Each year, industry organizations and educational institutions apply to be TEP Agents through a competitive process. This process ensures the delivery of the highest quality programs.

Discovery Foundation currently receives all funding through the independent and self-sustaining organization, Discovery Parks.

Discovery Foundation is dedicated to promoting and facilitating innovation and development of the technology sector in British Columbia. They focus on programs that encourage and support diversity and inclusion. Their management team comprises of passionate professionals who each bring a unique set of skills to the foundation.

About Providence Health Care

Providence Health Care (PHC) is one of Canada’s largest faith-based health care organizations, operating 17 health care facilities in Greater Vancouver. PHC operates one of two adult academic health science centres in the province – St. Paul’s Hospital – performs cutting-edge research in more than 30 clinical specialties, and focuses its services on six “populations of emphasis”: cardio-pulmonary risks and illnesses, HIV/AIDS, mental health, renal risks and illness, specialized needs in aging and urban health and is home to the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.