Improving Health Literacy
The cost of misunderstanding healthcare and how to increase education Health literacy is the ability to understand health care information and to make appropriate decisions with regard to that information. Let’s face it, very few of us completely understand what I like to call “Doctor-Speak”. You know, the complicated diagnosis that sounds like, “Sir, you’ve suffered a severe hypertensive emergency”, or the “I’m sorry ma’am, it appears your son was in diabetic ketoacidosis.” You are not alone. It is estimated that 36 percent of the [...]