Co-designing a multi-modal sensor system to enable compassionate hip-fracture recovery at home for older adults

Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto Hip fracture,is  a very common injury among older adults (OAs) and recovery is challenging for older adults with comorbidities. Charlene’s project will provide compassionate hip fracture recovery by refining an AI-based sensor system to assist OAs’ hip fracture recovery at home. She hopes the…

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Using patient stories to explore how big data can be deployed to support compassionate care

Physician/Clinician Scientist, Trillium Health Partners Understanding the “whole person”, including each person’s unique life circumstances (including the social determinants of health), may help healthcare workers provide compassionate care. Healthcare workers now use technology to record this information or predict how these circumstances influence people’s health. But we do not yet know how best to design…

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