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🍁 Compassion… Health Care Canada
One VHL Canada Peer Community patient said they have used a lot of technology in getting their medical care recently. For example, video appointments with doctors, accessing online blood tests, emailing with hospital administrative staff etc. It was generally a positive experience, but do you have your own experiences to share? Thanks, Henry
Here’s an interesting series of seven articles that explores the relationship between technology and compassion in the field of health care in Canada today:
Without Compassion, There Is No Health Care
How one ER partnered with a mental-health organization to care for youth in distress
- Young adults recovering from mental illness and substance use are working in the emergency room of a Toronto hospital to give young patients in psychological distress the support they need.
‘You need not be alone anymore’: The doctor redefining palliative care
- Dr. Ramona Mahtani has led an effort to integrate palliative care into siloed medical specializations throughout the pandemic. In doing so, she has put forward a bold, boundary-pushing vision of what palliative care can be.
Could AI make health care more human?
- An AI program in a Toronto hospital seems to be saving lives. Does it also offer a glimpse of a future in which AI makes health care more human, not less?
Seniors with dementia in LTC homes are using virtual reality to relive their pasts
- During the pandemic, elderly people with dementia in long-term care homes have used virtual reality to relive their pasts. Is this dementia care's future?
Virtual simulation in nursing education: Balancing care for the ‘failing heart’ and the ‘breaking heart’
- COVID-19 has increased the use of virtual simulations in nursing schools across Canada. But how big of a role should they play in nursing education after the pandemic?
Saying Goodbye on FaceTime
- Nurses have been using platforms like FaceTime to host visits between patients critically ill with COVID-19 and their loved ones. It's contributing to burnout – but also sometimes providing them with beautiful moments of human connection.
Communities are taking the lead on vaccinating hot spots
- Community-health organizations are trying to make the rollout of vaccines in hot spots as accessible and equitable as possible by directly reaching out to hot-spot residents.
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