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Highlights Approximately 51 % of individuals with COPD refuse to participate in telehealth interventions, and among those who do participate,15 % will not complete the intervention. Incorporating more than one recruitment method in RCTs with a longer duration d the dropout rate. More convenient methods, such as web-or telephone-based delivery, which saved time and made travelling to an intervention site unnecessary, reduced the dropout rate. Abstract Introduction Telehealth interventions have the potential of improving health outcomes for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the precise impact of telehealth on exacerbation and hospital readmissions remains inconclusive. This lack of [...]

Shining a light on BRILLIANT Ivy Gumboc, the Coordinator for the Congé Précoce Assisté (CPA) program was interviewed by Lina Petrella, BRILLIANT's Project Officer. We find out how the CPA program integrated telerehab services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Ivy and Lina also discuss BRILLIANT's contributions to that transition and future plans for developing telerehab within the CPA program. Ivy Gumboc, MScA, erg. Coordinator Congé Précoce Assisté (CPA) / Early Supported Discharge (ESD) program, CIUSSS du Centre Ouest De l’Île-de-Montréal. More than anything else, BRILLIANT has given us a light, to be able to continue with [...]

A BRILLIANT Rehab Project The BRILLANT (Biomedical Research and Informatics Living Laboratory for Innovative Advances of New Technologies) research project was recently awarded a $5 million grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. The groundbreaking project was developed by Dr. Sara Ahmed, Site Director for the Constance-Lethbridge/CRIR research site and Associate Professor in the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy at McGill University. Dr. Ahmed will be working alongside a team of nine investigators at McGill University and University of Montreal. Dr. Ahmed will implement a state-of-the-art technological infrastructure using artificial intelligence and biostatistics to better understand the factors that [...]

Research Awards New labs and equipment through the CFI’s Innovation Fund will help six transformative McGill research projects to collaborate, innovate and train the next generation of scientists for the jobs of tomorrow. Today at the Université de Montréal, the Minister of Transport, Marc Garneau, on behalf of the Minister of Science, Kirsty Duncan, announced an investment of $67 million through the CFI’s Innovation Fund to support research infrastructure in Quebec, including more than $31 million for McGill. The funding is part of the more than $554 million announced by Minister Duncan in October 2017. Quebec’s Minister of Higher Education, [...]