Associated Medical Services (AMS Healthcare) is a small Canadian Charitable Organization with an impressive history as a catalyst for change in healthcare. By innovating healthcare education and practice, supporting leadership development and advancing research, in both the humanities and health, AMS strives to improve the healthcare of all Canadians.
Bringing Compassion to Healthcare
Compassionate care should be the bedrock of healthcare, but the intensity, stress and drive for efficiency that characterizes healthcare today takes a toll on patients, families and health professionals. The AMS Phoenix Program, a multi- year initiative launched in 2012, focuses on making a positive and lasting difference in how health professionals nurture and sustain the learning and practice of compassionate care. The Phoenix Fellowship is the Project's cornerstone, supporting healthcare leadership across Ontario.
Compassion to Healthcare
History of Medicine and Healthcare
AMS is a key supporter of the history of medicine and healthcare in Canada, and believes that the understanding of our past is a way to create a better healthcare system for the future. Through the establishment of its Hannah Chairs and the Project Grants, Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Studentships Program it has created an enduring culture of teaching and research. In 2015, AMS announced its creation of the Hannah Chair in the History of Aboriginal Health at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
On November 22, Ontario residents will have the opportunity to be part of a growing global movement that empowered individuals and teams to take actions, big or small, to make a difference in our health care system. Associated Medical Services (AMS) and Health Quality Ontario (HQO) came together to co-sponsor Change Day Ontario. This initiative aligned with HQO’s vision for improving the quality of care within the health system and to AMS’ Phoenix Project focusing on making positive and lasting differences in how health professionals nurture and sustain the learning and practice of compassionate care.
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AMS Healthcare Announces a New Strategic Direction
AMS Healthcare recognizes that technology will change healthcare over the next decade in ways that we can only begin to imagine today. What it means to care for patients is being transformed, along with expectations about how, where and from whom people access the services that they need. As the pace of change accelerates the opportunities will be…
Compassionate Care Curriculum Getting to Know 2018 AMS Phoenix Fellow Dr. Lucie Pelland
AMS would like to introduce our new 2018 Phoenix Fellow Dr. Lucie Pelland. Dr. Pelland is an Associate Professor and Associate Director (Physical Therapy), School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University. She shares her Phoenix Fellowship with Dr. Beata Batorowicz. Why did you decide to become a healthcare professional? My motivation to enter the field of rehabilitation was…
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Getting to Know 2018 AMS Phoenix Fellow Dr. Beata Batorowicz
AMS would like to introduce our new 2018 Phoenix Fellow Dr. Beata Batorowicz. Dr. Batorowicz is an Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University. Dr. Batorowicz shares her Fellowship with Dr. Pelland. Why did you decide to become a healthcare professional? Before coming to Canada, my life evolved around the arts. I studied dance…
Technologies and Compassionate Care Getting to Know 2018 AMS Phoenix Fellow Dr. Gillian Strudwick
AMS would like to introduce our new 2018 Phoenix Fellow Dr. Gillian Strudwick. Dr. Strudwick is a Project Scientist in the Information Management Group at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Why did you decide to become a healthcare professional? As far back as I can remember, I was interested in being a health professional…