Explaining Digital Health

Waikato DHB YouTube - April 2018

Dr Ruth Large, Chair of the New Zealand Telehealth Forum and Clinical Director of Information Services and Virtual Healthcare at Waikato DHB, recently explained digital health for tertiary students who might be thinking about further digital health study.

Ruth works in Hamilton and Thames Hospitals as an emergency physician and rural hospitalist.

Digital health, the digital hospital, health informatics, virtual healthcare, telehealth are all outlined, as well as steps of how to get involved in developing digital healthcare initiatives.