Health Illiteracy Can Kill You

Health Illiteracy Can Kill You Mark Scrimshire @ekivemark

To change health care we have to put the Patient at the center Mark Scrimshire @ekivemark

Heard in an industry meeting “The Patient Centered Medical Home ... ...is centered around the Physician” Anonymous - ... for obvious reasons

Understanding is one thing

Implications and Interactions are quite another thing

Health Literacy The ability to read, understand, and utilize basic health-related information ... like prescription bottle labels and appointment slips

Learn or Die Literate 18% Illiterate 40% 25% of the 3500 people monitored had inadequate health literacy The Illiterate group had a greater chance of dying over the next 6 years http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2007/10/18/healthcare_complexity_the_elephant_in_th

Yes, Health Care is extremely complicated

... because the patient is usually excluded

Health 2.0 is participatory healthcare. Enabled by information, software, and community that we collect or create, we the patients can be effective partners in our own health care, and we the people can participate in reshaping the health system itself. Dr. Ted Eytan & the community

Health Care is important to us all “I Didn’t know I had so much to say about it ...” Geoff DiMasi Principal P’unk Ave, Health Consumer, Parent

PAA HI

ortability ... P ? rivacy P

Privacy is a personal decision HIpAA and a personal trade-off

Privacy takes a back seat to quality of life

It is my choice ... and I need knowledge to take responsibility

We choose what to believe ... and who We share with

Don’t talk at me Have a conversation with me

HIPAA To stay relevant health care must embrace openness

To change health care we have to put ourselves at the center

HealthCamp is not just a conversation HealthCamp is your call to action Get involved in managing your own health

healthca.mp Go to http://healthca.mp for more information Fri Upcoming events: 6/1 9 + Mo 10 n /5 Mark Scrimshire @ekivemark #hcmd09 ekive.blogspot.com

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Health Illiteracy Can Kill You

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