General literacy is widely understood as an important skill that must be prioritized to ensure that people can live healthy and successful lives. In our medical field we also have patient literacy, ...

About 93% of U.S. adults access the Internet, and 80% of those search for health information, despite low levels of proficiency in health literacy. In a new study, researchers developed an automated ...

Credit: Thinkstock. Tools are provided to assist clinicians in providing their patients with clear and effective communication. As health care providers, we want to do everything we can to help our ...

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 ...

Many dialysis patients, particularly African Americans and veterans and those with lower educational level, have limited health literacy, according to researchers. “We anticipate our findings will ...

Earlier this year, Pfizer’s Global Patient Advocacy Team set out to co-develop a single, workable definition of patient centricity for all colleagues, one we can all understand and relate to in our ...

My journey through the healthcare system has typically been from the perspective of a home health provider, ensuring smooth transitions for patients after they are discharged from hospitals or skilled ...

Communication in oncology was challenging long before the emergence of the US 21st Century Cures Act. Before 2021, a growing body of evidence had demonstrated the benefits of patients' access to and ...

Credit: Getty Images To ensure patients have useful information they can benefit from, it is important to avoid patient education overload. Here clinicians are provided with tools to ensure clear and ...