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

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...
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rivacy
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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
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Mo
10 n
/5
Mark Scrimshire
@ekivemark
#hcmd09 ekive.blogspot.com