Right-sizing Children’s Healthcare: Connecting care & building capacity beyond the hospital walls

Right-sizing Children’s Healthcare: Connecting care & building capacity beyond the hospital walls

January 23, 2026 · 36 min · Season 5 · Episode 19

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In this episode, Dr. Katharine Smart speaks with Dr. Vera Etches about evolving pediatric healthcare beyond hospital walls.

Send us Fan Mail Children’s healthcare extends far beyond hospital walls. In this episode, host Dr. Katharine Smart speaks with Dr. Vera Etches, President and CEO of CHEO, about how pediatric systems can evolve to better meet children and families where they are. Drawing on her public health background, Dr. Etches shares how CHEO is redefining its role - not only as a hospital, but as a connected health system anchored in community partnerships. Together, they unpack what “right-sizing”...

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