Understanding compassionate electronic health information exchange from the perspective of people who have substance use disorders

Associate Scientist, Digital Mental Health Lab within the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Electronic health information exchange (HIE) allows clinicians to securely access and share patients’ medical information between institutions. Sensitive health information, such as a diagnosis of substance use disorder (SUD), carries an increased risk of…

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Coping with grief in the digital era: exploring the role of compassion

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and opioid crisis, individuals across Canada have been impacted by the loss of someone they know. This loss effects many domains of one’s life, including emotional and behavioral. Grief following bereavement is an extremely painful, but unfortunately common experience. Strategies to cope…

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