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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE PROBLEM Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) staff know that with limited health resources throughout Northwestern Ontario, it's very important they work together across all hospitals that provide surgical services to improve access to care for remote and rural patients.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

Healthcare IT Today

One Brooklyn Health employed CipherHealth to automate outreach for an Equity Index Survey, with the goal of advancing health equity by amplifying the patient’s voice and reducing health disparities. Sema Sgaier, founder of Surgo Health, points out that different factors are important for different conditions.

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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

Healthcare informatics provides electronic access to medical records for patients, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, insurance companies and health information technicians. The health informatics field is rapidly growing in all areas of healthcare and healthcare management.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

The organizations featured on this list offer benefits and opportunities for employees to build successful careers above and beyond the average healthcare provider or company; they encourage professional development and promote leadership from within. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.).