The Nevada Geriatric Education Center is seeking academic and administrative faculty to be “Scholars in Health Literacy and Aging,” an interdisciplinary faculty development opportunity. The project ...
Digital technologies, from telemedicine and AI to social media, are now deeply embedded in public health systems, healthcare delivery, and everyday health ...
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 ...
St. Luke's, along with other Iowa Health System affiliated hospitals, was selected by a national panel of health care experts and awarded the AMA's Innovative Approaches to Patient-Centered ...
Most physicians work hard to diagnose patients’ conditions and develop effective treatment plans. However, when any part of that information is misunderstood or poorly communicated, patients may not ...
Health literacy is the ability to find, understand, and use health information to make informed decisions. The U.S. government now recognizes both personal and organizational responsibility for health ...
Assessing health literacy levels soon after hospital admission and adjusting discharge instructions accordingly helped reduce ...
Include Family Members. As Jones, Treiber, and Jones state, “it takes a village” to assist a patient who has low health literacy. 13 Not only do the various members of the healthcare team serve in ...
Source: Ilan Kelman Mental health literacy can overcome the reticence to talk about mental health and well-being. The Mental Health Literacy Collaborative, founded in 2023, has promoted and ...