In this episode, Dr. Connie Schumacher, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Brock University and an AMS fellow in compassionate AI, and Dr. Andrew Costa, Associate Professor at McMaster University and the Research Director at the St. Joseph's Health System Center for Integrative Care in Hamilton and Connie's mentor, discuss Connie's research on compassion centered communication of risk and self administered online health assessments. St. Joseph's Center for Integrated Care - Centre for Integrated Care (stjoescic.ca) YourCare+ Check-Up Assessment -  YourCare+ (yourcareplus.ca) References Schumacher, C., Dash, D., Mowbray, F., Klea, L., &amp; Costa, A. (2021). A qualitative study of home care client and caregiver experiences with a complex cardio-respiratory management model. BMC geriatrics, 21(1), 1-11.  Costa, A. P., Schumacher, C., Jones, A., Dash, D., Campbell, G., Junek, M., ... &amp; Haughton, D. (2019). DIVERT-Collaboration Action Research and Evaluation (CARE) Trial Protocol: a multiprovincial pragmatic cluster randomised trial of cardiorespiratory management in home care. BMJ open, 9(12), e030301. Jones, A., Schumacher, C., Bronskill, S. E., Campitelli, M. A., Poss, J. W., Seow, H., &amp; Costa, A. P. (2018). The association between home care visits and same-day emergency department use: a case–crossover study. CMAJ, 190(17), E525-E531.  Jones, A., Bronskill, S. E., Agarwal, G., Seow, H., Feeny, D., &amp; Costa, A. P. (2019). The primary care and other health system use of home care patients: a retrospective cohort analysis. Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal, 7(2), E360-E370.

In this episode, <a href="https://stjoescic.ca/connie-schumacher" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Connie Schumacher</a>, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Brock University and an AMS fellow in compassionate AI, and <a href="https://stjoescic.ca/andrew-costa" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Andrew Costa</a>, Associate Professor at McMaster University and the Research Director at the St. Joseph's Health System Center for Integrative Care in Hamilton and Connie's mentor, discuss Connie's research on compassion centered communication of risk and self administered online health assessments. St. Joseph's Center for Integrated Care - <a href="https://stjoescic.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Centre for Integrated Care (stjoescic.ca)</a> YourCare+ Check-Up Assessment -  <a href="https://yourcareplus.ca/learn/check-up-assessment" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">YourCare+ (yourcareplus.ca)</a> References Schumacher, C., Dash, D., Mowbray, F., Klea, L., &amp; Costa, A. (2021). A qualitative study of home care client and caregiver experiences with a complex cardio-respiratory management model. BMC geriatrics, 21(1), 1-11.  Costa, A. P., Schumacher, C., Jones, A., Dash, D., Campbell, G., Junek, M., ... &amp; Haughton, D. (2019). DIVERT-Collaboration Action Research and Evaluation (CARE) Trial Protocol: a multiprovincial pragmatic cluster randomised trial of cardiorespiratory management in home care. BMJ open, 9(12), e030301. Jones, A., Schumacher, C., Bronskill, S. E., Campitelli, M. A., Poss, J. W., Seow, H., &amp; Costa, A. P. (2018). The association between home care visits and same-day emergency department use: a case–crossover study. CMAJ, 190(17), E525-E531.  Jones, A., Bronskill, S. E., Agarwal, G., Seow, H., Feeny, D., &amp; Costa, A. P. (2019). The primary care and other health system use of home care patients: a retrospective cohort analysis. Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal, 7(2), E360-E370.

Risk Algorithms and Self-Management of Care in Older Adults

Biographies Gillian Strudwick Bio Venkat BhatIf you wish to participate in the study: https://www.honeybeetrials.com/researcher/018850/a-paid-digital-health-study-for-  nurses  Program: Interventional Neuropsychiatry Program  Study Funder Department of Defense, Canada (IDeAS Program): https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/programs/defence-ideas/element/competitive-projects/challenges/moral-trauma-frontline-see-prevent-treat.html  UHT-St. Michael’s link to the Phase 1 of the current project (Phase 2): https://unityhealth.to/2021/08/vr-moral-distress-pandemic/  Useful Resources:  https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/burnout-in-hospital-based-healthcare-  workers-during-covid-19/  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35614505/   https://theconversation.com/high-rates-of-covid-19-burnout-could-lead-to-shortage-of-  health-care-workers-166476 https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/2/e32240/   Pertinent Publication Links: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34871178/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731177/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10095849 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36310921/

Biographies <a href="https://www.camh.ca/en/science-and-research/science-and-research-staff-directory/gillianstrudwick" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Gillian Strudwick</a> <a href="https://research.unityhealth.to/research-programs/interventional-%20psychiatry-2/the-team/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bio Venkat Bhat</a><a href="https://www.honeybeetrials.com/researcher/018850/a-paid-digital-health-study-for-nurses" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">If you wish to participate in the study: https://www.honeybeetrials.com/researcher/018850/a-paid-digital-health-study-for- nurses</a> Program: <a href="https://research.unityhealth.to/research-programs/interventional-psychiatry-2/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Interventional Neuropsychiatry Program</a> <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/programs/defence-ideas/element/competitive-projects/challenges/moral-trauma-frontline-see-prevent-treat.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Study Funder Department of Defense, Canada (IDeAS Program): https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/programs/defence-ideas/element/competitive-projects/challenges/moral-trauma-frontline-see-prevent-treat.html</a> <a href="https://unityhealth.to/2021/08/vr-moral-distress-pandemic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">UHT-St. Michael’s link to the Phase 1 of the current project (Phase 2): https://unityhealth.to/2021/08/vr-moral-distress-pandemic/</a> Useful Resources: <a href="https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/burnout-in-hospital-based-healthcare-workers-during-covid-19/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/burnout-in-hospital-based-healthcare-</a> <a href="https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/burnout-in-hospital-based-healthcare-workers-during-covid-19/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> workers-during-covid-19/</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35614505/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35614505/</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/high-rates-of-covid-19-burnout-could-lead-to-shortage-of-health-care-workers-166476" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://theconversation.com/high-rates-of-covid-19-burnout-could-lead-to-shortage-of-</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/high-rates-of-covid-19-burnout-could-lead-to-shortage-of-health-care-workers-166476" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> health-care-workers-166476</a> <a href="https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/2/e32240/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/2/e32240/</a>   Pertinent Publication Links: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34871178/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34871178/</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731177/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731177/</a> <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10095849" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10095849</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36310921/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36310921/</a>

