{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Karen Oldfield: Raise and Develop Those Around You","description":"Karen and her team are full steam ahead with all the initiatives at Nova Scotia Health today. She speaks with pride about their work around improving patient care and much more. One of the initiatives they\u2019re working on includes the West Bedford Transitional Health facility which helps enhance the chances of patients going back home successfully. Another proud initiative includes the YourHealthNS mobile app, which over half the population in NS have already downloaded enabling them to better navigate the healthcare system. \u201cWe\u2019re on quite a pace, quite a tear, and there\u2019s going to be no rest that\u2019s for sure,\u201d explains Karen when speaking to the dedication of her team and the magnitude of their efforts. On our newest episode of Healthcare Change Makers, learn more about the initiatives Karen and her team are proud of, the collaboration between NS Health and Life Sciences Nova Scotia, and ways to be supportive of those around you!  Quotables: \u201cI like to sit down with the members of the team and basically say, that was then this is now \u2013 your history is irrelevant, I\u2019m turning a page.\u201d \u2013 KO \u201cI really like to give people a fresh start with a new leader and it\u2019s something that has worked really well for me. Even in this current role, I can think of a number of people with a fresh start that just blossomed.\u201d \u2013 KO \u201cI want to serve my province in this role and hopefully make a difference.\u201d \u2013 KO \u201cI love having an opportunity to showcase the innovation and intellectual pros of some of our professionals. And they could come from any part of our system, these are people who want to make positive change for the better.\u201d \u2013 KO \u201cSuccess breeds success, it energizes you and you need the energy to get through the bad.\u201d \u2013 KO \u201cYou need to have people around you that care about you, not about your job but about you, and can help separate the important from the urgent. We all get stressed out over the urgent, where it\u2019s the important things you have to stay focused on.\u201d \u2013 KO \u201cI think for the leader, it\u2019s important to find the ways to raise people, to develop people, so they can give voice to what it is they care about and are passionate about.\u201d \u2013 KO Mentioned in this Episode: \u00b7       Nova Scotia Health \u00b7       NS Health\u2019s More Than Medicine \u00b7       Dr. Angela Merkel \u00b7       Dr. Jane Philpott \u00b7       Margaret Thatcher \u00b7       Chelsea Handler Access More Interviews with Healthcare Leaders at HIROC.com\/podcast Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and X, and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your favourite podcasts. Email us at Communications@HIROC.com. ","author_name":"Healthcare Change Makers","author_url":"http:\/\/www.hiroc.com","html":"