AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 4hHistory can teach us about when and how the strategies trying to legitimize scientific racism started. Dr. Kevin Siena explains how weaponizing anatomical and pathological arguments dates back to the 18th Century in this essay. Read here: buff.ly/slYZrnX #HistMed 010 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 21/10/2026AI scribes can help clinicians save time and spend that time listening to the patient. But what do patients want from a tool that records their healthcare conversations? Four guest speakers weigh in this month! Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/VJWePuP This episode was sponsored by OSSU. 011 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 19/10/2026When a long-term care resident becomes unwell, deciding whether to go to hospital can be difficult. CareGuide is an AI conversation tool being tested to support families with that decision. If you’re a family caregiver, they'd love to hear your feedback. More here: buff.ly/Cg53e2z 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 14/10/2026The AMS Patient Intelligence Summit is tomorrow! This a FREE virtual event. Join the conversation on the future of AI-enabled health systems that are compassionate and integrate patient perspectives. Register now: buff.ly/eexID9C @uhn.ca @patientadvisors.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 14/10/2026For Gene Nowegejick, sobriety means being happy with who he is. He reflects on how reconnecting with his ancestors and finding a spiritual path that made sense to him became an important part of his healing in "Indigenous Medicine Stories". Listen here: 🎧 buff.ly/VJWePuP 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 13/10/2026Do you care for someone in long-term care? Researchers are asking caregivers for help in evaluating CareGuide, an AI conversation tool that helps families make decision about hospital transfers. The study can be done from home and participation is voluntary. Learn more: buff.ly/Cg53e2z 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 12/10/2026Patients are already using AI in their care journey. Are health systems ready? Find out and join the conversation at the AMS Patient Intelligence Summit this week on Thursday, Oct 15 at 4:00 pm (EST). Register now: buff.ly/eexID9C @uhn.ca @patientadvisors.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 08/10/2026Caregivers bring a valuable perspective to decisions about care in long-term care. 2025 AMS Healthcare Fellow Dr. Daniel Kobewka and his team are asking caregivers for feedback on CareGuide, an AI tool for making decisions about hospital transfers. Participate here: buff.ly/Cg53e2z 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 08/10/2026Patient and care partners need to have their voices and perspectives included in shaping the future of AI-enabled health systems. The AMS Patient Intelligence Summit is a national gathering dedicated to leading this conversations. Join us on Oct 15: buff.ly/eexID9C 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 07/10/2026Cultural safety in healthcare is about more than just knowledge. It’s also about building relationships. Rosella Kinoshameg shares what the next generation of nurses and doctors need to bring to their work, and why the way care is delivered matters. Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/V4VlIiv 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 05/10/2026Please welcome our second 2026 History of Healthcare Post Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Andrew Jones! His project will provide the first detailed account of the early treatment of psychopathy developed by Canadian psychiatrist Elliot Barker. Learn more: buff.ly/Gae5VQ3 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 05/10/2026Please welcome 2026 History of Healthcare Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. @dashaguliak.bsky.social! Her project studies how frontline workers provided compassionate care amid growing stigma during the early years of the AIDS pandemic in Winnipeg. Learn more: buff.ly/3h5AqlZ 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 02/10/2026Do you help care for someone living in long-term care? Our 2025 AMS Healthcare Fellow Dr. Daniel Kobewka and his team have created CareGuide, a new AI tool that supports families with hospital transfer decisions. They’d love to hear what you think. Learn more here: buff.ly/Cg53e2z 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 02/10/2026Progress isn’t always about something new. Rosella Kinoshameg reflects on bringing traditional Indigenous cultural practices and spirituality into her church community and making space for these practices to be carried forward across generations. Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/V4VlIiv 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 01/10/2026AMS Healthcare is delighted to announce the 9 recipients of the 2026 History of Healthcare awards program. Since 2015, more than 90 historians have received support through our awards program. Learn more about the recipients and their projects here: buff.ly/5RlzUz4 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 30/09/2026Today marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honouring the Indigenous children who never returned home from residential schools, the survivors, families, and communities. #NDTR #NDTR2026 🧵 [1/5] 100 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 29/09/2026The AMS Patient Intelligence Summit is free and virtual! It’s the first national gathering dedicated to the emergence of the AI-enabled patient. Host a viewing party to share your thoughts and further your conversations with