Electronic screening of advanced cancer patient’s symptoms to identify those who may benefit from referral to a palliative care service
Breffni will use symptom severity scores collected routinely in oncology clinics to trigger a referral for those advance cancer patients most in need of palliative care.
Read MoreRedefining virtual care: co-designing compassion into cancer care delivered at home
Mike seeks to understand digital-compassion and how to operationalize it through an iterative co-design process with patients and their healthcare teams.
Read MoreDeveloping a compassionate AI-enabled chatbot to motivate smokers to quit
Osnat’s project will bring together experts in smoking cessation, computer engineering, human-machine interactions, and patient-partners to develop a smoking cessation chatbot.
Read MoreDeveloping a compassionate online peer navigation program for youth with childhood onset disability
Sarah’s project will study online peer navigation as an avenue for the delivery of compassionate care for youth, with childhood onset disabilities, transitioning to the adult healthcare system and community services
Read MoreBringing compassion to a chatbot to help women manage heart disease
Monica’s project will provide opportunities to learn how to integrate attributes of compassion into conversations between a text based Chatbot named ‘Holly’ and women with heart disease
Read MoreBuilding a virtual “Caretown” to empower culturally compassionate, chronic-disease, shared care
Quynh’s new “Caretown” framework, product, and services will support older ethnic adults to receive culturally compassionate care, in partnership with equally invested caregivers, who have their health at heart.
Read MoreProviding compassionate virtual and in-person family physician care
Bridget’s project focuses on learning how family physicians can provide patients with compassionate care during virtual visits, as well as determining what is the right combination of virtual and in-person care to ensure the care they deliver is truly compassionate.
Read MoreFacilitating communication between persons with dementia and their family caregivers through a multisensory virtual reality intervention
Raheleh will design and evaluate a virtual reality at-home intervention that facilitates communication between the person with dementia and their family caregivers, improving interpersonal relationships and well-being.
Read MoreExploring how compassion-centered communication of risk can be applied to self-administered on-line health assessments
Connie is exploring communication of health risks, with a focus on understanding how to best relay messaging of results from online self-serve tools and assessments.
Read MoreImagining Compassionate Consent for Digital Mental Health Services
Nelson explores whether patient experiences with digital mental health consent affect their views on compassion of the technology, healthcare providers, and organizations providing care.
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