ORLANDO, Fla. – Dr. Victor Herrera is the chief medical officer for AdventHealth Central Florida Division.
He mentioned the hospital is doing one thing new.
Over the summer season, the hospital launched a program that offers sufferers the prospect to get data by social media all in Spanish.
“The suggestions has been nice to date. Sufferers and members of the neighborhood take pleasure in getting content material they belief in Spanish. It has helped construct belief,” Herrera mentioned.
AdventHealth hosted COVID-19 briefings in Spanish on-line in 2020 in an effort to maintain the Hispanic neighborhood up to date with the newest case numbers and hospitalizations.
Herrera defined the pandemic opened doorways to new concepts.
“Through the pandemic, the factor we discovered so much about (was) the significance of getting platforms the place we might talk with our communities and use this for instance, the Hispanic neighborhood, in their very own language,” he mentioned.
AdventHealth Hispano Florida Central is on Instagram and Fb.
The websites not solely share well being data, however sufferers may also study concerning the docs, nurses, and employees who take care of them.
“An essential half is communication. And we all know that for people who solely converse Spanish, we take into consideration the Hispanic neighborhood, specifically, well being subjects generally could be advanced,” Herrera mentioned.
AdventHealth mentioned the purpose is to finally increase this system at their different hospitals, not simply in Florida however in different states.
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