Using digital care and communications platform in perioperative settings to improve Quadruple health outcomes: Analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) based Informed decisions, risks prediction, and wearable monitoring devices.

Assistant Professor, Western University When patients are discharged from the hospital after surgery, certain complications can result in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions. Surgical recovery after discharge from the hospital can also pose a challenge to patients and their caregivers. Continuity of care after discharge has been shown to reduce emergency department visits and…

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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Respecting Mental Healthcare: What Role for Law?

Acting Director, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy, and Ethics Canada urgently needs better access to mental health services. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been embraced by some as a tool for addressing accessibility problems, e.g., AI-powered chatbots offer therapy, and AI algorithms harness social media data to detect suicidal ideation. While AI holds…

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Developing an AI-decision support tool for ED visits in oncology to augment compassion-centered care

Clinician Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute Many cancer patients access the emergency department (ED). However, 60% of ED visits are preventable with limited tools to stratify risk groups and personalize care plans. Ultimately, this would avoid anxiety and distress. Here, William proposes to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-guided decision support tool to improve management and follow-up…

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Recognizing warnings in adults at risk of life-threatening diagnoses using AI

Researcher, Unity Health Toronto & Clinician Scientist, Sinai Health Delays, and often omissions, of life-threatening diagnoses are common, especially with hospitalized patients. To render the correct diagnosis, healthcare providers need sufficient uninterrupted time to review a patient’s medical record and speak with the patient directly, but the chaotic inpatient environment presents many challenges: interruptions, task-switching,…

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Identifying patient‐validated compassion and equity concepts in community care clinical notes through natural language processing

Assistant Professor, The University of British Columbia – Okanagan In Charlene’s project, she aims to develop and test compassion and equity-grounded natural language processing (NLP) application to leverage otherwise unused community nursing clinical notes. She will develop a dictionary that merges understandings of equity and compassionate care from the perspectives of community nurses and patients…

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