colleagues and community! More here: buff.ly/eexID9C 001 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 29/09/2026We are delighted to introduce the 2026 recipients of the AMS Healthcare Compassion and AI Small Grants. Now in its seventh and final year, this program has funded nearly fifty projects reimagining how technology can facilitate compassionate healthcare. More here: buff.ly/25fCHiZ 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 24/09/2026A picture is worth a thousand words. What can they teach us about history? Using historical dissection photography, Dr. Jessica Sealey explains how the relationship between cadavers, donors, and medical education shifted over time. Read it here: buff.ly/ZR0X1Vs #HistMed 010 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 24/09/2026Most digital therapeutics only focus on the patient. Dr. Quynh Pham saw the need to include caregivers and developed the first known digital therapeutic for caregivers and patients to co-manage heart failure. More here: buff.ly/ndPT2cK @uhn.ca 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 23/09/2026We would like to welcome 13 new AMS-Fitzgerald Fellows in AI & Human-Centred Leadership! Created with @uoftdlsph.bsky.social, this fellowship equips health system leaders with the knowledge and skills to shape the role of AI in health care. Learn more here: buff.ly/IP4s2QR @utjcb.bsky.social 001 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 22/09/2026The AMS Patient Intelligence Summit has a panel that brings together the voices of a patient, a care partner, a patient advocacy leader, and a clinician on how AI is reshaping trust, power, and care. Don’t miss this event: buff.ly/eexID9C @uhn.ca @patientadvisors.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 21/09/2026Dr. Stephanie N. Dixon is our final 2026 Healthcare AMS Compassion & AI Fellow! She will co-develop an AI tool to improve care and support for people experiencing homelessness who are at risk for poor health outcomes. More here: buff.ly/tijz3cM #AMSfellowship @lhscri.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 21/09/2026Join us in celebrating 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow, Dr. Catharine Walsh! She will co-develop educational resources for families and clinicians to ensure AI strengthens compassionate pediatric care. More here: buff.ly/jrl6TNC #AMSfellowship @sickkidsto.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 18/09/2026Our keynote at the AMS Patient Intelligence Summit is Steve Brown (Founder & CEO, CureWise). Steve is more than a tech exec. He’s also a patient advocate. He'll share what AI entering healthcare actually means for patients. Register here: buff.ly/eexID9C 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 17/09/2026We’re proud to announce Dr. @zackvanallen.bsky.social as a 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow! He will co-design an AI tool to reduce the administrative burden of family physicians and evaluate its impacts on care. More here: buff.ly/YnmtT6b #AMSfellowship @uottawamed.bsky.social 011 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 17/09/2026Joining the 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellowship cohort is Dr. Hwayeon (Danielle) Shin! She will co-design a guideline that creates healthcare environments and AI implementation processes to preserve and support compassionate care. More here: buff.ly/astAlTj #AMSfellowship 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 16/09/2026From her church to her nursing career, Rosella Kinoshameg has brought Indigenous knowledge into spaces that historically excluded it. Her story shows what is possible when Indigenous and Western approaches are brought together without replacing one another. Listen here: 🎧 buff.ly/0QjVnUF 011 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 16/09/2026Congratulations, Dr. Benjamin Rosen on becoming a 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow! He will be co-designing a framework for deploying AI tools in mental health care to protect compassionate care. More here: buff.ly/zX2cqeC #AMSfellowship @sinaihealth.bsky.social 100 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 16/09/2026We’d like to introduce 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow Dr. Kieran Quinn! He will develop an AI-based companion chatbot to improve compassionate care and ensure patients' end-of-life decisions. More here: buff.ly/D4V1OFJ #AMSfellowship @sinaihealth.bsky.social @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 15/09/2026Please welcome 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow, Dr. @katemulligan.bsky.social! She will create an AI adoption roadmap that embeds community leadership for compassionate social prescribing. More here: buff.ly/vlTSw1K #AMSfellowship @utoronto.ca @uoftdlsph.bsky.social 010 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 15/09/2026Congratulations, Dr. Geetha Mukerji on receiving the 2026 #AMSfellowship! She will co-design an AI scribe that generates both a clinical note and an accessible patient summary. More here: buff.ly/WXhvIms @wchospital.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uoftmedicine.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 14/09/2026We’re excited to announce 2026 AMS Healthcare in Compassion & AI Fellow, Dr. Amin Madani! He will assess how effectively AI can support decision-making for mass casualty incidents in simulated disasters. More here: buff.ly/3Na4rBw #AMSfellowship @uhn.ca @uhnresearch.ca 020 2
