#SCBIpodcast: How small structural changes can impact your patient population with Dr. Camille Lemieux

This week on Small Changes, Big Impact podcast, we have Dr. Camille Lemieux, Chief of Family Medicine at UHN. Today's episode focuses on her leadership roles during COVID-19 and how small structural changes can impact your patient population.

Transcript:

Dr. Lemieux: (00:25)
Hi.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (00:25)
How are you?

Dr. Lemieux: (00:25)
I'm good. I'm good. How are you?

Dr. Rezmovitz: (00:32)
I'm great, thanks. Peachy.

Dr. Lemieux: (00:32)
That's good to hear.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (00:33)
What else could I possibly say about a COVID-19 in the current environment, I guess. Let's talk about you. How are you?

Dr. Lemieux: (00:45)
Oh, you know, I'm busy - kind of a seven day a week nonstop. I want to think about something other than COVID. Trying hard, but it's not working out so well. Every time you try and change the subject, it lasts about 15 seconds. [inaudible] I mean, we're doing fine at UHN. You know, our department's doing well. Morale is pretty good. We're just working hard.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (01:08)
Yeah. Like everybody else.

Dr. Lemieux: (01:10)
Yeah.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (01:11)
That's good. So tell me about all the different roles that you have right now.

Dr. Lemieux: (01:15)
What do I have right now? Well actually, not that many really. I mean, aside from being chief of the department, I am also the medical lead for our COVID assessment center, which is located here at the Toronto Western. That's pretty much it at this point in time.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (01:33)
Just two things. I'm sure there's - what about personally? How are things going on at home?

Dr. Lemieux: (01:40)
Oh well, I'm solo. My kids are actually at their grandmother's because I can't possibly be parents and teacher and cook and short order chef and all that other stuff that kids need at this point - being home all the time. So now they're off somewhere else being fed, which is hard because I haven't seen them for a month. But yeah, you know, it is what it is.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (02:03)
It is what it is.

Dr. Lemieux: (02:04)
Yeah.

Dr. Rezmovitz: (02:05)
So let's add a little bit here. Let's figure out how our listeners can be most intrigued with the chief of UHN of the Toronto Western Hospital - changes that you guys have made to make things better for your patients and of course your staff.

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