{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Dr. Andrew Boozary: The Need to Recentre Humanity in Healthcare","description":"Health is driven by more than what happens in a clinic or the operating room, it is driven by long-standing system decisions. One of the ways Dr. Andrew Boozary and the UHN are impacting health equity is through the inception of Dunn House, Canada\u2019s first hospital-led supportive housing initiative. This unique model couples health and social care by improving health outcomes for unhoused Torontonians, embedding concreate solutions to UHN\u2019s most vulnerable patients. \u201cThis brings a wholistic approach to healthcare, that it\u2019s not just about access to physicians and nurses, that there\u2019s really a more integrated way to think about health, and Dunn House is real action on that kind of thinking and philosophy.\u201d In this exciting episode of Healthcare Change Makers, learn more about UHN\u2019s social medicine program, the impact of Dunn house, and the value of partnership with community organizations. And stay tuned until the end to hear Dr. Boozary\u2019s take on medical TV dramas and which musician helps give him an energy boost.   Quotables: \u201cHow do we recenter humanity in healthcare for those of us who work in the system, for families, for caregivers, and most ultimately for patients.\u201d \u201cHealth and so much protection in society are system choices or policy choices, and it\u2019s not about individual failures but how resources, protection, power, and privilege, really play roles in worse health outcomes.\u201d \u201cThe idea that some lives matter more than others is the fundamental issue or injustice that we face in the world.\u201d \u201cWhatever it is that grips you, that you lose sleep over, that makes your blood boil, whatever it is that you feel this sense of injustice, to not lose that feeling and energy, and pursue it however you can.\u201d \u201cIf the University Health Network is really serious (which they are) about advancing health and not being the university healthcare network, but truly about heath, we need to be able to take different approaches in how we reach people\u2026 who need it most.\u201d \u201cHousing and health are inextricably linked.\u201d \u201cThis is what I think is really the secret sauce, is the partnership and the willingness to think differently about the solution \u2013 that the band-aid fixes are not going to work. That there is a moral distress that becomes imposed on health workers seeing the same revolving door\u2026 and how can we start embedding, building concrete solutions for people.\u201d \u201cI think it\u2019s really important to shout out the incredible work of community health centres that have been leading social medicine work for 50 years or more.\u201d \u201cPreventing some of these feelings of despair or burnout is understanding this is part of the work, and how do you hold and create space for some of it, because trying to deny it or push it out or discount it has its own downsides as well.\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t need a magic wand, we need real investment in people, and that we can see magical outcomes if we actually dedicate that focus.\u201d Mentioned in this Episode: \u00b7       HIROC\u2019s 2025 Conference, Save the Date \u00b7       University Health Network (UHN) \u00b7       Dr. Kevin Smith \u00b7       UHN\u2019s Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine \u00b7       UHN\u2019s Dunn House \u00b7       Dr. Jeff Turnbull \u00b7       Wendy Muckle \u00b7       Dr. Paul Farmer \u00b7       Emmanuelle Gattuso \u00b7       City of Toronto \u00b7       Fred Victor \u00b7       The United Way \u00b7       Angela Robertson, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre \u00b7       Camden Coalition \u00b7       Kendrick Lamar \u00b7       The Knick (tv drama) \u00b7       The Pitt (tv drama) Access More Interviews with Healthcare Leaders at HIROC.com\/podcast Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram, 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":"