Digital Monitoring of Stress Responses Among Nursing Professionals

Welcome to our conversation titled, Digital Therapeutics Informed by Lived Experience. In this conversation Quynh Pham, Scientific Director and Principal Investigator at the Center for Digital Therapeutics at the University Health Network, and an AMS healthcare fellow and Compassionate AI, speaks with Joseph Cafazzo, Biomedical Engineer, Educator and Researcher, and the Wolfond Chair in Digital Health University Health Network. Quynh and Joe engage on digital health, digital therapeutics and the lived stories that have inspired their groundbreaking work. Twitter: @drquynhpham / @josephcafazzo Academic profiles:  Quynh / Joe  The Centre for Digital Therapeutics: https://www.centrefordigitaltherapeutics.ca/ The Medly digital therapeutic for heart failure management https://medly.ca/ Developing Digital Therapeutics: The University Health Network Experience: https://commercialbiotechnology.com/menuscript/index.php/jcb/article/view/1023 (PDF of paper attached) The Value of Technology to Support Dyadic Caregiving for Individuals Living With Heart Failure: Qualitative Descriptive Study: https://www.jmir.org/2022/9/e40108/ The Future of Virtual Care for Older Ethnic Adults Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: https://www.jmir.org/2022/1/e29876/ A Dyadic Digital Health Module for Chronic Disease Shared Care: Design Thinking: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45035 3 Ways to Support Patient-Caregiver Pairs through Equitable Virtual Care: https://transformhf.ca/medly-caretown-virtual-care/ 

Welcome to our conversation titled, Digital Therapeutics Informed by Lived Experience. In this conversation Quynh Pham, Scientific Director and Principal Investigator at the Center for Digital Therapeutics at the University Health Network, and an AMS healthcare fellow and Compassionate AI, speaks with Joseph Cafazzo, Biomedical Engineer, Educator and Researcher, and the Wolfond Chair in Digital Health University Health Network. Quynh and Joe engage on digital health, digital therapeutics and the lived stories that have inspired their groundbreaking work. Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/DrQPham" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@drquynhpham</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/josephcafazzo?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@josephcafazzo</a> Academic profiles: <a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/quynh-pham/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Quynh</a> / <a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/joe-a-cafazzo/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joe</a> <ol> <li>The Centre for Digital Therapeutics: <a href="https://www.centrefordigitaltherapeutics.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.centrefordigitaltherapeutics.ca/</a></li> <li>The Medly digital therapeutic for heart failure management <a href="https://medly.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://medly.ca/</a></li> <li>Developing Digital Therapeutics: The University Health Network Experience: <a href="https://commercialbiotechnology.com/menuscript/index.php/jcb/article/view/1023" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://commercialbiotechnology.com/menuscript/index.php/jcb/article/view/1023</a> (PDF of paper attached)</li> <li>The Value of Technology to Support Dyadic Caregiving for Individuals Living With Heart Failure: Qualitative Descriptive Study: <a href="https://www.jmir.org/2022/9/e40108/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jmir.org/2022/9/e40108/</a></li> <li>The Future of Virtual Care for Older Ethnic Adults Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: <a href="https://www.jmir.org/2022/1/e29876/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jmir.org/2022/1/e29876/</a></li> <li>A Dyadic Digital Health Module for Chronic Disease Shared Care: Design Thinking: <a href="https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45035" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45035</a></li> <li>3 Ways to Support Patient-Caregiver Pairs through Equitable Virtual Care: <a href="https://transformhf.ca/medly-caretown-virtual-care/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://transformhf.ca/medly-caretown-virtual-care/</a></li> </ol>

Digital Therapeutics Informed by Lived Experience

Jen Recknagel Director, Innovation and Design, NORC Innovation Centre Jen combines a background in human-centered design to address challenges at the intersection of health and its social determinants. Experienced with executing a variety of service design projects, she is currently the Senior Design Lead at UHN OpenLab, and Director of Innovation and Design at the NORC Innovation Centre. Her work is focused on engaging a diverse set of stakeholders, and using participatory-led approaches to developing solutions to complex organizational and health system challenges, a national award-winning magazine focused on urban health in Toronto. Isabel Mannion RN, BN, M Sc,(A) , CHE Member of the Seniors Advisory Committee and The NORC Innovation Centre Advisory Committee Isabel Mannion has baccalaureate and master’s degrees in nursing with a particular interest and experience in gerontology, the study of aging. A retired senior, she enjoyed a long career working in, consulting, accrediting, speaking, and writing about the care of elders and others in long term, chronic and acute care, UHN’s NORC Innovation Centre, and serves on two of its committees. NIC Vision The NORC Innovation Centre at UHN (NIC) is a first-of-its-kind centre advancing new models of social connection and accessible care for older adults living in the community. Our mission is to support a new model of integrated health and social care in naturally-occurring retirement communities (NORC), and to develop health, social, and technology solutions that support healthy aging. Resources NORC Innovation Centre at UHN Stay Updated: Twitter | LinkedIn | Sign Up For Our Emails Policy Paper created in conjunction with the National Institute for Aging “It’s Time to Unleash the Power of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in Canada”  https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/NORC-Report-FINAL.pdf Toronto Star article Women’s College Hospital Women’s College Hospital and NIC have secured a 3 million research grant funding to study NORCs in Toronto. The objective of the research is to identify new solutions by successfully implementing community-driven NORCs enhanced with on-site access to health services and social supports (referred to as ‘enhanced NORCs’) that leverage and build on existing community resources.  Women’s Age lab website Definition: ‘Elder orphans,’ without kids or spouses, face old age alone. An overlooked segment of the population.

Jen Recknagel Director, Innovation and Design, NORC Innovation Centre Jen combines a background in human-centered design to address challenges at the intersection of health and its social determinants. Experienced with executing a variety of service design projects, she is currently the Senior Design Lead at UHN OpenLab, and Director of Innovation and Design at the NORC Innovation Centre. Her work is focused on engaging a diverse set of stakeholders, and using participatory-led approaches to developing solutions to complex organizational and health system challenges, a national award-winning magazine focused on urban health in Toronto. Isabel Mannion RN, BN, M Sc,(A) , CHE Member of the Seniors Advisory Committee and The NORC Innovation Centre Advisory Committee Isabel Mannion has baccalaureate and master’s degrees in nursing with a particular interest and experience in gerontology, the study of aging. A retired senior, she enjoyed a long career working in, consulting, accrediting, speaking, and writing about the care of elders and others in long term, chronic and acute care, UHN’s NORC Innovation Centre, and serves on two of its committees. NIC Vision The NORC Innovation Centre at UHN (NIC) is a first-of-its-kind centre advancing new models of social connection and accessible care for older adults living in the community. Our mission is to support a new model of integrated health and social care in naturally-occurring retirement communities (NORC), and to develop health, social, and technology solutions that support healthy aging. Resources <a href="https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">NORC Innovation Centre at UHN</a> Stay Updated: <a href="https://twitter.com/AMSHealthcare" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ams-healthcare/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sign Up For Our Emails</a> Policy Paper created in conjunction with the National Institute for Aging “It’s Time to Unleash the Power of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in Canada” <a href="https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/NORC-Report-FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://norcinnovationcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/NORC-Report-FINAL.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/04/canada-has-been-cool-%20%20to-natural-retirement-communities-high-park-condo-residents-are-trying-to-make-a-go-of-it.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Toronto Star article</a> <a href="https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Women’s College Hospital</a> Women’s College Hospital and NIC have secured a 3 million research grant funding to study NORCs in Toronto. The objective of the research is to identify new solutions by successfully implementing community-driven NORCs enhanced with on-site access to health services and social supports (referred to as ‘enhanced NORCs’) that leverage and build on existing community resources. <a href="https://www.womensresearch.ca/womens-age-lab/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Women’s Age lab website</a> Definition: ‘Elder orphans,’ without kids or spouses, face old age alone. An overlooked segment of the population.

