Norm Silver

Background

About Norm Silver

I pride myself on being able to discover gaps in healthcare delivery and create solutions that enhance patient experience while using the most advanced tools and technology available. I started my career as a pediatric emergency physician and continue to enjoy provided care to children in the emergency department. Over the years, I have identified opportunities to improve healthcare delivery in a number of areas and worked to improve those areas. These first included initiatives in my own emergency department such as starting nurse initiated x-rays which decreased the length stay in the emergency department of children with fractures by 1.5 hours; starting oral rehydration in the waiting room for children with gastroenteritis which expedited their stays. I then started a variety of programs outside of the emergency department in other areas of the hospital and in the community as a whole-A pediatric sedation service at the children's hospital -A pediatric locum program to provide uninterrupted service to the children of Western Manitoba -The Minor Injury Clinic for Kids which provides approximately patient visits a year to children with injuries-The first non-public urgent care center in Manitoba -A penicillin de-labelling clinic -A drive-up, appointment based Covid Testing site. Currently, I am spending my time as the CEO of QDoc which provides real-time virtual medicine services with the mission statement to provide quality medical care to all Canadians regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic status. I am always working on and looking for my next project to creatively improve healthcare!