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AMS Healthcare Announces New Podcast Series
We are announcing the launch of our new podcast series Good Tech, Compassionate Healthcare, that will explore the convergence of technology and compassion in healthcare today. We host conversations between leading researchers, scientists, and healthcare providers as they confront the challenges in our healthcare system, especially in the face of the pandemic. Join us as…
Read MoreAMS Healthcare Launches 2021 History Funding Streams
“What lessons can we learn from history to help shape the future of healthcare in Canada?” AMS Healthcare is Canada’s main source of support for the history of medicine, a discipline broadly defined as the study, analysis, and interpretation of past practices, philosophies, and/or epistemologies related to human health, healthcare, and/or disease or the education…
Read More2020 History of Medicine and Healthcare Postdoctoral Fellows and Doctoral Completion Awardees
These six talented scholars will assist Canadians in understanding our rich medical history by studying past practices and philosophies related to human health, healthcare, and disease
Read MoreAMS announces the release of groundbreaking reports on the future of aging in place
The design of our physical spaces matters more to psycho-social states of well-being than ever previously imagined. This report aims to understand the stock of rental apartment buildings (in Toronto) that qualify as NORCs.
Read MoreAMS Announces 2020 Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
AMS Healthcare is pleased to announce the inaugural cadre of our Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence. These 10 exceptional individuals, from across multiple disciplines, have been selected as innovators and leaders to steward the changes ahead in healthcare. They will explore the rapid integration of technology, ensuring new models of care remain grounded in…
Read MoreNew AMS book is already a #1 best-seller! Get your copy now.
In this best-selling book, 28 outstanding Canadian healthcare leaders confront the technological challenges threatening Canada’s current and future healthcare system. Use our discount code and order your copy today!
Read MoreAMS announces 2020 Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Small Grants Awardees
These seven remarkable individuals, and their multidisciplinary teams, will help transform healthcare by ensuring that technologies are enabling of healthcare’s compassionate purpose.
Read MoreStay tuned for the Hearing Your Voices Conference Report
Report to be released March 2021. Click to listen to recorded sessions to learn how we might accelerate PFC inclusion in the design of an effective, compassionate, and digitally enabled healthcare system.
Read MoreAMS past Hannah Chair Jackie Duffin honoured with Order of Canada for career contributions
Jacalyn Duffin, held the Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at Queen’s University, from 1988 to 2017. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for “her leadership as an academic and mentor in the field of medical history.”
Read More700+ registered for first-of-its-kind virtual nursing symposium
Nurses need and want information about the potential impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on patients, families, and caregivers. Check out the sessions from this AMS/RNAO virtual symposium to learn how to influence the development, deployment, and evaluation of these technologies.
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