CultureVision is a user-friendly, comprehensive database tool that assists health care professionals in the provision of patient-centered and culturally responsive care. Email Val Garr for login information.
CultureVision helps to:
Improve Quality of Care: Providers can access information about the prevalence of diseases within certain populations, the cultural influences and beliefs of patients, and more comprehensive facts to provide culturally appropriate care.
Reduce Disparities: Identify impact of cultural issues on medical decision-making and limit mis-diagnosis and mistreatment.
Increase Patient Satisfaction: Identify questions to ask that will yield better health outcomes Improve communication where language barriers may exist.
CultureVision is easy to access and simple to use. It is available for use by University of Iowa Healthcare and University of Iowa College of Nursing faculty, staff, and students.