Designing the Future of Aging in Place

In this conversation, Benjamin Chin-Yee, an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI Clinical Fellow in Hematology at Western University and Post Doctoral Associate at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western engages with Jay Shaw, an AMS Healthcare Phoenix Fellow Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto and Research Director of AI Ethics and Health at the University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics discuss digital technologies for healthcare and health equity and the impact these technologies are going to have on how we care for patients AMS Website https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/ Benjamin Chin-Yee https://www.benchinyee.com/ Jay Shaw https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty/james-jay-andrew-shaw/ Challenges and Strategies in Engaging Structurally Marginalized Communities in Virtual Care:  https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/29/5/990/6532728?login=false The Definition of Inclusive Design: https://tinyurl.com/2p8drzjh COVID-19, digital health technology and the politics of the unprecedented by Dillon Wamsley and Benjamin Chin-Yee: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517211019441

In this conversation, Benjamin Chin-Yee, an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI Clinical Fellow in Hematology at Western University and Post Doctoral Associate at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western engages with Jay Shaw, an AMS Healthcare Phoenix Fellow Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto and Research Director of AI Ethics and Health at the University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics discuss digital technologies for healthcare and health equity and the impact these technologies are going to have on how we care for patients AMS Website <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/</a> Benjamin Chin-Yee <a href="https://www.benchinyee.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.benchinyee.com/</a> Jay Shaw <a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty/james-jay-andrew-shaw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty/james-jay-andrew-shaw/</a> Challenges and Strategies in Engaging Structurally Marginalized Communities in Virtual Care: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/29/5/990/6532728?login=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/29/5/990/6532728?login=false</a> The Definition of Inclusive Design: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2p8drzjh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/2p8drzjh</a> COVID-19, digital health technology and the politics of the unprecedented by Dillon Wamsley and Benjamin Chin-Yee: <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517211019441" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517211019441</a>

Digital Health Equity

In this episode, Sarah Munce, Scientist at the KITE Research Institute at the University Health Network, and Assistant Professor in the department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto, and Jennifer Stinson, Nurse and Clinician Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Science Programs within the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children, discuss virtual peer navigation as an avenue for the delivery of compassionate care for youth, and a smartphone based app that has been developed to help young people cope with pain.  Pediatric Patient Engagement Online Training Material https://porcch.ca/

In this episode, Sarah Munce, Scientist at the KITE Research Institute at the University Health Network, and Assistant Professor in the department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto, and Jennifer Stinson, Nurse and Clinician Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Science Programs within the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children, discuss virtual peer navigation as an avenue for the delivery of compassionate care for youth, and a smartphone based app that has been developed to help young people cope with pain.  Pediatric Patient Engagement Online Training Material <a href="https://porcch.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://porcch.ca/</a>

Digital Peer Support

A Conversational Health Chatbot, Bringing Compassion to a Tailored Digital Health Intervention for Women with Heart Disease. Supervisors and Mentors Dr. Elizabeth Peter, Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Dr. Peter locates her work in feminist health care and will provide mentorship in compassionate care. Dr. Joe Cafazzo, Executive Director, Healthcare Human Factors, University Health Network. Dr. Cafazzo will provide mentorship on digital technologies that allow for self-care at home. Dr. Mustafa Al-Durra, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft. Dr. Al-Durra will provide mentorship in artificial intelligence, Chatbot innovation, and eHealth/mHealth trends. Four women with lived experiences will be advisors to this fellowship: - Ms. Nicole Nickerson had a heart attack while pregnant and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories podcast. - Ms. Donna Hart had a heart transplant and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories video. - Ms. Vincenza Spiteri DeBonis has non-obstructive coronary artery disease and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories video. - Ms. Lise Owens has Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories podcast. Proposed Compassion Technologies and Attributes for Chatbot ‘Holly’ Chit-Chat. Relationship optimization – bidirectional, phased, actionable conversation (Authentic, Aware, Respectful). Text Summarization. Voice tone and/or responsive data points in the text of women used to assess mood/emotion (Aware, Empathic, Empowering). Personalized Learning. A responsive Library (Credible, Trustworthy, Reliable). Customization and Branding. Personalization using colour, style, image, and language (Credible) Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Praise and offer support (Empowering). Select References 1. Virani T, Tait A, McConnell H, Scott C, Gergolas E. Nursing Best Practice Guideline: Establishing Therapeutic Relationships. Toronto2002. 2. Sinclair S, McClement S, Raffin-Bouchal S, et al. Compassion in Health Care: An Empirical Model. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2016;51(2). 3. How Woebot Forms a Therapeutic Bond. UK: Woebot Health; 2021. 4. Parry M, Bjornnes A, Victor J, et al. Self-management interventions for women with cardiac pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2018;34:458-467.

