As a health lawyer, Mary Jane Dykeman, partner at INQ Law has a strong pulse on health information, privacy, and AI, believing that these factors are critical to the future of healthcare. This pulse allows for a unique and tailored perspective on preventing risk and strengthening privacy.

In this episode of Healthcare Change Makers, Mary Jane taps into her dual expertise to share insight into some of the biggest influences on the future of healthcare, finding the balance between privacy and AI, and the risk processes that improve healthcare.

Quotables:

“I come from a place where I think if you’re going to practice law, wrap yourself around an area you love and just go do it. Law can be anything you want it to be.” – MJD

“I have great faith in the leadership of the health system… it’s a very dedicated group of people across the sector and across the country.” – MJD

“Privacy is in place for very good reasons. We need it, it is the price of entry. And I do think increasingly governments and public bodies are thinking about the fact that they hold this data.” – MJD

“Nothing in healthcare is perfect. We don’t have the resources for perfection, and I don’t think we need that. We need common sense, what is the graceful solution, what is the compliant thing that we need to do.” – MJD

“Maybe it’s a Canadian thing, but there is a generosity, there’s a real push to share what we’ve done.” – MJD

"We think about solutions, not answers." – MJD

“I like risk management because I think it’s very proactive, we’re not waiting for something to go wrong, we’re being thoughtful and considerate upfront and hopefully finding what I’ve always called the graceful path through.” – MJD

Mentioned in this Episode:

· INQ Law

· CAMH

· Sarah Downey

· Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

· Unity Health

· CAMH’s BrainHealth Data Bank

· Gemini Medicine

· CHMA York Region & South Simcoe

· Ontario Brain Institute

· LHSC EpiSign

· Holland Bloorview

· Julia Hanigsberg

· SickKids

· Alan Alda

· Dr. Ross Stanway

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