The scientific director and chief executive officer of Supply Chain Advancement Network in Health (SCAN Health) at the University of Windsor in Windsor, ON. SCAN Health is an International Knowledge Translation Platform that engages health system leaders and supply chain experts to advance global capacity to adopt and scale best practices in the healthcare supply chain to offer traceability of products and care processes from bench to bedside to patient outcomes. She is a full professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor. She can be reached by e-mail at
A research analyst in SCAN Health at the University of Windsor in Windsor, ON. She is also a PhD candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON.
Healthc Q. 2021 Apr;24(1):28-35. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2021.26468.
Provincial health systems have been challenged by the surge in healthcare demands caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the country has further added to these challenges. A successful vaccination campaign is widely viewed as the only way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, placing greater urgency on the need for a rapid vaccination strategy. In this paper, we present emerging findings, from a national research study, that document the key challenges faced by current vaccine rollout strategies, which include procurement and leadership strategies, citizen engagement and limitations in supply chain capacity. These findings are used to inform a scalable vaccine strategy comprising collaborative leadership, mobilization of an integrated workforce and a digitally enabled supply chain strategy. The goal of vaccinating the entire Canadian population in the next few months can be achieved when supported by such a strategy.
省级卫生系统受到了 COVID-19 大流行导致的医疗需求激增的挑战；全国范围内的 COVID-19 疫苗接种工作进一步加剧了这些挑战。广泛认为，成功的疫苗接种活动是克服 COVID-19 大流行的唯一途径，这使得快速疫苗接种策略更加紧迫。在本文中，我们从一项全国性研究中呈现了新的发现，该研究记录了当前疫苗推出策略面临的关键挑战，包括采购和领导策略、公民参与以及供应链能力的局限性。这些发现被用来为一个可扩展的疫苗战略提供信息，该战略包括协作领导、整合劳动力的动员和数字化赋能的供应链战略。在这样的战略支持下，在未来几个月内为加拿大全体人口接种疫苗的目标是可以实现的。
