Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in schools this fall? Ontario’s 1982 legislation spurred organized opposition
This blog was written by AMS Healthcare History of Medicine and Healthcare Program 2020 project grant recipient Catherine Carstairs and her colleagues from the University of Guelph. It very nicely supports the AMS Healthcare concept that History of Medicine research can and does act as a source of lessons that shape or inform the Canadian…
Read MoreA Supportive Action Plan for Patients, Caregivers and Organization
AMS Healthcare has put together this guide that outlines key messages and requests targeted to the various decision-makers and stakeholder groups with whom you may meet.
Read MorePatient and Caregiver Report on Technology and Compassion During COVID-19
Using the data gathered from our 2020 Virtual Conference: Hearing Your Voices, AMS Healthcare has compiled a set of recommendations for ensuring healthcare remains compassionate in the face of technological advancements.
Read MoreBuilding Virtual Relationships
Drs. Alika Lafontaine and Brian D. Hodges discuss Building Virtual Relationships.
Read MoreCommunities are taking the lead on vaccinating hot spots
The provincial system for booking vaccine appointments, which has been confusing and dysfunctional for many, can require resources and skills that those who are most vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 don’t always have.
Read MoreSaying Goodbye on FaceTime
Participating in that call was “gut-wrenching,” Shaikh said, but she realized that to maintain the emotional stamina she would need to make it through the pandemic, she would “have to change (her) perspective.”
Read MoreVirtual simulation in nursing education: Balancing care for the ‘failing heart’ and the ‘breaking heart’
Proponents of the simulations say they give students a solid foundation of technical and theoretical knowledge, but more importantly, they develop higher-level cognitive skills.
Read MoreSeniors with dementia in LTC homes are using virtual reality to relive their pasts
Caregivers and researchers hope that LTC residents who visit lifelike simulations of meaningful places from their pasts will recall old memories not yet motheaten by dementia, causing them to feel a sense of wistful joy, a swell of pride and to open up to others.
Read MoreCould AI make health care more human?
CHARTwatch, is a tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to continuously monitor the medical status of patients on Saint Michael’s General Internal Medicine unit.
Read More‘You need not be alone anymore’: The doctor redefining palliative care
Palliative care physicians were no longer on-call consultants or experts brought in only when it became clear that a patient was forgoing curative or life-prolonging medical treatment. They became a fixture of the emergency department.
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