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Leveling the Playing Field: Using Technology to Drive Health Equity

Although assuring health equity is not a new concern for healthcare providers, sobering data on the COVID-19 pandemic, including infection, hospitalization, death, and now vaccination rates, has exposed health disparities and barriers to care in a way like never before. 

Hospital and Healthcare: Technology Innovations Provide a Better Patient Experience at Westmead Casb

Technology Innovations Provide a Better Patient Experience at Westmead Casb Westmead’s Central Acute Services Building, the centerpiece of the Westmead Health Precinct redevelopment and the tallest health building in Australia, was officially opened in March 2021. The new facility includes over 300 patient rooms that utilize the latest technology to provide a better patient experience,

Building a Smart Room: What Hospitals Should Consider

As the digital transformation of the healthcare industry shifts expectations for care delivery, collective interest in smart hospitals has also increased. The road from smart room ideation to that first successful patient discharge can be a long one, with many bumps along the way — but with the right preparation, you can smooth those bumps

Mental Health: A Key Element of a Patient’s Well-Being

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and after a year of shared global trauma stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, taking time to focus on mental health seems particularly poignant this year. First established by Mental Health America in 1949 and recently proclaimed by President Biden’s administration, the aim of Mental Health Awareness Month is

mHealth Intelligence: Virtual Care Tool Provides Mental Health Support for Youths

  Sutter Health has launched a virtual care tool to help adolescents and young adults who experience mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression.  The health system has partnered with Docent Health, now a GetWellNetwork company, to provide the technology that connects users with human, non-clinical navigators through an mHealth app.   Read the full