Dr Ling Zhang is a clinical researcher and a practicing registered nurse of Faculty of Medicine and Health, based at the Charles Perkins Centre at University of Sydney. She has a strong research interest in understanding and supporting patients who have heart disease throughout their recovery, encouraging and enabling good self-management and reducing cardiac events recurrence through secondary prevention. Dr Zhang is passionate about determining the role of digital technology in supporting disadvantage cardiac patient groups including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those with inadequate health literacy and poor English language proficiency.
Comparison of 30-day readmission rates and 1-year mortality of cardiovascular disease between Australian- and overseas-born residents: a large cohort study of older Australian adults
Event:
ACNAP Congress 2023
Topic:
Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations, Other