A Conversational Health Chatbot, Bringing Compassion to a Tailored Digital Health Intervention for Women with Heart Disease. Supervisors and Mentors Dr. Elizabeth Peter, Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Dr. Peter locates her work in feminist health care and will provide mentorship in compassionate care. Dr. Joe Cafazzo, Executive Director, Healthcare Human Factors, University Health Network. Dr. Cafazzo will provide mentorship on digital technologies that allow for self-care at home. Dr. Mustafa Al-Durra, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft. Dr. Al-Durra will provide mentorship in artificial intelligence, Chatbot innovation, and eHealth/mHealth trends. Four women with lived experiences will be advisors to this fellowship: - Ms. Nicole Nickerson had a heart attack while pregnant and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories <a href="https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/397ef0e68624a9e8972e477ec57462b8" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">podcast</a>. - Ms. Donna Hart had a heart transplant and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irpOhfc2xx0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">video</a>. - Ms. Vincenza Spiteri DeBonis has non-obstructive coronary artery disease and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qq1R1rjIO4" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">video</a>. - Ms. Lise Owens has Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and contributed her lived experience in an at heart Her Stories <a href="https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/a216c401c1e268c94c82a8ec7db59bdc" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">podcast</a>. Proposed Compassion Technologies and Attributes for Chatbot ‘Holly’ <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/how-to/chit-chat-knowledge-base?tabs=v1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chit-Chat</a>. Relationship optimization – bidirectional, phased, actionable conversation (Authentic, Aware, Respectful). <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-customer-engineering-team/bootstrap-your-text-summarization-solution-with-the-latest/ba-p/1268809" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Text Summarization</a>. Voice tone and/or responsive data points in the text of women used to assess mood/emotion (Aware, Empathic, Empowering). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148597/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Personalized Learning</a>. A responsive Library (Credible, Trustworthy, Reliable). Customization and Branding. Personalization using colour, style, image, and language (Credible) Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Praise and offer support (Empowering). Select References 1. Virani T, Tait A, McConnell H, Scott C, Gergolas E. Nursing Best Practice Guideline: Establishing Therapeutic Relationships. Toronto2002. 2. Sinclair S, McClement S, Raffin-Bouchal S, et al. Compassion in Health Care: An Empirical Model. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2016;51(2). 3. How Woebot Forms a Therapeutic Bond. UK: Woebot Health; 2021. 4. Parry M, Bjornnes A, Victor J, et al. Self-management interventions for women with cardiac pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2018;34:458-467.

Developing Compassionate Chatbots

In this episode we have two brilliant scientists, both AMS Fellows in AI and Compassion, discussing how important compassion is in the co-design of digital care allowing for buy- in, ownership and engagement for patient, provider and community alike. Carolyn Steele-Gray, PhD Scientist, Toronto’s Bridgepoint Laboratory for Research and Innovation, Sinai Health Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Management Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Tier Two Canada Research C hair in Implementing Health Innovation 2020 AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and Technology Mike Lovas, BEng, MASc, BDes Director of Design and Innovation at Cancer Digital Intelligence, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at UHN. 2021 AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and Technology

In this episode we have two brilliant scientists, both AMS Fellows in AI and Compassion, discussing how important compassion is in the co-design of digital care allowing for buy- in, ownership and engagement for patient, provider and community alike. Carolyn Steele-Gray, PhD Scientist, Toronto’s Bridgepoint Laboratory for Research and Innovation, Sinai Health Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Management Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Tier Two Canada Research C hair in Implementing Health Innovation 2020 AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and Technology Mike Lovas, BEng, MASc, BDes Director of Design and Innovation at Cancer Digital Intelligence, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at UHN. 2021 AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and Technology

Co-Designing Compassion in Digital Healthcare

In this conversation Nelson Shen NHA, PhD, and Daniel Buchman PhD, RSW discuss patient data privacy and consent in mental health care. Nelson and Daniel are both working on research that will improve the experience of mental health patients and their relationships with health care providers. If you would like more information on Nelson and Daniel and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started: Nelson Shen, NHA, PhD: Scientist at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy Management Evaluation, and a 2021 AMS Healthcare Compassion and AI Fellow Nelson Shen AMS Healthcare project: Imagining Compassionate Consent for Digital Mental Health Services. Daniel Buchman, PhD, RSW: Bio Ethicist and Independent Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Member of the University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, and a 2020 AMS Healthcare Compassion and AI Fellow. Daniel Buchman AMS Healthcare project: Understanding AI implications for stigma and compassion in mental health and addiction.  BrainHealth Databank: A CAMH-wide initiative that will accelerate research and improve care by collecting and studying the full spectrum of data that individuals choose to share to advance mental health. 

In this conversation Nelson Shen NHA, PhD, and Daniel Buchman PhD, RSW discuss patient data privacy and consent in mental health care. Nelson and Daniel are both working on research that will improve the experience of mental health patients and their relationships with health care providers. If you would like more information on Nelson and Daniel and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started: Nelson Shen, NHA, PhD: Scientist at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy Management Evaluation, and a 2021 AMS Healthcare Compassion and AI Fellow Nelson Shen AMS Healthcare project: <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/imagining-compassionate-consent-for-digital-mental-%20health-services/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Imagining Compassionate Consent for Digital Mental Health Services.</a> Daniel Buchman, PhD, RSW: Bio Ethicist and Independent Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Member of the University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, and a 2020 AMS Healthcare Compassion and AI Fellow. Daniel Buchman AMS Healthcare project: <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/understanding-ai-implications-for-%20stigma-and-compassion-in-mental-health-and-addiction/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding AI implications for stigma and compassion in mental health and addiction. </a> BrainHealth Databank: <a href="https://www.camh.ca/en/science-and-research/discovery-fund/brainhealth-databank" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">A CAMH-wide initiative that will accelerate research and improve care by collecting and studying the full spectrum of data that individuals choose to share to advance mental</a> <a href="https://www.camh.ca/en/science-and-research/discovery-fund/brainhealth-databank" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">health. </a>

Compassion in Digital Mental Health

In this conversation Nicole Letourneau RN, BN, MN, PhD, Monica Oxford PhD, and Linda Duffet-Leger PhD, MN, BN discuss their study on mothers with depression and how they are developing a technology to improve the serve and return relationship between caregivers and their children.  If you would like more information on Nicole, Monica, and Linda and the important work they are doing here are some links to get you started: Nicole Letourneau RN, BN, MN, PhD: Professor and Research Chair in Parent and Child Mental Health at the University of Calgary Monica Oxford PhD: Professor at the University of Washington school of Nursing and Executive Director for the Barnard center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Linda Duffet-Leger: PhD, MN, BN: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary Team members:  - Shane Sinclair: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Founder and Director of the Compassion Research Lab. - Cindy Lee Dennis: Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. - Penny Tryphonopoulos: Assistant Professor at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University - Mohammad Moshirpour: Meng Software Program Director Schulich School of Engineering, Senior Instructor Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary. Parent child interaction teaching scale (PCI): used to be known as the nursing child assessment teaching scale Serve and Return: parental sensitivity and responsiveness to infants and young children in relationships EQIP: enabling quality interaction with parents Links to resources on infant and child mental health:  https://www.sickkids.ca/en/learning/our-programs/infant-and-early-mental-health-promotion/ https://www.zerotothree.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMxrMJBZdQ  https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/  https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/serve-return-interaction-shapes-brain-circuitry/ https://barnardcenter.nursing.uw.edu/ https://www.pcrprograms.org/

