Preparing or deciding in serious illness? Digital solutions for a digital problem
Clinician-investigator, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto. Preparing patients with serious illness for progression of their disease calls for different tools than those used to help patients who are deciding between medical interventions. Tavis will study how family medicine residents and physicians learn in the workplace to support patients as they prepare…
Read MoreCapturing patients’ voices through innovative AI technology to enhance compassionate healthcare
Health Clinician Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are standardized instruments that systematically document a patient’s perspective of their quality of life. Voxe is an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform app for youth with chronic conditions that illuminates underlying concerns that are often missed…
Read MoreWorking with South-Asian immigrants to make virtual care compassionate and more relevant to their needs
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing at Western University. Immigrants experience inequities in their access to and use of healthcare, specifically virtual care (VC). In this project, Saleema will first explore what compassion, equity, trust, and a productive patient-provider relationship means for South Asian (SA) immigrants, in the context of VC. She will then collaborate with…
Read MoreLeveraging service design to build a compassionate integrated digital health ecosystem
Researcher, Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health Systems Solutions and Virtual Care Well designed and interoperable digital health tools are required to deliver person centered, integrated care that meets the needs of patients and providers. However, digital health efforts to date frequently fall short. Service design is an approach to building compassionate digital services that…
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