Barb Collins

Barb Collins was appointed the President and CEO of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Canada, on July 1, 2016. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities, Ms. Collins served as the hospital’s Chief Operating Officer. As COO, she was the senior Executive Lead for Humber River Hospital’s redevelopment project. Ms. Collins oversaw the design, construction and activation of the new 1.8 million square-foot Humber River Hospital, a unique opportunity to optimize design, incorporate technology and reinvent processes to deliver more effective and efficient patient-centred care, supported by some of the world’s finest medical technology.

The result is North America’s first digital hospital, groundbreaking in its approach to integrating technology across all hospital systems and workflows. At HIMSS 2016 in early March, the Intelligent Hospital Association presented Ms. Collins and other senior Humber River executives with a Special Recognition Award, recognizing the hospital has ‘demonstrated leadership in the digital health community’.

Ms. Collins is a Registered Nurse, with an MBA from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. She has more than 35 years’ experience as a manager and director of all major clinical and support areas of an acute care hospital.