Latest News
- Literacy plays big role in patients' health (Waterloo Record, 10/17)
- Training aims to boost mental health literacy in high schools (Peterborough Examiner, 10/15)
- Amerigroup Enhances Maternal Outreach Efforts (MarketWatch, 10/7)
- Nearly $1 million aimed at reducing medical errors and improving patient outcomes (Charleston Daily Mail, 10/7)
- Health Hero Q&A: Michelle Gourdine, MD (Bet.com 10/3)
- Affordable Care Act obstacle: navigating health insurance forms and information (Christian Science Monitor, 10/3)
- Course teaches students about mental health issues (Radio Iowa, 9/27)
- Designing a Smarter Patient (Wall Street Journal, 9/27)
- Health literacy is not just about "getting patients smarter" (Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 9/22)
- The Price of Medical Illiteracy (Governing.com, 8/31)
Announcements
- National Health Education Week (Oct. 16-22) is themed "Health Literacy: Gateway to Improving the Public's Health." The week calls attention to the importance of health literacy and the critical role individuals, organizations, and communities can play in improving health literacy.
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