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Leveraging AI to Enable Compassionate and Equitable Community Care and Nursing
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In this conversation, Charlene Ronquillo, a Filipina scholar, registered nurse, and health implementation expert at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing, engages in a captivating dialogue with Chantelle Recsky, a dedicated nurse and postdoctoral research fellow. Together, they delve into the crucial topic of "Advancing Compassionate and Equitable Healthcare through Technology." Charlene, an AMS healthcare fellow and compassion and AI advocate, brings her extensive background as a health informatician, focusing on critical theory and implementation science. Her program of...
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The Compassion Code, Promoting Fairness in AI for Mental Health
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Generative AI in Healthcare
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In this conversation Dr. Kumanan Wilson, speaks to Jaron Chong, discuss the opportunities for generative AI in healthcare diagnosis, efficiencies and education today and tomorrow. Dr. Jaron Chong is an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the Department of Medical Imaging at Western University. He completed diagnostic radiology residency training at McGill University with a Body Cross-Sectional Imaging Fellowship at Yale New-Haven Hospital and a Masters in Health Informatics at the University of Toronto. His clinical interests include...
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Technology, Compassion and the Social Determinants of Health
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Risk Algorithms and Self-Management of Care in Older Adults
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Digital Monitoring of Stress Responses Among Nursing Professionals
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Designing the Future of Aging in Place
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Digital Health Equity
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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
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cardiac pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
2018;34:458-467.