A study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research investigated how a healthcare consumer’s health literacy impacts their likelihood of using health IT tools. The study was led by Michael Mackert, ...

From patient portals and text messages to wearable devices and artificial intelligence, digital health technologies are becoming a significant part of medical care. But technology alone isn't enough ...

Digital inclusion strategies are essential to ensure that digital health technology advances, rather than undermines, health ...

Pfizer developed a healthcare literacy tool to help healthcare providers determine patients’ level of literacy and alter communication practices accordingly. The Newest Vital Sign assessment can be ...

Several evidence-based health literacy resources may be beneficial in health plan settings to improve organizational health literacy, personal health literacy, and health equity. Objectives: Numerous ...

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 ...

Teachers are expected to do everything. Primary and secondary school educators must cover the fixed curriculum, be kind and patient disciplinarians (and kids may not always experience this at home), ...

AI health tools are most accessible to Kenya’s English-speaking elite, who already have the best access to doctors, while the ...

Make way for digital health. Smart watches and health apps aren't just for fitness enthusiasts and people with access to advanced care—the World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to these and other ...