Understanding options which may lead to a healthier lifestyle and acting upon these is enhanced through being health literate.

The May 2025 issue of NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery highlights programs and interventions at many different ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A survey of NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members uncovers opportunities for digital technologies to aid health literacy, but also pitfalls.

One of the world’s foremost experts on leadership and teamwork, Patrick Lencioni, CEO of The Table Group, has spent the last 20 years shaping the organizational health movement by helping leaders ...

Low health literacy has been associated with nonadherence to treatment plans and medical regimens, poor patient self-care, high health-care costs, and increased risk of hospitalization and mortality.

WASHINGTON, Apr 15, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it will launch on Wednesday the Digital Literacy Programme for Health Sector Personnel, a virtual initiative aimed at ...

Health literacy refers to the set of skills people need to find, understand and use information to maintain good health. People with low health literacy—roughly half of all adults in North America, ...

Results were similar for patients with inadequate health literacy. Adults with chronic kidney disease who received a short handout about CKD before seeing a nephrologist showed increased knowledge ...