Virtual End of Life Care

In this conversation, Kieran Quinn, a general internist and palliative care clinician-scientist at Sinai Health in the Department of Medicine and at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and James Downer, a critical care and palliative care physician in Ottawa, discuss virtual end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Leveraging AI to Enable Compassionate and Equitable Community Care and Nursing

In this conversation, Charlene Ronquillo, a Filipina scholar, registered nurse, and health implementation expert at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing, engages in a captivating dialogue with Chantelle Recsky, a dedicated nurse and postdoctoral research fellow. Together, they delve into the crucial topic of “Advancing Compassionate and Equitable Healthcare through Technology.” Charlene, an…

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The Compassion Code, Promoting Fairness in AI for Mental Health

In this conversation, Laura Sikstrom, a Medical Anthropologist and Project Scientist at The Krembil Center for Neuroinformatics at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, and an AMS Healthcare fellow in Compassion and AI, speaks with Sean Hill, the Director of The Krembil Center for Neuroinformatics, Senior Scientist at the Center for Addiction and Mental…

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Generative AI in Healthcare

In this episode, AMS Board Members Kumanan Wilson, Interim CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Bruyère Research Institute, chats with Jaron Chong, Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the Department of Medical Imaging at Western University and Chair of the Canadian Association of Radiology Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence. They discuss the opportunities for generative AI in healthcare diagnosis, efficiencies, and education,…

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Technology, Compassion and the Social Determinants of Health

In this conversation, Ibukun Abejirinde, a scientist at the Institute for Health System Solutions at Women’s College Hospital, and Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI chats with Terence Tang, a General Internal Medicine Physician at Trillium Health…

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Risk Algorithms and Self-Management of Care in Older Adults

In this episode, Dr. Connie Schumacher, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Brock University and an AMS fellow in compassionate AI, and Dr. Andrew Costa, Associate Professor at McMaster University and the Research Director at the St. Joseph’s Health System Center for Integrative Care in Hamilton and Connie’s mentor, discuss Connie’s research on compassion centered communication of risk…

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Digital Monitoring of Stress Responses Among Nursing Professionals

Biographies Gillian Strudwick Venkat Bhat If you wish to participate in the study Program: Interventional Neuropsychiatry Program Study Funder Department of Defense, Canada (IDeAS Program) UHT-St. Michael’s link to the Phase 1 of the current project (Phase 2) Useful Resources: https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/burnout-in-hospital-based-healthcare-workers-during-covid-19/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35614505/ https://theconversation.com/high-rates-of-covid-19-burnout-could-lead-to-shortage-of-health-care-workers-166476 https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/2/e32240/ Pertinent Publication Links: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34871178/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731177/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10095849 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36310921/ Listen to the Podcast HERE

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Digital Therapeutics Informed by Lived Experience

In this conversation, Quynh Pham, Scientific Director & Principal Investigator at the Centre for Digital Therapeutics at the University Health Network and an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI speaks with Joseph A Cafazzo, (Cafahzzo)biomedical engineer, educator and researcher and the Wolfond Chair in Digital Health, University Health Network Quynh and Joe engage on…

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Designing the Future of Aging in Place

Jen Recknagel Director, Innovation and Design, NORC Innovation Centre Jen combines a background in human-centered design to address challenges at the intersection of health and its social determinants. Experienced with executing a variety of service design projects, she is currently the Senior Design Lead at UHN OpenLab, and Director of Innovation and Design at the…

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National licensure, better virtual-care needed to fix system ‘close to the precipice’: CMA president

This article was written in partnership with Healthy Debate, and is part of a series of seven articles that explore the relationship between technology and compassion in the field of health care today, and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Author: Inori Roy Illustrator: Winsome Adelia Tse Of all the responsibilities anesthesiologists undertake in their day-to-day duties,…

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