RESPECT is a collection of algorithms that uses information about an individual’s health to predict their survival - that is how long they will live. We, the RESPECT team, packages RESPECT algorithms into products that can be easily used by individuals, their caregivers, health care providers, and health organizations, to support meaningful care conversations and decisions.
We are Canadian researchers, clinicians, data scientists and developers passionate about improving the end-of-life experiences of older adults and care providers. We know predicting survival is hard, and current tools fail to identify need early in a person's health trajectory. We also know having conversations about your, or your loved ones, goals and wishes for care can be difficult given the uncertainty. We have therefore developed tools and resources to inform these conversations and support care planning through personalized and interpretable data.
