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In this conversation, Kieran Quinn, a general internist and palliative care clinician-scientist at Sinai Health in the Department of Medicine and at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and James Downer, a critical care and palliative care physician in Ottawa, discuss virtual end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Pan-Canadian Palliative Care Research Collaborative is a national network of researchers, healthcare providers, community stakeholders, and patient and caregiver partners who are passionate about palliative care...
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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...
info_outline The Compassion Code, Promoting Fairness in AI for Mental HealthGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
In this conversation, Laura Sikstrom, a Medical Anthropologist and Project Scientist at The Krembil Center for Neuroinformatics at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, and an AMS Healthcare fellow in Compassion and AI, speaks with Sean Hill, the Director of The Krembil Center for Neuroinformatics, Senior Scientist at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, and Professor at the University of Toronto. They discuss the meaning of fairness in mental health and the concepts used to support. Dr. Laura Sikstrom is also an assistant professor (status-only) in the Department of Anthropology...
info_outline Generative AI in HealthcareGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
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...
info_outline Technology, Compassion and the Social Determinants of HealthGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
In this conversation, Ibukun Abejirinde, a scientist at the Institute for Health System Solutions at Women's College Hospital, and Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI chats with Terence Tang, a General Internal Medicine Physician at Trillium Health Partners, a Clinician Scientist at the Institute for Better Health and an AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI. They discuss social determinants of health, health inequities, and digitally enabled models of care. Ibukun Abejirinde is an...
info_outline Risk Algorithms and Self-Management of Care in Older AdultsGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
In this episode, , Assistant Professor of Nursing at Brock University and an AMS fellow in compassionate AI, and , 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 - YourCare+ Check-Up Assessment - References Schumacher, C., Dash, D., Mowbray, F., Klea, L., & Costa, A. (2021). A qualitative study of home...
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info_outline Digital Therapeutics Informed by Lived ExperienceGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
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: / Academic...
info_outline Designing the Future of Aging in PlaceGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
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...
info_outline Digital Health EquityGood Tech, Compassionate Healthcare
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...
info_outlineJen 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.
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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
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.
Definition: ‘Elder orphans,’ without kids or spouses, face old age alone. An overlooked segment of the population.