In this conversation Nicole Letourneau RN, BN, MN, PhD, Monica Oxford PhD, and Linda Duffet-Leger PhD, MN, BN discuss their study on mothers with depression and how they are developing a technology to improve the serve and return relationship between caregivers and their children.  If you would like more information on Nicole, Monica, and Linda and the important work they are doing here are some links to get you started: Nicole Letourneau RN, BN, MN, PhD: Professor and Research Chair in Parent and Child Mental Health at the University of Calgary Monica Oxford PhD: Professor at the University of Washington school of Nursing and Executive Director for the Barnard center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Linda Duffet-Leger: PhD, MN, BN: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary Team members:  - Shane Sinclair: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Founder and Director of the Compassion Research Lab. - Cindy Lee Dennis: Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. - Penny Tryphonopoulos: Assistant Professor at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University - Mohammad Moshirpour: Meng Software Program Director Schulich School of Engineering, Senior Instructor Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary. Parent child interaction teaching scale (PCI): used to be known as the nursing child assessment teaching scale Serve and Return: parental sensitivity and responsiveness to infants and young children in relationships EQIP: enabling quality interaction with parents Links to resources on infant and child mental health: <a href="https://www.sickkids.ca/en/learning/our-programs/infant-and-early-mental-health-promotion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.sickkids.ca/en/learning/our-programs/infant-and-early-mental-health-promotion/</a> <a href="https://www.zerotothree.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.zerotothree.org/</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMxrMJBZdQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMxrMJBZdQ</a> <a href="https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/</a> <a href="https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/serve-return-interaction-shapes-brain-circuitry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/serve-return-interaction-shapes-brain-circuitry/</a> <a href="https://barnardcenter.nursing.uw.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://barnardcenter.nursing.uw.edu/</a> <a href="https://www.pcrprograms.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pcrprograms.org/</a>

AI Democratizing Access to Parent Child Quality Assessment

This podcast, brought to you by AMS Healthcare, explores the convergence of technology and compassion in healthcare today.Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare will host conversations between leading researchers, scientists and healthcare providers, as well as patients and caregivers, as they confront the challenges threatening our healthcare system, especially in the face of the pandemic. Join us as they discuss the opportunities for digital health to innovate all aspects of our healthcare today, and tomorrow. They will share their hope for technology, and they will share some cautionary tales about what they are seeing in the field. We hope to foster open and frank discussions about how they think we should integrate technology into the health-care system in a way that enhances – and doesn’t diminish – compassionate care.  Because ultimately, we want these discussions to help us all advance the cause of better healthcare for patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers everywhere. If there was ever a time to uphold compassion as the bedrock and guiding principle of healthcare, it’s now! Join us for these illuminating  conversations as AMS Healthcare explores “Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare.

In this conversation Amy Hsu PhD, Scientist at Bruyère Research Institute, and Faculty Member of Family Medicine in Ottawa, and Peter Tanuseputro MHSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, Public Health Physician at the Bruyère Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute discuss AI enabled compassionate end of life care through their life expectancy calculator Project Big Life.   Dr. Amy Hsu, PhD: Scientist at Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa and a Faculty Member in the Department of Family Medicine in Ottawa. Amy holds the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind- Bruyère Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care in Dementia. Dr. Peter Tanuseputro, MHSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC: Public Health Physician and Family Physician at the Bruyère Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.  RESPECT: Risk evaluation for support predictions for elder life in the community tool OSSU: Ontario Spor Support Unit  CIHR: Canadian Institutes of Health Research  RESPECT (Life expectancy calculator): https://www.projectbiglife.ca/ -  Project Big Life has developed 4 additional calculators; dementia, elder-life, heart attack and stroke, and sodium measurements. CMAJ paper  Additional resource about end-of-life care Tool to plan a conversation about death with your loved ones over dinner: https://deathoverdinner.org/

In this conversation Amy Hsu PhD, Scientist at Bruyère Research Institute, and Faculty Member of Family Medicine in Ottawa, and Peter Tanuseputro MHSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, Public Health Physician at the Bruyère Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute discuss AI enabled compassionate end of life care through their life expectancy calculator Project Big Life. Dr. Amy Hsu, PhD: Scientist at Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa and a Faculty Member in the Department of Family Medicine in Ottawa. Amy holds the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind- Bruyère Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care in Dementia. Dr. Peter Tanuseputro, MHSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC: Public Health Physician and Family Physician at the Bruyère Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.  RESPECT: Risk evaluation for support predictions for elder life in the community tool <a href="https://ossu.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">OSSU: Ontario Spor Support Unit</a> <a href="https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">CIHR: Canadian Institutes of Health Research</a> RESPECT (Life expectancy calculator): <a href="https://www.projectbiglife.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.projectbiglife.ca/</a> -  Project Big Life has developed 4 additional calculators; dementia, elder-life, heart attack and stroke, and sodium measurements. <a href="https://www.cmaj.ca/content/193/26/E997" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">CMAJ paper </a> Additional resource about end-of-life care Tool to plan a conversation about death with your loved ones over dinner: <a href="https://deathoverdinner.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://deathoverdinner.org/</a>

AI Enabled Compassionate End of Life Care

In this conversation Dorothy Kessler PhD, Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Affiliate Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute, and a 2020 AMS Compassion and AI Fellow and Babak Taati PhD, PEng, Scientist at the KITE Research institute UHN, Assistant Professor at UofT in the Department of Computer Science and the institute of Biomedical Engineering, and 2020 AMS Compassion and AI Fellow discuss the work they are doing in technology to improve the quality of life for aging populations in long term care facilities and at home.   If you would like more information on Dorothy and Babak and the important work they are doing here are some links to get you started. Dorothy Kessler, PhD,  Assistant Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University  and an Affiliate Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute Ottawa  https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/developing-tools-to-assist-people-with-cognitive-decline-benefit-from-home-monitoring-technologies/  https://healthsci.queensu.ca/stories/feature/queens-research-improving-digital-home-care-dementia-patients Collaborators:  Dr. Frank Knoefel, Bruyère Research Institute https://agewell-nce.ca/frank-knoefel Dr. Neil Thomas, Bruyère Research Institute  https://carleton.ca/sam3/people/dr-neil-thomas/ Dr. Marica Finlayson, Queen’s University https://rehab.queensu.ca/marcia-finlayson  Dr. Jeff Kaye, Oregon Health and Science University  https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-center-for-aging-and-technology/our-team Babak Taati, PhD, PEng Scientist at the KITE Research Institute, UHN Assistant professor at UofT in the Department of Computer Science and the institute of Biomedical Engineering.  https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/using-artificial-intelligence-to-reduce-falls-in-ltc/ Collaborators:  Dr. Andrea Laboni Geriatric psychiatrist and clinical researcher based at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN, Medical lead of the specialized dementia unit  https://www.uhnresearch.ca/researcher/andrea-iaboni Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos: Professor; Research Chair in Aging and Health, University of Regina and Registered Doctoral Psychologist https://www2.uregina.ca/hpl Dr. Yana Yunusova Professor, Department of Speech-language Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Senior Scientist, KITE Research Institute – UHN  https://slp.utoronto.ca/faculty/yana-yunusova/