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 14/09/2026We welcome Dr. Ilitea Kina as a 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow! She proposes a digital self-assessment tool that could reduce emergency department wait times and reassure patients while they wait. More here: buff.ly/3LkE5Rm #AMSfellowship @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 10/09/2026Laura Williams is the first 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellow we are featuring! She will create resources for patients and families to support digital health literacy and informed decision-making about AI in care. More here: www.ams-inc.on.ca/project/buil... #AMSfellowship @uhn.ca 010 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 10/09/2026The US Supreme Court’s decision on Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy renewed debate about free speech and protecting minors. Dr. Andrea Ens shares the history of the psychological and emotional harms absent in the legal debate. Read it here: buff.ly/HiuSA1Z #HistMed 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 10/09/2026Joining the 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellowship cohort is Dr. @josephdonia.bsky.social! He will create resources to ensure AI introduced into healthcare is trustworthy, equitable, and compassionate. More here: buff.ly/oN9T0wf #AMSfellowship @torontosri.bsky.social 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 09/09/2026With great pleasure, we would like to announce and welcome the 2026 AMS Healthcare Compassion & AI Fellows! Over the next two weeks, we will feature the 12 exceptional fellows who are joining the AMS Healthcare community. Learn more about the #AMSfellowship here: buff.ly/QtKqR8b 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 08/09/2026AI is changing how healthcare is being delivered and how patients use it to participate in their own care. The AMS Patient Intelligence Summit is the first national gathering organized around this reality. More here: buff.ly/AV7ZCed @uhn.ca @patientadvisors.bsky.social 001 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 02/09/2026AI is changing how care is delivered and how patients engage in their own care. AMS Healthcare, @uhn.ca, and @patientadvisors.bsky.social are hosting Canada's first national summit on the AI-enabled patient: the AMS Patient Intelligence Summit. More here: buff.ly/AV7ZCed 010 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 01/09/2026We are pleased welcome two new members, Negar Farazmand and Xin Ke Law-Gallagher, and proud to see Thi-Ngoc Nguyen move into a new role within AMS Healthcare. Our team and community are fortunate to gain their experience, perspectives and skills. More here: buff.ly/klD5hTe 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 30/07/2026What keeps you going when the work gets hard? In this episode of “Compassionate Minds,” Dr. @dominiknowakmd.bsky.social shares a simple framework for understanding what drives us & why those motivations help sustain us through healthcare’s toughest challenges. Listen here: buff.ly/5dQi2ra 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 23/07/2026Ozempic and other GLP-1s have exploded in popularity but sudden surges in drug use are not new. Laura Reynolds and Catherine Carstairs compare GLP-1s rise with Prozac and other SSRIs, asking why such medications are needed in the first place. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/historic... #HistMed 020 2
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 20/07/2026Leadership grows when experienced professionals invest in others. Dr. @dominiknowakmd.bsky.social shares why one conversation, one vote of confidence, or one small nudge can change the trajectory of a career—and why that matters for the future of health care. Listen here: buff.ly/5dQi2ra 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 16/07/2026Difference is not a problem to be solved. In the most recent episode of “Indigenous Medicine Stories,” Councillor Gordon Peters reflects on the pressures Indigenous Nations have faced to conform to systems that were never designed for them. Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/TOU1dxh 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 14/07/2026How do we embrace new technologies while preserving human-centred care? Artur Olesch and @zajctjasa.bsky.social provide patient and public perspectives on why education and AI literacy matter, and on the opportunities AI offers for strengthening health care. 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 08/07/2026How do you begin repairing harms that took generations to create? Councillor Gordon Peters reflects on the challenges of securing support for Indigenous-led healing programs while communities continue to navigate the ongoing impacts of colonialism. Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/TOU1dxh 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 07/07/2026Artificial intelligence has enormous potential in healthcare. But how can we realize that potential? We asked two clinicians, Drs. @shafiahmed.bsky.social and Chris Buckle, on what it will take to lead responsible AI implementation in healthcare. 000 0
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 24/06/2026Leaders are developed, not born-ready. @dominiknowakmd.bsky.social shares how he deliberately developed his leadership skills and why encouraging others to step into leadership roles can strengthen our health systems. Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/D8jpKY4 @wchospital.bsky.social 010 1
AMS Healthcare @amshealthcare.ca · 10/06/2026What does it take to strengthen self-governing Indigenous nations? Councillor Gordon Peters shares his answer, drawing from a lifetime of experience with constitutional reform, community governance, and initiatives for Indigenous health and wellbeing. Listen here: 🎧 buff.ly/wu7OhAO 000 0
