Advancing innovative
healthcare with
compassion at its core
Healthcare practitioners, leaders, educators, and medical historians:
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Our Focus Areas
These two areas foster a Canadian healthcare system that's advancing technologically, while staying rooted in compassion and an understanding of our medical history. In each area, we support crucial activities in research education, leadership, and clinical practice.
Bringing compassion into modern, technology-driven care
The history of medicine
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2022 Funding Opportunities
AMS Healthcare Funding in Compassion and Artifical Intelligence I am interested in a Fellowship I AM INTERESTED IN A GRANT 2021 Fellow announcement Fellowships Program Eligibility Key Dates Testimonials Resources Program Does your work help answer the question, “How can digital technology and artificial intelligence change the healthcare we provide?” If you are early to…
AMS Announces 2021 Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
AMS Healthcare is excited to announce the 2021 Research Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence. These 12 outstanding individuals, from across multiple disciplines, have been selected by an external expert review panel as leaders and innovators to address the challenges facing healthcare. The “AMS Compassion and AI” program focusses on promoting the integration of digital…
AMS Podcast: Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
Podcast: Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare We host conversations between leading researchers, scientists, and healthcare providers as they confront the challenges in our healthcare system, especially in the face of the pandemic. All Episodes Restoring Humanity in Healthcare by Addressing Moral Suffering In this conversation Ed Spilg, Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital and Research Chair in…
AMS Announces 2021 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Grant Awardees
AMS Healthcare is very pleased to announce the 2021 awardees in our Compassion and AI Grants funding program. These nine remarkable individuals, and their multidisciplinary teams, were selected by an external expert review panel. Their work will help transform healthcare by ensuring that technologies are enabling of healthcare’s compassionate purpose. This innovative grant program will support…
AMS Healthcare releases: Patient and Caregivers Recommendations on Technology & Compassion During COVID-19
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Get funding for your research and projects in:
- Compassion and healthcare technology
- The history of medicine
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We're proud to share outcomes from a high-profile research community that's improving healthcare. Our resources come from AMS-sponsored researchers and project leads. Find research papers, briefing documents, articles, and videos to help you move your work forward.