In this conversation Dorothy Kessler PhD, Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Affiliate Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute, and a 2020 AMS Compassion and AI Fellow and Babak Taati PhD, PEng, Scientist at the KITE Research institute UHN, Assistant Professor at UofT in the Department of Computer Science and the institute of Biomedical Engineering, and 2020 AMS Compassion and AI Fellow discuss the work they are doing in technology to improve the quality of life for aging populations in long term care facilities and at home.   If you would like more information on Dorothy and Babak and the important work they are doing here are some links to get you started. Dorothy Kessler, PhD,  Assistant Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University  and an Affiliate Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute Ottawa <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/developing-tools-to-assist-people-with-cognitive-decline-benefit-from-home-monitoring-technologies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/developing-tools-to-assist-people-with-cognitive-decline-benefit-from-home-monitoring-technologies/</a> <a href="https://healthsci.queensu.ca/stories/feature/queens-research-improving-digital-home-care-dementia-patients" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://healthsci.queensu.ca/stories/feature/queens-research-improving-digital-home-care-dementia-patients</a> Collaborators:  Dr. Frank Knoefel, Bruyère Research Institute <a href="https://agewell-nce.ca/frank-knoefel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://agewell-nce.ca/frank-knoefel</a> Dr. Neil Thomas, Bruyère Research Institute <a href="https://carleton.ca/sam3/people/dr-neil-thomas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://carleton.ca/sam3/people/dr-neil-thomas/</a> Dr. Marica Finlayson, Queen’s University <a href="https://rehab.queensu.ca/marcia-finlayson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rehab.queensu.ca/marcia-finlayson</a>  Dr. Jeff Kaye, Oregon Health and Science University <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-center-for-aging-and-technology/our-team" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-center-for-aging-and-technology/our-team</a> Babak Taati, PhD, PEng Scientist at the KITE Research Institute, UHN Assistant professor at UofT in the Department of Computer Science and the institute of Biomedical Engineering. <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/using-artificial-intelligence-to-reduce-falls-in-ltc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/using-artificial-intelligence-to-reduce-falls-in-ltc/</a> Collaborators:  Dr. Andrea Laboni Geriatric psychiatrist and clinical researcher based at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN, Medical lead of the specialized dementia unit  <a href="https://www.uhnresearch.ca/researcher/andrea-iaboni" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.uhnresearch.ca/researcher/andrea-iaboni</a> Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos: Professor; Research Chair in Aging and Health, University of Regina and Registered Doctoral Psychologist <a href="https://www2.uregina.ca/hpl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www2.uregina.ca/hpl</a> Dr. Yana Yunusova Professor, Department of Speech-language Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Senior Scientist, KITE Research Institute – UHN  <a href="https://slp.utoronto.ca/faculty/yana-yunusova/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://slp.utoronto.ca/faculty/yana-yunusova/</a>

The Use of Technology in Compassionate Elder Care

In this conversation Ed Spilg, Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital and Research Chair in Physician Wellness at the University of Ottawa and an AMS Phoenix Fellow and Cynda Rushton, a Nurse and Professor of Bioethics and Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University discuss moral distress, moral resilience, and mental health in healthcare workers amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic. If you would like more information on Ed and Cynda and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started. Ed Spilg Geriatrician in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Physician Wellness in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Senior Clinical Investigator in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and an AMS Phoenix Fellow Cynda Rushton Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics  Book Rushton, C. H. (Author &amp; Ed) (2018) Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare. New York: Oxford University Press. (American Journal of Nursing/Elsevier Book of the Year First Place Award in the category of professional issues 2020). https://tinyurl.com/2h6ez5bu Resources for clinicians https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-021-03637-w https://tinyurl.com/bde6uuu9 https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub https://www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Moral-Distress-E.pdf AACN Facebook Live: I’m not ok—Dealing with the baggage of a prolonged pandemic Mind the Gap  Rushton Moral Resilience Scale  Moral Stress Amongst Healthcare Workers DURING COVID-19: A Guide to Moral Injury. Centre of Excellence on PTSD, 2020. https://www.moralinjuryguide.ca/

In this conversation Ed Spilg, Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital and Research Chair in Physician Wellness at the University of Ottawa and an AMS Phoenix Fellow and Cynda Rushton, a Nurse and Professor of Bioethics and Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University discuss moral distress, moral resilience, and mental health in healthcare workers amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic. If you would like more information on Ed and Cynda and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started. Ed Spilg Geriatrician in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Physician Wellness in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Senior Clinical Investigator in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and an AMS Phoenix Fellow Cynda Rushton Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics Book Rushton, C. H. (Author &amp; Ed) (2018) Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare. New York: Oxford University Press. (American Journal of Nursing/Elsevier Book of the Year First Place Award in the category of professional issues 2020). <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2h6ez5bu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/2h6ez5bu</a> Resources for clinicians <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-021-03637-w" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-021-03637-w</a> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bde6uuu9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/bde6uuu9</a> <a href="https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub</a> <a href="https://www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Moral-Distress-E.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Moral-Distress-E.pdf</a> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyrvs" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">AACN Facebook Live: I’m not ok—Dealing with the baggage of a prolonged pandemic</a> <a href="https://magazine.nursing.jhu.edu/2021/05/mind-the-gap/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mind the Gap</a> <a href="https://nursing.jhu.edu/faculty_research/research/projects/rushton-moral-resilience/rushton-%20moral-resilience-%20scale.html?utm_source=rushton_moral_resilience_scale&amp;utm_medium=shorten_url&amp;utm_cam%20paign=shorten_url_fy21&amp;utm_term=marcom&amp;utm_content=rmrs" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rushton Moral Resilience Scale</a> Moral Stress Amongst Healthcare Workers DURING COVID-19: A Guide to Moral Injury. Centre of Excellence on PTSD, 2020. <a href="https://www.moralinjuryguide.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.moralinjuryguide.ca/</a>

