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Humanizing Health Care

Humanizing Health Care is a narrative driven emotionally paced documentary about healthcare experiences in the United States. The film explores deeply rooted systemic issues across the healthcare ecosystem and the barriers they present to people at each touch point in care delivery. The project is produced by Kistein Monkhouse the storyteller innovator that has captured the stories of patients, frontline health care workers, policy makers and everyday Americans as they navigate the health care system. Dive in and learn about the emergence of institutionalized healthcare delivery in the US and the call to action from Americans to humanize healthcare.

  • Kistein Monkhouse
    Director
  • Kistein Monkhouse
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 12, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Vimeo
    Distributor
    Country: United States
    Rights: Video on Demand
Director Biography - Kistein Monkhouse

Kistein Monkhouse, MPA is the CEO & founder of Patient Orator, a digital health startup empowering chronically ill underserved patients with effective communication tools and healthcare resources. She is a former healthcare frontline worker who saw an urgent need to build bridges across communities in healthcare. Her work is at the intersection of public and private health using stories to bring awareness to the importance of improving the health of people and communities with a focus on catalyzing storytelling to address social determinants of health.
Kistein is a 2019 SIMA Studios fiscal sponsorship award recipient for her short film Humanizing Health Care, a narrative driven emotionally paced documentary about healthcare experiences in the United States. She sits on the advisory board of We The Patients NY, an initiative by the Community Service Society of NY, and NYS HIMSS Patient Advocacy Committee. She is also on the Community Advisory Board at Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington and a member of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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