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 ...

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 ...

While many healthcare professionals focus on treating individual patients, others, such as population health managers, take a broader view by identifying health concerns and allocating resources to ...

Dec. 17 (UPI) --Physicians should tailor their language to match each patient's individual health literacy level to best communicate healthcare information, a study published Friday by Science ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has once again shown that “one-size-fits-all” doesn’t really work in public or population health. (Photo: Getty) The Covid-19 pandemic has once again shown that ...

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 ...

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 ...

The authors detail how population health management enables health systems to promote public health, strengthen health system resiliency, and support financial recovery during and beyond coronavirus ...

In a new study, researchers examined the associations between health literacy with patient-reported outcomes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease activity and damage. Findings showed that ...