Participants Needed – Receive $75

Healthcare Human Factors is currently designing an electronic patient health record, and is looking for usability testing participants that fit the following criteria: – Between the age of 30-50 – Have one or more children under the age of 16 – Are involved in the care of one or more of their parents (or in [...]

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May 13, 2013

Seeking a UI Design Summer Intern

Human Factors UI Design Intern Job Overview: Are you a design student with an interest in healthcare? Can you can create stunning and unique design solutions? Are you an advocate for good design, with an interest in User Centered Design approach? We are currently looking for a talented designer to join our User Interface design [...]

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April 12, 2013

Physicians needed for Interview

Healthcare Human Factors is currently seeking physicians (general practitioners and specialists) to participate in a 1 hour phone interview. Specifically, we are examining how physicians currently access and share clinical practice information, and what factors support or impede effective sharing of this information. Participants will be reimbursed $75 (by cheque requisition) for their time. If [...]

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April 5, 2013

Hacking Health: Bringing Clinicians and Developers Together to Create Digital Healthcare Solutions

In October 2012, team members at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation and Healthcare Human Factors co-organized Hacking Health Toronto , a hackathon that brought together our clinical and design contacts with Toronto’s developer community, to rapidly prototype digital solutions to healthcare problems. Hosted at the MaRS Discovery District, the Hacking Health Toronto weekend closed [...]

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February 8, 2013

Help Us Design a Great Web-Based Wellness Application

The Healthcare Human Factors team at UHN is conducting an evaluation of a new health and wellness web application and is looking for adults to participate. The evaluation will be held February 11th-13th at our facilities at the Toronto General Hospital. Participants will be asked to attend a 1.5-hour session to evaluate the web application. [...]

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January 25, 2013

DiabetesMine Innovation Summit 2012

Our team had the pleasure of attending the DiabetesMine Innovation Summit at Stanford University last week. The summit drew together patient advocates, medical device industry representatives, innovators, and regulators to discuss how diabetes technology could fit the needs of patients. This Patient Voices video is a powerful message about the importance of taking user-centered approaches [...]

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November 21, 2012

Want to live healthier? Apps can help

Our study demonstrated a 20% decrease in the risk of cardiovascular mortality through the use of an app, something rarely achievable through traditional hypertension management techniques. In this Globe and Mail article, Joe Cafazzo shares how the human-centred self care apps we’re developing are changing peoples lives.

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November 9, 2012

TEDx Toronto: Dr. Joseph Cafazzo on Patient Self-Care

We’re happy to spread Joe’s idea for a healthcare system transformed ; one in which patients, not doctors, achieve never before heard of outcomes through self-care. How do we make this happen? Through well designed technologies, patient access to health information, and the untapped talent of people like you.

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November 7, 2012

Bant featured in the Montreal Gazette

Nice write-up on bant, our diabetes management app, and the effectiveness of other mHealth apps on the Montreal Gazette, especially from a patient and caregiver’s perspective. What is it like for a six-year-old with Diabetes and his family? Read more here: “Medical apps promote patient self-care, could ease burden on health system”

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September 18, 2012

Bant Diabetes App wins the ‘People’s Choice’ Award at the World Congress

We were very excited that our Bant app was nominated in the list of Top 10 World Congress mHealth Innovation Entrepreneurs. Being awarded the ‘People’s Choice Award’ at the event in the face of such innovative and cutting-edge competition was an unexpected surprise which has left us thrilled and motivated to continue our efforts towards [...]

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August 3, 2012