Dr. Aws Almufleh
Drs Stephanie Sibley and David Maslove
Travis WingThree native well being care tasks shared $80,000 after the inaugural Discovery Den occasion. Images through UHKF.
Discovery Den, an initiative by College Hospitals Kingston Basis (UHKF), has awarded $40,000 to an revolutionary mission that goals to see coronary heart sufferers obtain care within the consolation of their very own dwelling as an alternative of as an inpatient at Kingston Well being Sciences Centre (KHSC).
The inaugural Discovery Den occasion befell on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, and noticed three teams of KHSC health-care professionals pitch their concepts to a panel of 5 judges and a dwell viewers on the College Membership on Stuart Road, in a night just like the favored TV present Dragons’ Den, however with revolutionary health-care concepts as an alternative of enterprise proposals, in line with UHKF.
Of the three teams, Dr. Aws Almufleh and Nurse Practitioner Sam Gouett had been awarded essentially the most cash—$40,000.
In a media launch, UHKF shared that the pair are engaged on a program that saves steady coronary heart failure sufferers from prolonged hospital stays by having them obtain care at dwelling. This system would see a community-based health-care employee go to the affected person to supply care and digital calls with the heart specialist at KHSC to ensure the affected person is therapeutic correctly. In accordance with UHKF, comparable tasks have been efficiently applied within the U.S. and U.Ok., however this may be the primary at this scale in Ontario.
“I’m speechless. This is incredible. I can think of many patients who would want this treatment option, it is so refreshing to be able to offer this now,” stated Dr. Almufleh after his crew was awarded $40,000.
Over the following few months, Dr. Almufleh and his colleagues will start coaching in order that they’re able to kick begin the mission, in line with the discharge. The objective is to enroll 50 sufferers inside two years, which can save the health-care system greater than $200,000.
Dr. Stephanie Sibley and Dr. David Maslove obtained $30,000 to develop a synthetic intelligence (AI) program that predicts if a affected person is vulnerable to the harmful coronary heart rhythm disturbance referred to as Atrial Fibrillation (or Afib). In accordance with the discharge, new advances in AI current alternatives to create monitoring methods that flip a affected person’s knowledge into actionable suggestions, enabling medical workers to anticipate the onset of Afib in order that preventive measures could be taken.
UHKF stated that Dr. Sibley and Dr. Maslove have been engaged on this mission for 10 years, creating and testing the fitting algorithm to detect Afib. The Discovery Den seed cash with assist pay for the software program and {hardware} wanted to start out a pilot mission.
“We’re thrilled,” stated Dr. Sibley. “This is enough money to get the ball rolling and start a trial. This is a system that has never really been implemented in real time and so it’s going to have to be refined and tweaked. I’m hopeful that in a very short time we’ll be able to start seeing results and we’ll be able to come back next year and update everybody about the project.”
A 3rd presentation, by Affected person Security, QI & Innovation Lead Travis Wing, earned $10,000 in direction of video and audio tools for a Digital Affected person Statement (VPO) program.
The mission would reportedly see an growth of the VPO pilot program by putting in further monitoring tools in affected person rooms within the Medication Program. UHKF detailed {that a} VPO attendant screens sufferers in danger for a ham occasion with dwell audio and video tools put in in sufferers’ rooms. They’ll work together with sufferers instantly and alert workers to intervene. VPO permits one worker to effectively observe a number of sufferers at one time, throughout a number of inpatient items, in line with the discharge.
“By installing additional monitoring equipment across the Medicine Program, we can increase the capacity of the VPO program and, ultimately, provide greater access to patient accident prevention resources,” Travis defined.
The 5 Discovery Den judges—Greg Brown (Park Place Monetary), Jacqui Collier (Tamarack Properties), Barry Gordon (Gordon’s Downsizing and Property Providers), Sideshow (WOW FM radio host), and Tommy Hunter (Tommy’s restaurant)—had been reportedly impressed with all of the shows.
“The judges think everyone was brilliant. They touched on different areas but they were all centred on one key thing – improving patient care,” Collier stated.
“We love that we have brilliant people right here in Kingston who are constantly coming up with innovative solutions to health-care problems.”
Discovery Den initially obtained greater than 25 functions to enhance affected person care, in line with the discharge. KHSC senior leaders helped choose the highest three proposals that had been introduced in entrance of the dwell viewers.
The grant cash for Discovery Den comes from an innovation fund arrange by KHSC physicians in 2016 and the Hugette Lavertu and John Tetlow Innovation Endowment Fund.
Be taught extra about Discovery Den right here.
