October is Health Literacy Month — are you equipped to make informed decisions on your healthcare? Understanding what your provider is saying during an appointment is key to ensuring you’re getting the care you want. Check out this video for more tips on improving your health literacy and learn more: https://lnkd.in/gM2KEBR2
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We understand the importance of communication in SNFs and the need to enhance health literacy for better patient understanding and outcomes. Explore practical strategies for making healthcare information more accessible in this informative article on enhancing health literacy in your community. https://bit.ly/3EAIxYU #PACS #PACSConsulting #HealthLiteracyMonth #Healthcare #PatientEducation #HealthLiteracy #HealthcareCommunication #ImprovingHealthLiteracy
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October is Health Literacy Month! ✨🧠🩺 Health literacy is the foundation of making informed decisions about your health, navigating the healthcare system, and improving overall well-being. Whether it’s understanding medical advice, managing a chronic condition, or advocating for your care, being health literate can make a world of difference! In our latest article, learn why health literacy matters and discover the key skills you need to take control of your health. ✅ Understand medical terms ✅ Navigate the healthcare system with confidence ✅ Ask the right questions during appointments ✅ Utilize digital tools for better health management Read more here: https://buff.ly/3Y99Pjy #HealthLiteracyMonth #PatientEmpowerment #ResponsumHealth #HealthcareKnowledge
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October is Health Literacy Month! Understanding health information is essential for better health outcomes. Learn tips for patients and healthcare providers to bridge the communication gap and improve overall care. #HealthLiteracy #HelloHumankindness #LloydHDeanInstitute
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It's Health Literacy Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of understanding health information. Health literacy helps people make informed decisions about their health and navigate the healthcare system more effectivelly. From a healthcare human resources perspective, it plays a crucial role in ensuring that employees across all levels are equipped to effectively communicate health information to patients. By promoting health literacy, HR departments can help reduce miscommunication, and improve patient outcomes. I’d love to hear how you’re taking action to promote health literacy in your community. Whether it's sharing resources, hosting workshops, or simply having conversations, every effort counts in helping others understand their health better. #HealthLiteracyMonth #HealthInformation #Healthcare
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🌐 Health literacy is a critical aspect of patient care that goes beyond merely providing information—it involves ensuring patients understand and can act on that information effectively. Nearly 9 out of 10 adults struggle with using everyday health information, which highlights a significant gap in healthcare communication. Improving patient health literacy is crucial. By fostering clear communication, asking questions, and encouraging patients to seek clarification, we can help bridge this gap and improve patient outcomes.
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Providing Behavioral Science Technology & Digital Transformation Systems to improve healthcare outcomes via content-rich, omni-channel digital engagement of health plan members, patients, and partners.
🚨 Must See TV🚨 Health organizations can proactively shift focus to improve health literacy for members and patients and the community they serve or risk slimmer margins and less healthy patients. Learning to unlock digital to engage and educate at scale will improve health outcomes, lower costs to serve and deliver an improved experience. Actionable learnings from this webinar include: -Quantifying the cost of healthcare Illiteracy -Key differences between good and poorly done education -How behavioral science fits into learning -What it means to have digital conversations at scale -Trends that are shaping the future of digital health literacy
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October is Health Literacy Month! Healthy People 2030 defines health literacy as the ability of individuals to locate, comprehend, and apply information and services to make informed health-related choices for themselves and others. Advancing health literacy can lead to better health outcomes, increased safety and quality in healthcare, and a reduction in health disparities and healthcare costs! #healthliteracymonth! #HP2030
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October is also Health Literacy Month. Health Literacy is crucial for better patient outcomes. This Health Literacy Month, let's focus on making healthcare information more accessible and understandable. #HealthLiteracyMonth #PatientCare #HealthcareIT
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Despite the focus on #HealthLiteracy in recent years, the industry still has a long way to go. Making health information easy to understand, personalized to the consumer, and actionable, are foundational steps necessary in solving #HealthEquity. Think your communications are doing well or, on the other hand, not sure where to start? Send me a sample and I am happy to provide an assessment of what could be improved and how to get started to embedding best practices for health literacy across your organization. Go ahead-challenge me!
📚 October is Health Literacy Awareness Month! At Engagys, we recognize that providing health plan members with clear, concise, approachable health information is essential for closing gaps in care and improving health outcomes. We employ health literacy best practices and principles across our work. Check out our new article in Managed Healthcare Executive, where Kathleen McQuade Ellmore dives into the importance of health literacy and its impact on member engagement. #HealthLiteracyAwarenessMonth #Engagys #ManagedHealthcareExecutive
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At some point in our lives, we will all need to be able to find, understand and use health information so that we can make informed healthcare decisions. This is health literacy. I am pleased to share this blog written by my colleague, Elizabeth Miller on how health literacy and the MS community. Check it out to learn more about the importance of health literacy in promoting equitable healthcare outcomes. #healthliteracy #healthequity #informedhealthdecisions https://lnkd.in/e5hUbPSw
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