Are you a Partner with Lived/Living Experience (patient, caregiver advisors/partners, etc.) engaged with a team bringing a digital health program or tool to a new location or population in Canada?
If yes, we want to hear from you!
We are conducting a research study to understand how compassion is or is not considered when a digital health program or tool is being brought to a new location or population.
Digital health is the use of technology for improving the health and wellbeing of people at individual and population levels, as well as enhancing the care of patients through intelligent processing of clinical and genetic data.1 Examples include telemedicine or virtual care, remote patient monitoring, health records or patient portals, artificial intelligence. We are interested in when digital health programs are brought to a new location or setting, which means that a program that was tested in one setting is now used in 2 or more settings (such as primary care clinics or multiple hospitals). We are interested in learning about programs that are being “spread” or “scaled” to multiple locations. This could also mean a program which began with one community (i.e., Southeast Asians in the Peel Region of Ontario), is now expanding to include other communities.
What’s Involved?
If you agree to participate, you will be asked to complete a short survey where you will be asked a few questions about yourself. We will then schedule a virtual interview to talk about your experience with engaging with a team that is bringing a digital health program or tool to a new location or population, and if/how compassion is considered.
Eligibility
Who can participate?
Partners with Lived/Living Experience (patients, caregiver advisors/partners, etc.) engaged on teams bringing a digital health program or tool to a new location or population (being “spread or scaled”) in the last 5 years
Based in Canada
Age 16 and over
Willing to participate in a 1-hour interview about your experience and strategies for maintaining compassion while spreading or scaling a digital healthcare program or tool.
Comfortable being interviewed in English.
Note: If you would like to participate and need any accommodations, please contact us at oss@wchospital.ca to discuss how we can make it easy for you to participate.
Time Commitment
One-hour virtual interview, 30 minutes to review consent forms and complete a demographics survey.
Compensation
$50 gift card