In order to help patients with low health literacy, hospitals have had to examine their practices and implement new strategies for improving their discharge processes and keeping patients out of the h...Read More
A version of this article originally appeared at NucleusHealth.com. Imagine this scenario: a Spanish-speaking patient reads the instructions for his new prescription medication after being discharged ...Read More
Management of a chronic condition is difficult. These life-long conditions (like diabetes or COPD) require a lot of effort on the part of the patient to track and maintain their health. That’s often...Read More
Medical interns are often less courteous than patients expect according to a paper published in a recent edition of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Studies over time have shown that gaps in patient-...Read More