Dan Florizone
President & CEO, Saskatoon Health Region
Dan Florizone became President and Chief Executive Officer of Saskatoon Health Region on January 5, 2015. Dan has amassed 30 years of senior healthcare experience and served as Saskatchewan Deputy Health Minister (2008-2013), CEO of the Five Hills Health Region (2003 to 2008), CEO for Moose Jaw-Thunder Creek Health District, the South-East Health District (Estevan and area), CEO Canora-Invermay-Norquay, and CEO of Wilkie Union Hospital. He has also been Chair of Saskatchewan’s Health Quality Council and served on the board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Mental Health Commission of Canada.
During his career, he led the amalgamation of multiple organizations into a single health district and the reformulation of districts into regions. His work surrounding patient and family centred care established the blueprint for provincial healthcare transformation, including the introduction of the Lean-based Saskatchewan Health Care Management System and the launch of the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative, an aggressive waitlist reduction initiative focusing on quality care and patient safety.
More recently, Dan was Saskatchewan’s Deputy Minister of Education, where he also introduced Lean management across education and government, and Deputy Minister Responsible for Lean. He is currently a faculty member with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
In 2008, Dan received the Institute of Public Administration of Canada-Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Gold Medal Award, and in 2011, the Excellence through Evidence Award from the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI).
Dan Florizone became President and Chief Executive Officer of Saskatoon Health Region on January 5, 2015. Dan has amassed 30 years of senior healthcare experience and served as Saskatchewan Deputy Health Minister (2008-2013), CEO of the Five Hills Health Region (2003 to 2008), CEO for Moose Jaw-Thunder Creek Health District, the South-East Health District (Estevan and area), CEO Canora-Invermay-Norquay, and CEO of Wilkie Union Hospital. He has also been Chair of Saskatchewan’s Health Quality Council and served on the board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Mental Health Commission of Canada.
During his career, he led the amalgamation of multiple organizations into a single health district and the reformulation of districts into regions. His work surrounding patient and family centred care established the blueprint for provincial healthcare transformation, including the introduction of the Lean-based Saskatchewan Health Care Management System and the launch of the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative, an aggressive waitlist reduction initiative focusing on quality care and patient safety.
More recently, Dan was Saskatchewan’s Deputy Minister of Education, where he also introduced Lean management across education and government, and Deputy Minister Responsible for Lean. He is currently a faculty member with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
In 2008, Dan received the Institute of Public Administration of Canada-Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Gold Medal Award, and in 2011, the Excellence through Evidence Award from the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI).
