Sacha Bhatia and Women Health

provincial report: All while keeping costs down.A recent provincial report on women health, The POWER Study , concludes women experience more barriers than men accessing timely services due to poverty and care-giving responsibilities, among other factors, according to Toronto Star. The report found, for instance, 65 per cent of Canadian men reported being very satisfied with their experience getting an appointment for a regular checkup. Sacha Bhatia was searching for when he, together with senior managers at Women College Hospital , were wrestling with a tough challenge: finding better ways to help women bridge the gaps when accessing Ontario health-care services. Just 60 per cent of women reported the same level of satisfaction. That doesn’t just mean technology. In an effort to address these gaps, Bhatia, a cardiologist at WCH, helped launch a new system three years ago at the Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care .WIHV works with companies, clinicians and patients to develop and evaluate digital tools, like email consultations and smartphone apps, to connect patients and family physicians to care at WCH. We are like a living laboratory to test out new ways of treating patients, says Bhatia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.