Restoring Humanity in Healthcare by Addressing Moral Suffering

In this conversation Gerrilynn Manitowabi, Associate Director at Wikwemikong Health Centre on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario and Nancy Young, Senior Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Ottawa discuss The ACHWM Research Project- A culturally relevant tech-enabled tool that measures and supports the health and wellness of the children in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities in Canada. If you would like more information on key people and items mentioned in this conversation here are some links to get you started.   Stephen Richie, Linkedin: Stephen-ritchie-08aa113  Mary Jo Wabano, @MJWabano  ACHWM- https://achwm.ca/ CHEO- https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/index.aspx.  Wikwemikong Health Centre- https://www.wikyhealth.ca/ Medicine Wheels-  https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/ 

In this conversation Gerrilynn Manitowabi, Associate Director at Wikwemikong Health Centre on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario and Nancy Young, Senior Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Ottawa discuss The ACHWM Research Project- A culturally relevant tech-enabled tool that measures and supports the health and wellness of the children in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities in Canada. If you would like more information on key people and items mentioned in this conversation here are some links to get you started.  <ul> <li>Stephen Richie, Linkedin<a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/stephen-ritchie-08aa113" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">: Stephen-ritchie-08aa113</a> </li> <li>Mary Jo Wabano, <a href="https://twitter.com/MJWabano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@MJWabano</a> </li> <li>ACHWM- <a href="https://achwm.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://achwm.ca/</a></li> <li>CHEO- <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/index.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/index.aspx</a>. </li> <li>Wikwemikong Health Centre- <a href="https://www.wikyhealth.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wikyhealth.ca/</a></li> <li>Medicine Wheels- <a href="https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/</a></li> </ul>

The Wellness Journey

In this conversation, Alika Lafontaine, @AlikaMD an indigenous physician from northern Alberta and the President -elect nominee of the Canadian Medical Association, and Brian D. Hodges, @BDHodges1 Chief Medical Officer &amp; EVP for Education at University Health Network discuss Building Virtual Relationships. If you would like more information on the items mentioned in this conversation here are a few links to get you started. Connect Care – Alberta Health Services https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/cis/cis.aspx Atul Gawande – Why Doctors Hate Their Computers https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers Dragon dictation - https://dragonmedical.ca/  https://qz.com/1952225/why-amazon-berkshire-hathaway-and-jpmorgans-haven-failed/ Safe Space Health App: https://safespace.health/safespacehealth-app AMS Book : https://www.mqup.ca/without-compassion--there-is-no-healthcare-products-9780228003779.php?page_id=73&amp; Ontario Telehealth Network; https://otn.ca/  https://www.cma.ca/dr-alika-lafontaine-president-elect-2021-22

In this conversation, Alika Lafontaine, <a href="https://twitter.com/AlikaMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@AlikaMD</a> an indigenous physician from northern Alberta and the President -elect nominee of the Canadian Medical Association, and Brian D. Hodges, <a href="https://twitter.com/bdhodges1?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@BDHodges1</a> Chief Medical Officer &amp; EVP for Education at University Health Network discuss Building Virtual Relationships. If you would like more information on the items mentioned in this conversation here are a few links to get you started. Connect Care – Alberta Health Services <a href="https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/cis/cis.aspx" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/cis/cis.aspx</a> Atul Gawande – Why Doctors Hate Their Computers <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers</a> Dragon dictation - <a href="https://dragonmedical.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://dragonmedical.ca/</a> <a href="https://qz.com/1952225/why-amazon-berkshire-hathaway-and-jpmorgans-haven-failed/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> https://qz.com/1952225/why-amazon-berkshire-hathaway-and-jpmorgans-haven-failed/</a> Safe Space Health App: <a href="https://safespace.health/safespacehealth-app" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://safespace.health/safespacehealth-app</a> AMS Book : <a href="https://www.mqup.ca/without-compassion--there-is-no-healthcare-products-9780228003779.php?page_id=73&amp;" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mqup.ca/without-compassion--there-is-no-healthcare-products-9780228003779.php?page_id=73&amp;</a> Ontario Telehealth Network; <a href="https://otn.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://otn.ca/</a> <a href="https://www.cma.ca/dr-alika-lafontaine-president-elect-2021-22" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cma.ca/dr-alika-lafontaine-president-elect-2021-22</a>

Building Virtual Relationships

This conversation focuses on exploring technologies and their impact on compassionate healthcare and features Laura Desveaux @lauradesveaux, a behavioural scientist at Trillium Health Partners and physician and scientist Amol Verma @AmolAVerma from St Michael’s Hospital. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. Both Laura Desveaux and Amol Verma are 2020 AMS Healthcare Fellows. If you would like to learn more about their Fellowship work, you can read about their projects here: Understanding the emerging intersection between digitally-enabled and compassionate care. Evaluating AI prediction tools in enhancing compassionate care in hospital You can find information on The GEMINI study here: https://www.geminimedicine.ca/about

This conversation focuses on exploring technologies and their impact on compassionate healthcare and features <a href="https://www.womensresearch.ca/scientists/adjunct-scientists/laura-desveaux" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Desveaux</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lauradesveaux?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@lauradesveaux</a>, a behavioural scientist at Trillium Health Partners and physician and scientist <a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty/amol-verma/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Amol Verma</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/amolaverma?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@AmolAVerma</a> from St Michael’s Hospital. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. Both Laura Desveaux and Amol Verma are 2020 AMS Healthcare Fellows. If you would like to learn more about their Fellowship work, you can read about their projects here: <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/understanding-the-emerging-intersection-between-digitally-enabled-and-compassionate-care/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding the emerging intersection between digitally-enabled and compassionate care.</a> <a href="https://www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/can-artificial-intelligence-prediction-tools-improve-compassionate-care-in-hospital/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Evaluating AI prediction tools in enhancing compassionate care in hospital</a> You can find information on The GEMINI study here: <a href="https://www.geminimedicine.ca/about" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.geminimedicine.ca/about</a>

Exploring Technologies and Their Impact on Compassionate Digital Care

Today’s conversation focuses on how digital interventions during COVID impacted the way we deliver compassionate care and features David Wiljer @Wiljerd, from the University Health Network, as well as Gillian Strudwick @GStrudRN and Allison Crawford @TBE_ICRE from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. CAMH Resources for Health Workers: https://camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-health-and-covid- 19/information-for-professionals/virtual-care

