This post was updated Nov. 3 at 7:40 p.m. October is Health Literacy Month. Dr. Timothy Brewer, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine and the Fielding School ...

Health literacy is a concept that addresses an individual’s ability to “find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.” ...

Taking care of our own health and that of our family is an ongoing part of everyday life, not just when we visit a doctor or hospital. Increasing our health literacy can help us protect our health, ...

Health literacy is creating job opportunities and requirements to enhance the workforce with the development of health literacy as a professional skill. Considering the general growth in health ...

Many factors impact our health beyond genetics and aging. Collectively, these are called the social determinants of health, and factors such as: education, housing, income, occupation, hunger, ...

Limited health literacy is a costly issue for the healthcare system, leading to unnecessary morbidity and mortality. Enhancing health literacy could prevent nearly 1 million hospital visits annually ...

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 ...

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 ...

Male patient tells the doctor about his health complaints. Over the years, I have talked to thousands of patients and community members who make it painfully clear that our health communication ...

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 ...

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 ...