BOISE, Idaho, June 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Healthwise has been recognized for its medical illustrations and health education videos by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) Spring 2022 competition. Twice a year, HIRC recognizes the best digital health resources for consumers and healthcare professionals.

Healthwise won a Gold award in the “Media/Digital Health Publications: Medical Illustration” category, as well as two Silver awards, three Bronze awards and a Merit award.

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Winning medical illustrations and videos are just a few of the thousands of educational materials produced by Healthwise that inform, educate and support patients and caregivers throughout the care journey. The gold award-winning artwork, “Learning About Breast Cancer Surgery”, was recently updated to reflect Healthwise’s commitment to producing diverse and inclusive medical images and increasing representation of people who have historically been marginalized in medical images. The illustration includes people from different racial backgrounds and a variety of body types. Recent efforts to further this mission include expanding our medical image library; more instructions for low-text, high-visual patients; better representation in images; and inclusive written education.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the Digital Health Awards for the sixth consecutive year,” said Christy Calhoun, chief content officer at Healthwise. “This award underscores our commitment to providing consumers with accurate, engaging and accessible health education. Our team of experts are focused on creating inclusive content, so people feel heard, understood and empowered to take action and advocate for their health. We appreciate that the Health Information Resource Center values ​​this commitment to diversity.

In a recent study on the usability and reliability of Healthwise content, completed in January 2022, respondents said that Healthwise content was:

• Easy to understand (99%).
• Presented clearly (100%).
• Highly trustworthy (90%).

Healthwise was founded in 1975 with the simple non-profit mission “to help people make better health decisions”. Healthwise partners with hospitals, health plans, health portals and technology companies to fulfill this mission by providing the health content they need, the technology to deliver it and the expert services to ensure the hit.

The Digital Health Awards, the most comprehensive of its kind, recognize the best consumer health information in documents and programs from organizations across the country.

About Healthwise

Healthwise, a leader in evidence-based health education, technology and services, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help people make better health decisions . People have turned to Healthwise information over 2 billion times to learn how to do more for themselves, seek the care they need and say ‘no’ to the care they don’t need. Healthwise partners with leading hospitals, electronic medical record (EMR) providers, health plans, managed care companies and healthcare websites to empower patients and achieve goals organizational. www.healthwise.org 1.800.706.9646.

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