Today’s conversation focuses on how digital interventions during COVID impacted the way we deliver compassionate care and features <a href="https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty/david-wiljer/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">David Wiljer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/wiljerd?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@Wiljerd</a>, from the University Health Network, as well as <a href="https://www.camh.ca/en/science-and-research/science-and-research-staff-directory/gillianstrudwick" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Gillian Strudwick</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gstrudrn?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@GStrudRN</a> and <a href="https://revisioncentre.ca/about/who-we-are/revision-affiliates/allison-crawford" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Allison Crawford</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tbe_icre?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@TBE_ICRE</a> from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. CAMH Resources for Health Workers: <a href="https://camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-health-and-covid-19/information-for-professionals/virtual-care" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-health-and-covid-</a> <a href="https://camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-health-and-covid-19/information-for-professionals/virtual-care" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">19/information-for-professionals/virtual-care</a>

Digital Interventions During COVID on Mental Health

In this conversation, Nursing Professor Claire Mallette, Medical Educator Tina Martimianakis @martimianakis, psychiatric resident Erene Stergiopoulos @fullerenes and nursing student Ola Thomas Obewu @olatommi reflect on the challenges of teaching, and learning, compassion in this digital age. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. Jean Watson Caring Theory The Royal Alexandra Foundation Video, The difference Between Care and Caring

In this conversation, Nursing Professor <a href="https://health.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?dept=&amp;mid=900346" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Claire Mallette</a>, Medical Educator <a href="http://thewilsoncentre.ca/dr-martiminanakis" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tina Martimianakis</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/martimianakis?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@martimianakis</a>, psychiatric resident Erene Stergiopoulos <a href="https://twitter.com/fullerenes?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@fullerenes</a> and nursing student Ola Thomas Obewu <a href="https://twitter.com/olatommi?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@olatommi</a> reflect on the challenges of teaching, and learning, compassion in this digital age. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. <a href="https://www.watsoncaringscience.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jean Watson Caring Theory</a> The Royal Alexandra Foundation Video, <a href="https://www.royalalex.org/our-stories/post/the-difference-between-care-and-caring-ii-above-and-beyond-for-all" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The difference Between Care and Caring</a>

Teaching Compassion in Digital Healthcare

In this conversation, Morag Paton @Morag_Paton, a researcher in higher education at the University of Toronto, and physician and medical educator Ayelet Kuper @Ayeletkuper discuss “Compassion, Equity and Moral Courage” and reflect on lessons from COVID. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. Toronto Life article “Sunnybrook doctor Ariel Lefkowitz in conversation with Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford” Ontario’s COVID protocols are constantly changing, and the ones discussed in the podcast have surely changed. For the most recent protocols please visit: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/ontarios-covid-19- vaccination-plan

In this conversation, Morag Paton <a href="https://twitter.com/morag_paton?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@Morag_Paton</a>, a researcher in higher education at the University of Toronto, and physician and medical educator Ayelet Kuper <a href="https://twitter.com/ayeletkuper?lang=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@Ayeletkuper</a> discuss “Compassion, Equity and Moral Courage” and reflect on lessons from COVID. If you would like to learn more about the resources, people and articles mentioned in this podcast here are a few links to get you started. Toronto Life article <a href="https://torontolife.com/city/sunnybrook-covid-doctor-ariel-lefkowitz-in-conversation-with-toronto-life-editor-sarah-fulford/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“Sunnybrook doctor Ariel Lefkowitz in conversation with Toronto Life editor Sarah</a> <a href="https://torontolife.com/city/sunnybrook-covid-doctor-ariel-lefkowitz-in-conversation-with-toronto-life-editor-sarah-fulford/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fulford”</a> Ontario’s COVID protocols are constantly changing, and the ones discussed in the podcast have surely changed. For the most recent protocols please visit: <a href="https://covid-19.ontario.ca/ontarios-covid-19-vaccination-plan" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://covid-19.ontario.ca/ontarios-covid-19-</a> <a href="https://covid-19.ontario.ca/ontarios-covid-19-vaccination-plan" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">vaccination-plan</a>

Compassion, Equity and Moral Courage, Reflecting on Lessons From COVID

Coming soon from AMS Healthcare, join us for conversations on Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare, an exploration of the convergence of technology and compassion in healthcare today. We will host conversations between leading researchers, scientists, healthcare providers, as well as patients and caregivers, as they confront the challenges threatening our healthcare system, especially in the face of the pandemic. They will discuss the opportunities for digital health to innovate all aspects of healthcare today, and tomorrow. They will share their hope for technology, and they will share some cautionary tales about what they are seeing in the field. We hope to foster open and frank discussions about how they think we should integrate technology into the health-care system in a way that enhances – and doesn’t diminish – compassionate care. If there was ever a time to  uphold compassion as the bedrock and guiding principle of healthcare, its now, so please join us for these illuminating conversations.    AMS Healthcare has recently published a bestselling book Without Compassion, There Is No Healthcare available wherever you buy your books. A series of articles based on this book are available on Healthy Debate.

Coming soon from AMS Healthcare, join us for conversations on Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare, an exploration of the convergence of technology and compassion in healthcare today. We will host conversations between leading researchers, scientists, healthcare providers, as well as patients and caregivers, as they confront the challenges threatening our healthcare system, especially in the face of the pandemic. They will discuss the opportunities for digital health to innovate all aspects of healthcare today, and tomorrow. They will share their hope for technology, and they will share some cautionary tales about what they are seeing in the field. We hope to foster open and frank discussions about how they think we should integrate technology into the health-care system in a way that enhances – and doesn’t diminish – compassionate care. If there was ever a time to  uphold compassion as the bedrock and guiding principle of healthcare, its now, so please join us for these illuminating conversations.  AMS Healthcare has recently published a bestselling book <a href="https://www.mqup.ca/without-compassion--there-is-no-healthcare-products-9780228003779.php?page_id=73&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Without Compassion, There Is No Healthcare</a> available wherever you buy your books. A series of articles based on this book are available on <a href="https://healthydebate.ca/special-series/without-compassion-there-is-no-health-care/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healthy Debate</a>.

Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare

This podcast, brought to you by AMS Healthcare, explores the convergence of technology and compassion in healthcare today. Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare will host conversations between leading researchers, scientists and healthcare providers, as well as patients and caregivers, as they confront the challenges threatening our healthcare system, especially in the face of the pandemic. Join us as they discuss the opportunities for digital health to innovate all aspects of our healthcare today, and tomorrow. They will share their hope for technology, and they will share some cautionary tales about what they are seeing in the field. We hope to foster open and frank discussions about how they think we should integrate technology into the health-care system in a way that enhances – and doesn’t diminish – compassionate care. Because ultimately, we want these discussions to help us all advance the cause of better healthcare for patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers everywhere. If there was ever a time to uphold compassion as the bedrock and guiding principle of healthcare, it’s now! Join us for these illuminating conversations as AMS Healthcare explores “Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare.

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