Low or limited health literacy is a predictor of poorer health outcomes and health disparities. Patient populations in the United States who are at higher risk of low/limited health literacy are ...

Several evidence-based health literacy resources may be beneficial in health plan settings to improve organizational health literacy, personal health literacy, and health equity. Objectives: Numerous ...

Adult literacy advocate Toni Cordell recounts the story of feeling comforted when her doctor told her that her medical concern could be solved with an easy surgery. She agreed to proceed without ...

This panel event, hosted by Chatham House in partnership with Haleon and Global Health Partnerships, analyses health literacy as an imperative to health inclusivity and an economic and GDP driver in ...

Mr C, a 72-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes, is brought to the emergency department comatose with a blood sugar of 29 mg/dL. When seen in his primary care provider’s office the previous day, his ...

In the rush to digitize care through AI, telehealth and predictive analytics, many organizations have overlooked a fundamental variable that determines whether any of these innovations succeed: health ...

This study provides insight on the experiences of patients of a national health plan with 2 structural determinants of health—health care discrimination and health literacy—and how those interact with ...

I have spent many years trying to provide insight and educate the public with a focus on health promotion/disease prevention. The issue of health literacy is an integral component to assist ...

Eddie Moran knows a thing or two about health care. Before he was elected mayor of Reading, Moran was a health insurance agent who would often visit individuals in their homes to enroll them in ...