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 ...

Learn about the many negative effects of limited health literacy and simple steps you can take to improve health care ...

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 ...

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 ...

LMH Health, 325 Maine St., is pictured in May 2021. During my residency in Denver, my pager buzzed with a message from the emergency department. I frowned with worry when I saw Mrs. K’s name listed ...

Adult literacy challenges deepen health inequities, limit opportunity and are linked to incarceration. Even so, efforts to ...

Eddie Moran knows a thing or two about health care. Before he was elected mayor of Reading, Moran was a health insurance agent who would often visit individuals in their homes to enroll them in ...

Our teams at Lee Health take great pride in being trusted sources of health information and serving as advocates and partners for our patients and their families. For nearly 110 years, we have been ...

“Frank, you’ve got coronary heart disease,” said the cardiologist at Duke Health, during an anxiety-filled visit. “But don’t worry, we’ve got just the thing to help you manage it at home.” “Betty, you ...